In New Jersey, 30.4% of Black students are proficient in reading at the typical school — against 53.7% of White students. Within Elizabeth Public Schools alone, the gap between the best and worst schools for Black children is 82 points. This tool helps you find the right one.
Search New Jersey schools ›Share of students meeting proficient at the typical New Jersey school. Groups are shown wherever New Jersey reports them; a group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.
These figures come from NJSLA 2025, measuring proficient in ELA & Math · Grades 3–8. Across 236 districts, 756 New Jersey schools report enough results to be included.
At the typical New Jersey school the picture is black students at 24.9%, hispanic students at 29.3%, white students at 48.9% and asian students at 63.3%. That is a 38.4-point spread between the highest and lowest group, inside the same schools, the same districts and the same state — which is what this tool exists to make visible.
An A means 80% or more of Black students are proficient. Terence C. Reilly School No 7 in Elizabeth leads at 83.0% across 212 Black student results. Another eight schools reach 70%.
Terence C. Reilly School No 7 reaches 83.0%. Dr. Antonia Pantoja School, in the same district, sits at 1.2%. Two schools under one administration, 82 points apart.
21.4% of Black students are proficient in math, against 53.2% of White students. Reading is 26.5 points.
These are the schools where Black students most often meet proficient, among those with at least 25 Black student results reported. Every group's result is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terence C. Reilly School No 7Elizabeth Public Schools Magnet | 80.4% | 83% | 78.6% | 14.3% | — |
| Soaring Heights Charter SchoolSoaring Heights Charter School Charter | 82.5% | 82.6% | 91.7% | 90% | 85.4% |
| Science Park High SchoolNewark Public School District Magnet | 88.9% | 81.8% | 91.2% | 10.7% | — |
| Michelle Obama Elementary SchoolNewark Public School District | 76.3% | 79.5% | — | — | — |
| Mansfield Township Elementary SchoolMansfield Township School District | 72.3% | 77.8% | — | 70.9% | 86.4% |
| Stewartsville Middle SchoolGreenwich Township School District | 69.3% | 76.9% | 41.7% | 70.3% | — |
| Mount Pleasant Elementary SchoolWest Orange Public Schools | 72.2% | 75% | 48.6% | 75% | — |
| Academy IJersey City Public Schools Magnet | 90.4% | 73.8% | 83.3% | 89.5% | 97.3% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary SchoolSayreville School District | 48.9% | 69.2% | 27.3% | 46.7% | 75% |
| Mount Pleasant Middle SchoolLivingston Board Of Education School District | 80.3% | 67.2% | 62.9% | 67.6% | 96.2% |
Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.
The same measure at the other end of the range. In many of these schools every group is falling short, which points at the school rather than at the students in it.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana Avenue Elementary SchoolWoodbridge Township School District | 41.4% | 0% | 22.1% | 0.3% | 55.2% |
| Charles L. Spragg SchoolEgg Harbor City School District | 8.5% | 0% | 4.3% | 25.8% | — |
| Riverside Middle SchoolRiverside Township School District | 18.8% | 0.2% | 11.3% | 29.1% | — |
| Dr. Antonia Pantoja School No. 27Elizabeth Public Schools | 34.5% | 1.2% | 32.9% | — | — |
| Quarter Mile Lane SchoolBridgeton City School District | 11.7% | 1.3% | 13.3% | — | — |
| Senator Frank Lautenberg SchoolPaterson Public School District | 7.1% | 1.4% | 7.6% | — | — |
| Howard M. Phifer Middle SchoolPennsauken Township Board Of Education School District | 20.1% | 1.5% | 13.9% | 2.4% | 4.2% |
| School 26Paterson Public School District | 10.7% | 1.6% | 12.2% | — | — |
| Rieck Avenue Elementary SchoolMillville School District | 35.7% | 1.6% | 16.1% | 16.3% | — |
| Reeds Road Elementary SchoolGalloway Township Public School District | 30.6% | 1.6% | 18.3% | 37.8% | 73.1% |
In Elizabeth Public Schools, Terence C. Reilly School No 7 reports 83% of Black students meeting the standard. Dr. Antonia Pantoja School No. 27, in the same district, reports 1.2%. That is a 81.8-point spread across 12 schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base — the clearest illustration of why address matters more than it should.
Districts with at least ten schools reporting Black student results, by school count. The percentage shown is the average across that district's schools for Black students.