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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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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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
244
Classroom Teachers
24

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

10

(10 is best)

Better than 97.9% 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

100 80 60 40 20 0
78%
43%
86%
41%
69%
45%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
92%
47%
93%
50%
90%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 6

100 80 60 40 20 0
84%
40%
90%
47%
77%
33%
    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
10
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 29 11.9%
Kindergarten 25 10.2%
Grade 1 30 12.3%
Grade 2 39 16.0%
Grade 3 29 11.9%
Grade 4 30 12.3%
Grade 5 31 12.7%
Grade 6 31 12.7%
Total 244 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 84.3% 84.1% 40.1%
Black 2.6% 2.6% 15.1%
Hispanic 7.0% 7.3% 33.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 6.1% 6.0% 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 Unreported 35.1%
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 29.8%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 2,290 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,626.1 1,255
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.5% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 28.8% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 19.6% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.0% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 17.2% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 726 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 2.3% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.5% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 80.0% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 72.6% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 9.2% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 6.1% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 3.9% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 3.3% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 3.7% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 1.2% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $17,543 $4,333,000 64.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $3,255 $804,000 12.0%
Staff $154 $38,000 0.6%
General Administration $939 $232,000 3.5%
School Administration $656 $162,000 2.4%
Operation $2,332 $576,000 8.6%
Transportation $40 $10,000 0.1%
Other $749 $185,000 2.8%
Total Support $8,126 $2,007,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,506 $372,000 5.5%
Total Expenditures $27,174 $6,712,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,952 $17,923,333,000 51.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,555 $3,534,923,000 10.1%
Staff $804 $1,112,297,000 3.2%
General Administration $463 $640,692,000 1.8%
School Administration $1,140 $1,578,024,000 4.5%
Operation $2,061 $2,851,992,000 8.1%
Transportation $687 $951,282,000 2.7%
Other $633 $875,349,000 2.5%
Total Support $8,343 $11,544,559,000 32.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,100 $5,673,661,000 16.1%
Total Expenditures $25,395 $35,141,553,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%