Schools · Garwood
Garwood, NJ schools
Garwood’s public schools score well above New Jersey’s averages: 61% of students are proficient in reading against 47.3% statewide. Kids attend Lincoln.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B+
Garwood’s School Grade: B+
The public schools Garwood’s kids attend outperform 73% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
B+Test scores
New Jersey school districts we grade (645)Better than 73%
Lower resultsHigher results
New Jersey towns with similar household incomes (443)Better than 86%
Good confidence. Built on 224 tested students; 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. 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.
- 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.
School path
Where Garwood kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (grades K–8, Garwood Borough)61%
State average 47.3%
Math (grades K–8, Garwood Borough)33%
State average 25.4%
Districts
The district serving Garwood
Garwood Borough School DistrictGrades PK–8 · 2 schools · 416 students
$23,920 per studentNJ $28,441B+Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 2 schools in Garwood
Level
Showing 1–2 of 2 schools
LincolnElementary · Grades K–8 · 372 students
B+PublicWashington SchoolPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 44 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.