Schools in Fords · Woodbridge Township School District
Fords’s public schools beat 51% of New Jersey districts
The public schools Fords’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 51% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
51%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
46%
▼ 1 pts vs NJ 47%
2020–21
Math proficiency
28%
▲ 3 pts vs NJ 25%
2020–21
Graduate on time
93%
▲ 2 pts vs NJ 91%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$24.4K
▼ 14% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade
How Fords compares
B− Test scoresC+ Graduation
New Jersey school districts we grade (645)Better than 51%
Lower resultsHigher results
New Jersey towns with similar household incomes (458)Better than 51%
High confidence. Built on 6,829 tested students and a graduating class of 997; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New Jersey’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of New Jersey only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Fords.
5 schools teach Pre-K in Fords’s district. Which one depends on your address: Matthew Jago Elementary School, Lynn Crest Elementary School, Oak Ridge Heights Elementary School and Pennsylvania Avenue Elementary School and more.
16 schools teach K in Fords’s district. Which one depends on your address: Lafayette Estates Elementary School, Ross Street Elementary School, Indiana Avenue Elementary School and Matthew Jago Elementary School and more.
15 schools teach 1st grade in Fords’s district. Which one depends on your address: Lafayette Estates Elementary School, Ross Street Elementary School, Indiana Avenue Elementary School and Matthew Jago Elementary School and more.
15 schools teach 2nd grade in Fords’s district. Which one depends on your address: Lafayette Estates Elementary School, Ross Street Elementary School, Indiana Avenue Elementary School and Matthew Jago Elementary School and more.
15 schools teach 3rd grade in Fords’s district. Which one depends on your address: Lafayette Estates Elementary School, Ross Street Elementary School, Indiana Avenue Elementary School and Matthew Jago Elementary School and more.
15 schools teach 4th grade in Fords’s district. Which one depends on your address: Lafayette Estates Elementary School, Ross Street Elementary School, Indiana Avenue Elementary School and Matthew Jago Elementary School and more.
15 schools teach 5th grade in Fords’s district. Which one depends on your address: Lafayette Estates Elementary School, Ross Street Elementary School, Indiana Avenue Elementary School and Matthew Jago Elementary School and more.
5 schools teach 6th grade in Fords’s district. Which one depends on your address: Iselin Middle School, Fords Middle School, Avenel Middle School and Colonia Middle School and more.
5 schools teach 7th grade in Fords’s district. Which one depends on your address: Iselin Middle School, Fords Middle School, Avenel Middle School and Colonia Middle School and more.
5 schools teach 8th grade in Fords’s district. Which one depends on your address: Iselin Middle School, Fords Middle School, Avenel Middle School and Colonia Middle School and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–516 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
515 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–85 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your address
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Close to the state in reading
Reading46%
State average 47.3%
Math28%
State average 25.4%
Fords vs. its neighbors
Fords’s schools rank 2nd of 3 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among New Jersey districts.
Every school in Fords
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Also serving Fords · in other towns
Lafayette Estates Elementary School
C+705 students14:1Rate it →
Ross Street Elementary School
C−633 students12:1Rate it →
Indiana Avenue Elementary School
B+485 students14:1Rate it →
Matthew Jago Elementary School
C425 students9:1Rate it →
Oak Tree Road Elementary School
A425 students14:1Rate it →
Avenel Street Elementary School
C403 students14:1Rate it →
Woodbine Avenue Elementary School
C+401 students11:1Rate it →
Port Reading Avenue Elementary School
C−385 students11:1Rate it →
Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School
C+330 students12:1Rate it →
Claremont Avenue Elementary School
B+306 students14:1Rate it →
Mawbey Street Elementary School
B+304 students14:1Rate it →
Lynn Crest Elementary School
B300 students10:1Rate it →
Parents talk
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Fords
There’s no college in Fords, but 40 are within 30 miles. The closest is DeVry University-New Jersey in Woodbridge, 1.5 miles away.
DeVry University-New JerseyUniversity or college · For-profit · Woodbridge
1.5 mi16 students
Middlesex CollegeCommunity college · Public · Edison
3.5 mi9,857 students
Rabbi Jacob Joseph SchoolUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Edison
5.1 mi96 students
American Institute of Medical Sciences & EducationCommunity college · For-profit · Piscataway
6.7 mi397 students
Rutgers University-New BrunswickUniversity or college · Public · New Brunswick
7.4 mi47,422 students
Torah Temimah Talmudical SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · New York
7.7 mi73 students
Yeshiva Gedolah of CliffwoodUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Aberdeen
8 mi55 students
Chamberlain University-New JerseyUniversity or college · For-profit · North Brunswick
8.2 mi1,225 students
St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten IslandCommunity college · For-profit · New York
8.5 mi661 students
Yeshiva Gedolah Tiferes BoruchUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · North Plainfield
8.6 mi70 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Fords. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 30 more within 30 miles.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within New Jersey. Stars are from neighbors.