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Colts Neck, NJ schools

Colts Neck’s public schools score well above New Jersey’s averages: 61% of students are proficient in reading against 47.3% statewide, and 97% of high schoolers graduate on time against 91.1%. Kids attend Conover Road Primary School through grade 2, then Conover Road Elementary School, Cedar Drive Middle School and Colts Neck High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

A-School Grade #68Best schools in NJ (of 457)#51Highest graduation rate in NJ (of 384)

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Colts Neck’s School Grade: A-

The public schools Colts Neck’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 78% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

A-Test scoresB+Graduation

New Jersey school districts we grade (645)Better than 78%

Lower resultsHigher results

New Jersey towns with similar household incomes (186)Better than 43%

Towns in Monmouth County (15)Better than 73%

High confidence. Built on 2,882 tested students and a graduating class of 2,723; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New Jersey’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of New Jersey only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in New Jersey with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.