Schools in Kingston · Franklin Township School District, South Brunswick Township School District
Kingston’s public schools beat 61% of New Jersey districts
The public schools Kingston’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 61% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
72%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
60%
▲ 13 pts vs NJ 47%
2020–21
Math proficiency
44%
▲ 19 pts vs NJ 25%
2020–21
Graduate on time
97%
▲ 6 pts vs NJ 91%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$28.2K
▼ 1% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024
Schools
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The School Grade
How Kingston compares
B Test scoresB+ Graduation
New Jersey school districts we grade (645)Better than 61%
Lower resultsHigher results
New Jersey towns with similar household incomes (444)Better than 72%
High confidence. Built on 7,727 tested students and a graduating class of 737; 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 Kingston (some depend on your address).
13 schools teach Pre-K in Kingston’s district. Which one depends on your address: Claremont Elementary School, Franklin Park School, Elizabeth Avenue School and Constable Elementary School and more.
14 schools teach K in Kingston’s district. Which one depends on your address: Claremont Elementary School, Franklin Park School, Elizabeth Avenue School and Brooks Crossing Elementary School and more.
14 schools teach 1st grade in Kingston’s district. Which one depends on your address: Claremont Elementary School, Franklin Park School, Elizabeth Avenue School and Brooks Crossing Elementary School and more.
14 schools teach 2nd grade in Kingston’s district. Which one depends on your address: Claremont Elementary School, Franklin Park School, Elizabeth Avenue School and Brooks Crossing Elementary School and more.
14 schools teach 3rd grade in Kingston’s district. Which one depends on your address: Claremont Elementary School, Franklin Park School, Elizabeth Avenue School and Brooks Crossing Elementary School and more.
14 schools teach 4th grade in Kingston’s district. Which one depends on your address: Claremont Elementary School, Franklin Park School, Elizabeth Avenue School and Brooks Crossing Elementary School and more.
14 schools teach 5th grade in Kingston’s district. Which one depends on your address: Claremont Elementary School, Franklin Park School, Elizabeth Avenue School and Brooks Crossing Elementary School and more.
4 schools teach 6th grade in Kingston’s district. Which one depends on your address: Crossroads North Middle School, Crossroads South Middle School, Franklin Middle School at Sampson G. Smith Campus and Franklin Middle School at Hamilton Street Campus.
4 schools teach 7th grade in Kingston’s district. Which one depends on your address: Crossroads North Middle School, Crossroads South Middle School, Franklin Middle School at Sampson G. Smith Campus and Franklin Middle School at Hamilton Street Campus.
4 schools teach 8th grade in Kingston’s district. Which one depends on your address: Crossroads North Middle School, Crossroads South Middle School, Franklin Middle School at Sampson G. Smith Campus and Franklin Middle School at Hamilton Street Campus.
The path, start to finish
PK–514 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–84 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address
Two districts serve Kingston
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Franklin Township School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 10 schools · 6,950 students
$28,151NJ $28,441
CSouth Brunswick Township School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 12 schools · 7,589 students
$24,821NJ $28,441
A−Test scores · 2020–21
Above the state in reading
Reading · PK–12, Franklin Township School District41%
State average 47.3%
Reading · PK–12, South Brunswick Township School District60%
State average 47.3%
Math · PK–12, Franklin Township School District11%
State average 25.4%
Math · PK–12, South Brunswick Township School District44%
State average 25.4%
Kingston vs. its neighbors
Kingston’s schools rank 5th of 6 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among New Jersey districts.
Every school in Kingston
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Also serving Kingston · in other towns
Claremont Elementary School
C+685 students9:1Rate it →
Franklin Park School
C671 students9:1Rate it →
Elizabeth Avenue School
C−541 students10:1Rate it →
Brooks Crossing Elementary School
A−498 students13:1Rate it →
Constable Elementary School
A−476 students11:1Rate it →
Indian Fields Elementary School
A460 students13:1Rate it →
Brunswick Acres Elementary School
B+448 students12:1Rate it →
Hillcrest School
C−439 students9:1Rate it →
Cambridge Elementary School
A416 students12:1Rate it →
MacAfee Road School
B−405 students10:1Rate it →
Greenbrook Elementary School
B+392 students11:1Rate it →
Conerly Road School
C350 students10:1Rate it →
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Kingston
There’s no college in Kingston, but 40 are within 30 miles. The closest is Princeton University in Princeton, 3.3 miles away.
Princeton UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Princeton
3.3 mi8,922 students
Princeton Theological SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Princeton
3.7 mi274 students
Mercer County Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · West Windsor
9 mi5,416 students
Rider UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Lawrence
9.6 mi3,684 students
Chamberlain University-New JerseyUniversity or college · For-profit · North Brunswick
10.9 mi1,225 students
The College of New JerseyUniversity or college · Public · Ewing
11.7 mi7,570 students
Rutgers University-New BrunswickUniversity or college · Public · New Brunswick
12 mi47,422 students
Thomas Edison State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Trenton
13.8 mi87 students
Rabbi Jacob Joseph SchoolUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Edison
14 mi96 students
American Institute of Medical Sciences & EducationCommunity college · For-profit · Piscataway
15.5 mi397 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Kingston. 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.