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Essex Fells Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 6

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
102 Hawthorne Rd
Essex Fells , NJ 07021
Phone
(973) 226-0505
District
ESSEX FELLS SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
ESSEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
251
Classroom Teachers
34

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

10

(10 is best)

Better than 98.0% of NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

10

(10 is best)

Essex Fells Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
84%
52%
84%
49%
84%
54%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
79%
53%
84%
56%
74%
50%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
90%
51%
90%
57%
90%
46%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 6

100 80 60 40 20 0
90%
47%
90%
55%
90%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
7
7
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 28 11.2%
Kindergarten 32 12.7%
Grade 1 26 10.4%
Grade 2 28 11.2%
Grade 3 31 12.4%
Grade 4 29 11.6%
Grade 5 39 15.5%
Grade 6 38 15.1%
Total 251 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 88.3% 88.1% 42.0%
Black 2.9% 2.9% 15.4%
Hispanic 3.3% 3.3% 31.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.0% 5.3% 10.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.4% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED 34.1%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE UNREPORTED UNREPORTED 29.9%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE UNREPORTED UNREPORTED 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 2,037 9,267,130
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,442.9 1,255
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.5% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 25.9% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 19.8% 31.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.9% 27.5%
65 OR OLDER 17.9% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 697 3,264,352
Single Parent Households With Children 0.7% 9.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.9% 90.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 82.6% 40.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 64.4% 25.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.5% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 5.5% 12.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 8.3% 14.5%
$30,000 - $49,999 3.2% 12.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 3.3% 9.9%
$15,000 or less 1.9% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $16,024 $4,006,000 66.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,364 $591,000 9.8%
Staff $432 $108,000 1.8%
General Administration $804 $201,000 3.3%
School Administration $556 $139,000 2.3%
Operation $2,016 $504,000 8.4%
Transportation $100 $25,000 0.4%
Other $620 $155,000 2.6%
Total Support $6,892 $1,723,000 28.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,220 $305,000 5.1%
Total Expenditures $24,136 $6,034,000 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,889 $16,397,790,534 48.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,355 $3,247,692,321 9.7%
Staff $826 $1,139,283,538 3.4%
General Administration $441 $607,811,946 1.8%
School Administration $1,079 $1,488,315,589 4.4%
Operation $2,068 $2,852,610,543 8.5%
Transportation $841 $1,160,215,377 3.5%
Other $540 $745,147,198 2.2%
Total Support $8,150 $11,241,230,566 33.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,259 $5,874,271,672 17.5%
Total Expenditures $24,298 $33,513,259,268 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%

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