School District Of The Chathams

259 Lafayette Avenue
Chatham, NJ 07928
(District boundaries shown in map)
10/
10
Top 10%

Top Rankings

School District Of The Chathams ranks among the top 20% of public school district in New Jersey for:

Category
Attribute
Overall Rank
Highest overall rank (Top 10%)
Math Proficiency
Highest math proficiency (Top 10%)
Reading/Language Arts Proficiency
Highest reading/language arts proficiency (Top 10%)
Science Proficiency
Highest science proficiency (Top 10%)
Graduation Rate
Highest graduation rate (Top 5%)
Community Size
Largest student body (number of students) (Top 1%)
For the 2026 school year, there is 1 public middle school serving 833 students in School District Of The Chathams. This district's average middle testing ranking is 10/10, which is in the top 10% of public middle schools in New Jersey.
Public Middle School in School District Of The Chathams have an average math proficiency score of 64% (versus the New Jersey public middle school average of 34%), and reading proficiency score of 76% (versus the 48% statewide average).
Minority enrollment is 33% of the student body (majority Asian), which is less than the New Jersey public middle school average of 69% (majority Hispanic).

Overview

This School District
This State (NJ)
# Schools
6 Schools
833 Schools
# Students
3,548 Students
459,259 Students
# Teachers
326 Teachers
39,700 Teachers
Student-Teacher Ratio
11:1
11:1

Student By Grade

District Rank

School District Of The Chathams, which is ranked within the top 10% of all 642 school districts in New Jersey (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2022-2023 school year.
The school district's graduation rate of 97% has decreased from 99% over five school years.
This School District
State Average (NJ)
#46 out of 648 school districts
(Top 10%)
71%
38%
78%
49%
53%
23%
97%
85%

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