Elementary school that groups by ability?

[bdpop]

Here is some information about NJ schools including the link to the NJ schools report card:'

New Jersey Department of Education

Here is similar info for Florida:

School Accountability Report...

I hope this helps.

[annerk]

Most of Middlesex, Hunterdon, Morris, Warren, Sussex, and Monmouth counties are very safe with great schools.

Also look at parts of Somerset, Mercer, western Union, some of Bergen.

Princeton, Belle Meade, Summit, Marlboro, Westfield, Peapack-Gladstone, Essex Fells, Scotch Plains, East Brunswick, Oradell, New Milford, Highland Park, Hillsborough, West Windsor/Plainsboro, Short Hills, Chester, North and South Brunswick, Montgomery Township, and Bridgewater would all be good places to start looking. They range from fairly metro to pretty rural.

[donnaofnj]

i currently live in south jersey and we have some of the best schools.

to name a few towns to check out

moorsetown
medford
marlton
mt laurel
voorhees(eastern high school)
cherry hill east
haddonfield
i used to live in central jersey as well

holmdel
colts neck
princeton
somerset

hope that this helps some

[annerk]

Somerset township schools aren't so hot. I wouldn't suggest them. At one point they were good, they've gone downhill, most people I know who live in Somerset plan on being out of there before their kids start school.

There are plenty of good schools within Somerset County though.

[prhottie1]

Thanks a lot everyone for your replies. I feel much better now that I have a place to start searching for info... I will look into all of those... Seems like FL is not my best choice after all under the circumstances... The North is starting to sound much better for both of us... It's not easy being a single mom with a difficult child... but he's worth all the trouble...

[donnaofnj]

# McNair Academic (Jersey City)
# Tenafly
# Millburn
# Montgomery
# Mountain Lakes
# Glen Rock
# Northern Highlands Regional (Allendale)
# Pascack Hills
# West Windsor--Plainsboro South
# Glen Ridge
# Ridge (Bernards Twp.)
# Chatham
# Princeton
# Livingston
# Cresskill
# Northern Valley Regional (Demarest)
# Haddonfield Memorial
# West Windsor--Plainsboro North
# Holmdel
# Summit
# Governor Livingston (Berkeley Heights)
# Westfield
# Pascack Valley (Hillsdale)
# Ridgewood
# Northern Valley Regional (Old Tappan)
# New Providence
# Ramsey
# Ramapo (Franklin Lakes)
# West Morris Mendham
# Voorhees (Lebanon Twp.)
# Highland Park
# Randolph
# Rumson -- Fair Haven
# West Essex (North Caldwell)
# Kinnelon
# Indian Hills (Oakland)
# Northern Hunterdon Regional (Clinton Twp.)
# Watchung Hills Regional
# Cranford
# Park Ridge
# West Morris Central (Chester)
# Cherry Hill East
# James Caldwell (West Caldwell)
# Jonathan Dayton (Springfield)
# Paramus
# Mahwah
# Verona
# Madison
# Montville
# Bernards (Bernardsville)
# Emerson
# Hanover Park
# Science (Newark)
# Whippany Park
# Cedar Grove
# Metuchen
# Hunterdon Central (Flemington)
# Eastern Regional (Voorhees)
# Hopewell Valley Central (Pennington)
# East Brunswick
# River Dell Regional (Oradell)
# Fair Lawn
# Moorestown
# Scotch Plains -- Fanwood
# Morristown
# Midland Park
# Leonia
# Point Pleasant Beach
# Oecan Twp.
# Wayne Hills
# Morris Knolls (Denville)
# Wayne Valley
# Sparta
# Somerville
# South Brunswick
# Marlboro
# Haddon Twp.
# Pequannock Twp.
# Columbia (Maplewood)
# Delaware Valley Regional (Alexandria)
# Westwood
# J.P. Stevens (Edison)
# Bridgewater-Raritan
# Parsippany
I hope that this helps you some. Check them out and let us know how you make out with your move and where you end up at.

[bdpop]

This is helping me out as well as I am planning to move back to NJ this spring or summer. We should move this thread to the NJ forum, where we would get a better response.

[prhottie1]

Originally Posted by bdpop

This is helping me out as well as I am planning to move back to NJ this spring or summer. We should move this thread to the NJ forum, where we would get a better response.

I agree.. we have gotten some great responses so far... I went ahead and post it on the NJ forum as well under the same title so that it's easier to find...

Good luck!

[bostontoorlando]

For another perspective, I suggest you look at US News and world report academic ranking of high schools (Best High Schools: Gold Medal List - US News and World Report. You will, surprisingly, find that FLorida is well represented. While faculty at an Ivy league school I met a number of students from Winter Park High and other cities in the state that were outstanding and well prepared. So there are excellent programs for bright kids, at least at the high school level.
We have our kids in a private school as we moved only recently, but we have been very pleased as the teaching level is far better than at a top public school district in Boston. They are willing to individualize and allow students to work at 2-3 grade levels above their peers, while socially developing in the right grade level. We have heard from parents who are in public schools in Windemere, Dr Phillips and Winter Park and have heard very good reports.
I am certain there are standout schools here and probably many subpar schools also.