Winfield Township, Winfield NJ - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Winfield Township

Winfield Township is a single-school district serving pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, housed in one building at the center of a tiny, carefully planned community in Union County. The school itself is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and it operates as the educational hub for a township that is almost entirely residential, with no downtown and only a small two-store shopping center. The community was originally built for defense workers, and it retains a park-like, compact design where the school, municipal building, and community facilities sit within easy walking distance of most homes. High school students attend David Brearley High School in Kenilworth through a sending-receiving arrangement, so the school's footprint ends at eighth grade.

The student body is modest in size, with enrollment spread fairly evenly across the grades from pre-K through eight. The racial and ethnic composition is predominantly white, with a substantial Hispanic presence and smaller shares of Black students and students of two or more races. Slightly above a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a figure that positions the school in a mid-range economic context for the area. Data on students with individualized education plans and English learners was not available, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those supports.

On state assessments, the picture is mixed and varies notably by grade and subject. In English language arts, the school shows a clear upward trajectory as students get older. Proficiency rates in the early elementary grades are moderate, but by sixth grade they climb to a strong level, and by seventh and eighth grade a large majority of students meet proficiency standards. This suggests that the school may be particularly effective at developing literacy skills in the middle grades. Math performance follows a different pattern. Proficiency rates are lower than in ELA across most grades, and they decline sharply by the upper grades; eighth-grade math results are very weak. Science results in fifth grade are moderate, while eighth-grade science is very low. The overall proficiency index for the school, combining all tested subjects and grades, places it below the midpoint among districts in Union County. This is a meaningful signal: the school does not match the academic performance of many of its county peers, and a family considering the school should understand that state test scores, particularly in math and science in the upper grades, lag behind.

Discipline, course access, staffing, and attendance data were not available in the report, so there is no information on class sizes, chronic absenteeism, or the range of elective or enrichment offerings. The district's strategic priorities or recent changes were also absent from the research, which is unsurprising for a very small, single-building district where public-facing materials are limited.

The housing context for Winfield is distinctive. Homes in the zip code have a value that falls somewhat below the statewide benchmark, though above the national median. Rents are in a similar range. The community has seen population decline over the past several census cycles, and no major new development is expected given the constraints of the original mutual housing structure and the township's very small land area. Property taxes, publicly reported, are the lowest in Union County, which is a concrete financial consideration for a family buying in.

Winfield Township offers a contained, small-scale K-8 experience in a tight-knit residential community with strong ELA outcomes in the later grades. The math and science performance in middle school gives a parent reason to investigate further, and the limited data on support services and programming means that asking direct questions of the school about how it addresses those subjects, and what resources are available for students who need extra help, would be a practical next step. For families who want a neighborhood school that ends before high school, with low property taxes and a walkable planned community, this fits that profile. For those prioritizing top-tier test scores across all subjects, it may not.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 339%

School 39% · District 39%

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 425%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 636%

School 36% · District 36%

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 718%

School 18% · District 18%

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 87%

School 7% · District 7%

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 344%

School 44% · District 44%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 431%

School 31% · District 31%

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 50%

▼ 4 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 673%

School 73% · District 73%

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 782%

School 82% · District 82%

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

Grade 867%

School 67% · District 67%

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Science

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 33%

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 87%

School 7% · District 7%

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.