Packanack Lake’s public schools beat 72% of New Jersey districts
The public schools Packanack Lake’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 72% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
The short version on Packanack Lake’s schools
Strong statewide, typical for its income level
Statewide, Packanack Lake’s schools beat 72% of districts. Compared with the 167 towns that have similar household incomes, that drops to 26%. Some of the strong showing reflects who lives here, so families moving from a similar town shouldn’t expect a big step up. How it compares ↓
Which school depends on your street
With ten elementary, three middle and two high schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. Elementary grades range from C to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school, not just the town. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Packanack Lake compares
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 Packanack Lake.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well above the state in reading
Every school in Packanack Lake
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Packanack Lake families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Packanack Lake
There’s no college in Packanack Lake, but 40 are within 30 miles. The closest is William Paterson University of New Jersey in Wayne, 2.9 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Packanack Lake. 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.