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Willard Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 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 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
601 Morningside Rd
Ridgewood, NJ 07451
Phone
(201) 670-2770
District
Ridgewood Public School District
County
BERGEN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
470
Classroom Teachers
35

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

10

(10 is best)

Better than 95.9% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Willard Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
80%
44%
74%
42%
86%
46%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
80%
47%
84%
49%
75%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
84%
45%
87%
51%
80%
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
13
12
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 75 16.0%
Grade 1 61 13.0%
Grade 2 87 18.5%
Grade 3 76 16.2%
Grade 4 82 17.4%
Grade 5 89 18.9%
Total 470 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 72.9% 64.3% 39.1%
Black 0.2% 1.3% 14.9%
Hispanic 9.9% 12.3% 34.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 17.0% 22.1% 10.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 0.6% 2.7% 37.1%
Free lunch eligible 0.4% 2.0% 31.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.2% 0.7% 5.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 26,076 9,290,841
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 4,541.6 1,259
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.4% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 25.6% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 24.4% 32.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 31.0% 26.9%
65 OR OLDER 13.6% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 8,816 3,478,355
Single Parent Households With Children 4.4% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.3% 90.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 80.6% 42.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 66.6% 32.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.2% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 4.7% 11.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 4.8% 12.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 4.2% 10.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 1.9% 7.7%
$15,000 or less 3.6% 6.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,913 $77,136,000 55.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $3,310 $18,351,000 13.2%
Staff $1,028 $5,699,000 4.1%
General Administration $231 $1,278,000 0.9%
School Administration $1,075 $5,958,000 4.3%
Operation $1,870 $10,370,000 7.5%
Transportation $286 $1,583,000 1.1%
Other $620 $3,437,000 2.5%
Total Support $8,419 $46,676,000 33.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,721 $15,086,000 10.9%
Total Expenditures $25,054 $138,898,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,629 $20,370,924,000 51.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,803 $3,903,661,000 9.9%
Staff $872 $1,214,300,000 3.1%
General Administration $482 $671,066,000 1.7%
School Administration $1,195 $1,664,142,000 4.2%
Operation $2,241 $3,120,212,000 7.9%
Transportation $950 $1,322,740,000 3.3%
Other $616 $857,184,000 2.2%
Total Support $9,159 $12,753,305,000 32.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,641 $6,462,515,000 16.3%
Total Expenditures $28,428 $39,586,744,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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