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Best ZIP codes for schools in New Jersey
Ranked by the School Quality Index: district math and reading proficiency and graduation rates, weighted by how much of each district falls in the ZIP.
How we rank school quality
The School Quality Index summarizes district math and reading proficiency and four-year graduation outcomes. Results based on very small student samples are excluded, and missing measures do not count as zero.
A ZIP's score reflects the districts serving the area, with greater influence from districts covering more of the ZIP. It measures outcomes, not school ratings, spending, or individual schools.
Each state sets its own tests and proficiency cut scores, so the index compares ZIPs well within a state but not across states. That is why we rank ZIPs only within each state.
Only ZIPs with at least 1,000 residents are ranked, so a handful of households cannot top the list. 522 New Jersey ZIPs qualify.
New Jersey ZIP codes ranked by school quality
1ZIP 07041Millburn
New Jersey
- School quality index
- 78.4
- ZIP population
- ~8k
- Avg. temperature
- 54°F
- Avg. commute
- 41 min
2ZIP 07078Short Hills
New Jersey
- School quality index
- 78.4
- ZIP population
- ~15k
- Avg. temperature
- 54°F
- Avg. commute
- 43 min
3ZIP 07670Tenafly
New Jersey
- School quality index
- 73.0
- ZIP population
- ~15k
- Avg. temperature
- 55°F
- Avg. commute
- 40 min
4ZIP 07452Glen Rock
New Jersey
- School quality index
- 72.4
- ZIP population
- ~12k
- Avg. temperature
- 54°F
- Avg. commute
- 37 min
5ZIP 07081Springfield
New Jersey
- School quality index
- 72.2
- ZIP population
- ~17k
- Avg. temperature
- 54°F
- Avg. commute
- 28 min
6ZIP 07928Chatham
New Jersey
- School quality index
- 72.2
- ZIP population
- ~20k
- Avg. temperature
- 54°F
- Avg. commute
- 35 min
| Rank | ZIP | City | County | School quality index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #7 | 07090 | Westfield | Union County | 71.9 |
| #8 | 07901 | Summit | Union County | 71.9 |
| #9 | 07733 | Holmdel | Monmouth County | 71.8 |
| #10 | 08536 | Plainsboro | Middlesex County | 70.4 |
| #11 | 08550 | Princeton | Mercer County | 70.4 |
| #12 | 08502 | Belle Mead | Somerset County | 70.2 |
| #13 | 07627 | Demarest | Bergen County | 70.1 |
| #14 | 07640 | Harrington Park | Bergen County | 70.1 |
| #15 | 08558 | Belle Mead | Somerset County | 69.8 |
| #16 | 07039 | Livingston | Essex County | 69.6 |
| #17 | 07632 | Englewood Cliffs | Bergen County | 69.5 |
| #18 | 07920 | Basking Ridge | Somerset County | 69.3 |
| #19 | 07704 | Fair Haven | Monmouth County | 68.8 |
| #20 | 07045 | Montville | Morris County | 68.6 |
| #21 | 07058 | Montville | Morris County | 68.6 |
| #22 | 07082 | Montville | Morris County | 68.6 |
| #23 | 07641 | Haworth | Bergen County | 68.1 |
| #24 | 07626 | Cresskill | Bergen County | 68.0 |
| #25 | 07624 | Closter | Bergen County | 67.9 |
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