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Schools in Lyons

Lyons’s public schools

Bernards Township School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lyons. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?6/6schools above New Jersey’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in New Jersey’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
78%
2021–22
Math proficiency
72%
2021–22
Graduate on time
94%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$29.2K
▲ 3% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.9
NJ 11.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
4,645 students on the public path
In brief

Lyons’s schools, in brief

School by school

6 of Lyons’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Jersey’s 2,144 public schools. Mount Prospect Elementary School places highest (better than 99%); Liberty Corner School lowest (86%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Four elementary schools serve Lyons, graded from A to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Ridge High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Lyons, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–54 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressA to A+
6–8William Annin Middle Schoolin Basking RidgeA
9–12Ridge High Schoolin Basking RidgeA+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Bernards Township School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Bernards Township School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 4,645 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 10.9 per teacher (NJ 11.6)
$29,221NJ $28,441 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading78%
State average 48.6% · 2552 students tested
Math72%
State average 35.5% · 2574 students tested

Lyons vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the New Jersey towns that share Lyons’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Lyons—Bernards Township
Long HillA−Long Hill Township PK–8 · Watchung Hills Regional 9–12
BernardsABernards Township

Every school in Lyons

6 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New Jersey’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Lyonsin other towns
Mount Prospect Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Basking Ridge
A+
522 students9:1Rate it →
Cedar Hill School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Basking Ridge
A
568 students12:1Rate it →
Liberty Corner School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Liberty Corner
A
429 students11:1Rate it →
Oak Street School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Basking Ridge
A
427 students11:1Rate it →
William Annin Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Basking Ridge
A
1,122 students10:1Rate it →
Ridge High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Basking Ridge
A+
1,577 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Lyons’s schools

Are Lyons’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Lyons. Bernards Township School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lyons. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 6 of its 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Jersey’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Lyons in?

Bernards Township School District.

Where do Lyons kids go to high school?

Ridge High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.