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Merritt Memorial School

Serves grades 1 - 5

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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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1 Dogwood Lane
Cresskill, NJ 07626
Phone
(201) 227-7791
District
CRESSKILL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
BERGEN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
290
Classroom Teachers
28

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

10

(10 is best)

Better than 94.2% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Merritt Memorial School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
70%
43%
68%
42%
72%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
83%
43%
84%
48%
81%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
79%
42%
83%
48%
74%
35%
    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
10
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 1 49 16.9%
Grade 2 59 20.3%
Grade 3 53 18.3%
Grade 4 59 20.3%
Grade 5 64 22.1%
Total 290 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 47.0% 54.1% 41.1%
Black 3.2% 2.1% 15.3%
Hispanic 7.1% 6.7% 32.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 42.7% 37.1% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported 0.7% 33.2%
Free lunch eligible Unreported 0.5% 29.0%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported 0.2% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 9,096 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 4,330.9 1,254
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.4% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.5% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 24.1% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 32.7% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 16.3% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,036 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 1.0% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.7% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 60.9% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 51.7% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.1% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 4.0% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 6.7% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.7% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 1.7% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 4.2% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,177 $23,652,715 56.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,921 $3,448,195 8.3%
Staff $158 $283,610 0.7%
General Administration $400 $718,000 1.7%
School Administration $1,364 $2,448,380 5.9%
Operation $1,442 $2,588,390 6.2%
Transportation $38 $68,210 0.2%
Other $443 $795,185 1.9%
Total Support $5,767 $10,351,765 24.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,217 $7,569,515 18.2%
Total Expenditures $23,160 $41,572,200 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,252 $16,876,633,536 49.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,485 $3,422,916,968 10.0%
Staff $778 $1,071,908,147 3.1%
General Administration $448 $617,313,228 1.8%
School Administration $1,106 $1,523,858,437 4.4%
Operation $2,059 $2,835,591,380 8.3%
Transportation $773 $1,065,361,101 3.1%
Other $557 $766,792,454 2.2%
Total Support $8,206 $11,303,690,627 33.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,415 $6,081,668,713 17.8%
Total Expenditures $24,874 $34,262,079,216 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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