Enrollment
315
Elementary
DISTRICT 317 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340726000524
Ann Blanche Smith
1000 HILLSDALE AVE, HILLSDALE, NJ 07642 · (201) 664-1188 · Bergen County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL315 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
35 students
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (53).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Ann Blanche Smith→George G White
Based on grade levels within Hillsdale School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
81.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +8.5pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.3% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.8% | 55.4% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Ann Blanche Smith
Ann Blanche Smith's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Blanche Smith this school | 315 | 11.1% | 67.8% |
| Highland Elementary School MIDLAND PARK | 306 | 7.8% | 65.7% |
| Wesley D Tisdale Elementary School RAMSEY | 302 | 15.6% | 71.2% |
| Randall Carter Elementary School WAYNE | 351 | 15.1% | 60.8% |
| Lafayette Elementary School WAYNE | 321 | 10.9% | 60.8% |
| Heights Elementary School OAKLAND | 343 | 10.8% | 57.7% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Ann Blanche Smith ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #189 of 1,290 | #51 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #359 of 1,319 ▲ 96 | #84 of 149 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.3% | #75 of 1,319 ▲ 120 | #24 of 149 ▲ 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 315 | #1,043 of 1,562 | #104 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #195 of 1,390 | #14 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.0% | #864 of 1,392 | #117 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.1% | #1,224 of 1,481 | #103 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.4% | #368 of 545 | #39 of 64 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
315
+25 (+9%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 254
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 8.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 315 | 33.7 | 9.4:1 | 11% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 304 | 35 | 8.7:1 | 7% (22) |
| 2022-23 | 299 | 32.1 | 9.3:1 | 11% (33) |
| 2020-21 | 290 | 34 | 8.5:1 | 12% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 299 | 26.2 | 11.4:1 | 10% (30) |
| 2015-16 | 290 | 24 | 12.1:1 | 8% (24) |
| 2010-11 | 406 | 20 | 20.3:1 | 9% (36) |
| 2000-01 | 344 | 20 | 17.2:1 | 4% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 254 | 15 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ann Blanche Smith.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (299 to 315); teachers up 29% (26.2 to 33.7).
About Ann Blanche Smith
Ann Blanche Smith is a public small elementary school in HILLSDALE, New Jersey. Its 315 students are spread across kindergarten through 4. The school's enrollment is 22% smaller than the 405 average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Ann Blanche Smith falls under Hillsdale School District, which has 3 schools enrolling 1,123 students.
Roughly 69% of students at Ann Blanche Smith are White. Enrollment also includes 20% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Bergen County, the White share is about 55%. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Ann Blanche Smith was 9.4:1. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey have 11.4:1, compared with 9.4:1 here. Ann Blanche Smith's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 11%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bergen County is 28%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Ann Blanche Smith receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 60.1% for Ann Blanche Smith. The school posts 67.8%, 7.7 points above the prediction.
Census estimates describe Bergen County this way: the median household income is $124,884, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. In all, Bergen County has 291 public schools and roughly 133,883 students.
Of nearby public schools, Washington Elementary School is the closest, at about 1.0 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Ann Blanche Smith. Its average proficiency rate of 67.8% is above the 65.8% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Ann Blanche Smith's enrollment grew from 290 in 2020-21 to 315 in 2024-25.
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Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hillsdale School District
- George G WhiteMiddle · 490 students
- MeadowbrookElementary · 318 students
Other schools in HILLSDALE
- Pascack Valley High SchoolHigh · 928 students
- George G WhiteMiddle · 490 students
- MeadowbrookElementary · 318 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Elementary School1.0 mi · 329
- Woodcliff Middle School1.1 mi · 238
- Dorchester Elementary School1.3 mi · 494
- Jessie F. George Elementary1.3 mi · 282
- George G White1.6 mi · 490
- Glen School1.8 mi · 126
Frequently asked questions
About Ann Blanche SmithWhat is the total enrollment at Ann Blanche Smith?
Ann Blanche Smith enrolls approximately 315 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Ann Blanche Smith serve?
Ann Blanche Smith serves grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Ann Blanche Smith have?
Ann Blanche Smith employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Ann Blanche Smith?
Student demographics at Ann Blanche Smith are roughly 69% White, 20% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Ann Blanche Smith in?
Ann Blanche Smith is part of Hillsdale School District.
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