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Schools in Preakness · Wayne Township School District

Preakness’s public schools beat 72% of New Jersey districts

The public schools Preakness’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 top.

74%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
58%
▲ 11 pts vs NJ 47%
2020–21
Math proficiency
39%
▲ 14 pts vs NJ 25%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
▲ 4 pts vs NJ 91%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$28.6K
▲ 0% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade

How Preakness compares

A− Test scoresB Graduation
New Jersey school districts we grade (645)Better than 72%
Lower resultsHigher results
New Jersey towns with similar household incomes (421)Better than 74%
High confidence. Built on 4,203 tested students and a graduating class of 631; 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 Preakness.

10 schools teach K in Preakness’s district. Which one depends on your address: Theunis Dey Elementary School, Packanack Elementary School, John F. Kennedy Elementary School and James Fallon Elementary School and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–510 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
59 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–83 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

The district

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Wayne Township School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 15 schools · 7,549 students
$28,563NJ $28,441
B+
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading58%
State average 47.3%
Math39%
State average 25.4%

Preakness vs. its neighbors

Preakness’s schools rank 1st of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among New Jersey districts.

PreaknessB+WayneB+TotowaC+HaledonD

Every school in Preakness

0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.

Also serving Preakness · in other towns
Theunis Dey Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wayne
B+
459 students14:1Rate it →
Packanack Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wayne
B+
408 students13:1Rate it →
John F. Kennedy Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wayne
B+
387 students12:1Rate it →
James Fallon Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wayne
B
370 students13:1Rate it →
Pines Lake Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wayne
B+
356 students12:1Rate it →
Randall Carter Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wayne
B+
351 students13:1Rate it →
Albert Payson Terhune Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wayne
A−
347 students12:1Rate it →
Lafayette Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wayne
B
321 students14:1Rate it →
Ryerson Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Wayne
C
250 students9:1Rate it →
Preakness Early Childhood Center
Elementary · Grades PK–K · Wayne
177 students9:1Rate it →
Schuyler Colfax Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Wayne
A−
650 students10:1Rate it →
Anthony Wayne Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Wayne
A−
617 students9:1Rate it →

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Within reach

Colleges near Preakness

There’s no college in Preakness, but 40 are within 30 miles. The closest is William Paterson University of New Jersey in Wayne, 1.4 miles away.

Colleges →
William Paterson University of New JerseyUniversity or college · Public · Wayne
1.4 mi5,114 students
Passaic County Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Paterson
3.2 mi4,748 students
Berkeley College-Woodland ParkUniversity or college · For-profit · Woodland Park
3.3 mi964 students
Montclair State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Montclair
5.6 mi20,428 students
Bergen Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Paramus
7.2 mi9,883 students
Caldwell UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Caldwell
7.7 mi1,822 students
Hackensack Meridian School of MedicineUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Nutley
8.1 mi567 students
Felician UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Lodi
8.3 mi2,040 students
Eastwick College-RamseyUniversity or college · For-profit · Ramsey
9.6 mi929 students
Eastwick College-NutleyCommunity college · For-profit · Nutley
9.8 mi456 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Preakness. 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.

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