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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 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
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
253
Classroom Teachers
22

* Essex Fells Elementary School is one of the top 100 best public schools in America.

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

10

(10 is best)

Better than 99.0% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

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

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
76%
43%
76%
42%
76%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

120 100 80 60 40 20 0
94%
43%
100%
48%
87%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
88%
42%
93%
48%
83%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 6

100 80 60 40 20 0
81%
38%
85%
46%
77%
30%
    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
11
12
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 27 10.7%
Kindergarten 29 11.5%
Grade 1 39 15.4%
Grade 2 28 11.1%
Grade 3 30 11.9%
Grade 4 31 12.3%
Grade 5 30 11.9%
Grade 6 39 15.4%
Total 253 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 85.2% 85.0% 41.1%
Black 3.0% 2.9% 15.3%
Hispanic 5.9% 6.3% 32.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.5% 5.4% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.4% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported 33.2%
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 29.0%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 2,270 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,608.0 1,254
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.8% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 29.0% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 20.2% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.8% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 15.2% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 714 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 0.8% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 99.0% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 84.0% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 71.4% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.5% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 5.0% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 5.2% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 3.6% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 1.8% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 1.4% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $16,548 $4,137,000 65.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,820 $705,000 11.1%
Staff $228 $57,000 0.9%
General Administration $820 $205,000 3.2%
School Administration $592 $148,000 2.3%
Operation $2,292 $573,000 9.1%
Transportation $60 $15,000 0.2%
Other $648 $162,000 2.6%
Total Support $7,460 $1,865,000 29.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,312 $328,000 5.2%
Total Expenditures $25,320 $6,330,000 100.0%
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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