Beechwood School

Beechwood School is a small elementary school based in MOUNTAINSIDE, New Jersey. Total enrollment is 265 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 2. Elementary schools in New Jersey have about 405 students on average; enrollment here is 35% lower.

Mountainside School District is the district for Beechwood School. It has 2 schools and 748 students.

Of every 100 students at Beechwood School, about 67 are White. It is also 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 9% Asian. Union County's residents are about 39% White, 28 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Beechwood School scores 52%.

Beechwood School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. The gap from the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 1.8 students per teacher. At Beechwood School, 4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 48 points below the 52% average for public schools in Union County.

American Community Survey estimates for Union County show that median household income comes to about $103,202, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 180, with about 99,046 students.

Franklin Elementary School sits about 1.1 miles from Beechwood School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Under the NCES locale system, Beechwood School is Suburb: Large.

By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 265, from 239 in 2017-18. The White share of enrollment decreased from 76% to 67% over the same period. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.7:1 to 13.3:1 over the same years.

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