Schools in Weston · Franklin Township School District
Weston’s public schools score below 67% of New Jersey districts
The public schools Weston’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 67% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
46%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
41%
▼ 6 pts vs NJ 47%
2020–21
Math proficiency
11%
▼ 14 pts vs NJ 25%
2020–21
Graduate on time
93%
▲ 2 pts vs NJ 91%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$28.2K
▼ 1% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade
How Weston compares
C− Test scoresC+ Graduation
New Jersey school districts we grade (645)Better than 33%
Lower resultsHigher results
New Jersey towns with similar household incomes (308)Better than 46%
High confidence. Built on 3,465 tested students and a graduating class of 561; 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 Weston.
7 schools teach Pre-K in Weston’s district. Which one depends on your address: Claremont Elementary School, Franklin Park School, Elizabeth Avenue School and Hillcrest School and more.
7 schools teach K in Weston’s district. Which one depends on your address: Claremont Elementary School, Franklin Park School, Elizabeth Avenue School and Hillcrest School and more.
7 schools teach 1st grade in Weston’s district. Which one depends on your address: Claremont Elementary School, Franklin Park School, Elizabeth Avenue School and Hillcrest School and more.
7 schools teach 2nd grade in Weston’s district. Which one depends on your address: Claremont Elementary School, Franklin Park School, Elizabeth Avenue School and Hillcrest School and more.
7 schools teach 3rd grade in Weston’s district. Which one depends on your address: Claremont Elementary School, Franklin Park School, Elizabeth Avenue School and Hillcrest School and more.
7 schools teach 4th grade in Weston’s district. Which one depends on your address: Claremont Elementary School, Franklin Park School, Elizabeth Avenue School and Hillcrest School and more.
7 schools teach 5th grade in Weston’s district. Which one depends on your address: Claremont Elementary School, Franklin Park School, Elizabeth Avenue School and Hillcrest School and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–57 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Franklin High Schoolin Somerset
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading41%
State average 47.3%
Math11%
State average 25.4%
Weston vs. its neighbors
Weston’s schools rank 2nd of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among New Jersey districts.
Every school in Weston
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Also serving Weston · 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 →
Hillcrest School
C−439 students9:1Rate it →
MacAfee Road School
B−405 students10:1Rate it →
Conerly Road School
C350 students10:1Rate it →
Pine Grove Manor School
C−346 students9:1Rate it →
Franklin Middle School at Sampson G. Smith Campus
C+787 students10:1Rate it →
Franklin Middle School at Hamilton Street Campus
C−592 students9:1Rate it →
Franklin High School
C+2,134 students12:1Rate it →
Parents talk
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Weston
There’s no college in Weston, but 40 are within 30 miles. The closest is Rutgers University-New Brunswick in New Brunswick, 6.9 miles away.
Rutgers University-New BrunswickUniversity or college · Public · New Brunswick
6.9 mi47,422 students
American Institute of Medical Sciences & EducationCommunity college · For-profit · Piscataway
7.7 mi397 students
Chamberlain University-New JerseyUniversity or college · For-profit · North Brunswick
8.1 mi1,225 students
Raritan Valley Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Branchburg
8.5 mi5,880 students
Rabbi Jacob Joseph SchoolUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Edison
9.4 mi96 students
Yeshiva Gedolah Tiferes BoruchUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · North Plainfield
9.9 mi70 students
Middlesex CollegeCommunity college · Public · Edison
11 mi9,857 students
Princeton UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Princeton
12.8 mi8,922 students
Princeton Theological SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Princeton
13.1 mi274 students
DeVry University-New JerseyUniversity or college · For-profit · Woodbridge
14 mi16 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Weston. 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.