Enrollment
362
Elementary
DISTRICT 326 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340135001966
Belleville PS5
149 ADELAIDE ST, BELLEVILLE, NJ 07109 · (973) 969-4399 · Essex County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL362 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+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
12.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
235 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 25 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 19% smaller than its 6th grade class (62).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Based on grade levels within Belleville Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
59.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +9.9pp since 2023
Math
34.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.5% | 34.7% |
| 2023-24 | 49.6% | 28.9% |
% 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
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Belleville PS5
Belleville PS5's state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belleville PS5 this school | 362 | 64.9% | 38.7% |
| Belleville PS3 BELLEVILLE | 334 | 67.7% | 38.8% |
| E. Roy Bixby BOGOTA | 314 | 64.6% | 37.5% |
| Early Childhood School WEST NEW YORK | 395 | 68.1% | N/A |
| LaMonte-Annex Elementary School Bound Brook | 374 | 69.8% | N/A |
| Wilson School LODI | 382 | 67.8% | 56.6% |
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 Belleville PS5 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #784 of 1,290 | #66 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #880 of 1,319 ▲ 74 | #72 of 141 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #496 of 1,319 ▲ 174 | #55 of 141 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 362 | #837 of 1,562 | #103 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #1,074 of 1,390 | #71 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.4% | #1,084 of 1,392 | #96 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.9% | #407 of 1,481 | #73 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.1% | #442 of 545 | #47 of 61 |
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
362
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 307
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 362 | 28 | 12.9:1 | 65% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 377 | 27 | 14.0:1 | 63% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 26 | 15.3:1 | 51% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 26 | 14.4:1 | 53% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 351 | 24 | 14.6:1 | 58% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 317 | 23 | 13.8:1 | 57% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 22 | 20.2:1 | 39% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 394 | 22 | 17.9:1 | 25% (97) |
| 1990-91 | 307 | 20 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belleville PS5.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (351 to 362); teachers up 17% (24 to 28).
About Belleville PS5
Belleville PS5 is a medium-sized elementary school in BELLEVILLE, New Jersey, administered by Belleville Public School District. A federal count lists 362 students at the school, in pre-K through 6.
Belleville Public School District is made up of 10 schools with 4,886 students in all.
Belleville PS5 is 78% Hispanic by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% White, 6% Black, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. In Essex County overall, about 25% of residents are Hispanic. Belleville PS5's diversity index is 38%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 28 full-time equivalents, or about 12.9 students per teacher. This ratio sits 1.5 above the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 65%. Across public schools in Essex County, the average is 54%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Belleville PS5 receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In New Jersey, Belleville PS5 is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 38.7% actual against a predicted 30.6%.
Essex County has these Census figures: the median household income is $80,789, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Essex County is home to 249 public schools and about 145,473 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Belleville High School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Belleville PS5. Its average proficiency rate of 38.7% is above the 36.0% average for nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment dropped 3% from its 2020-21 level of 375. The ratio was 14.4:1 in 2020-21 and 12.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Belleville Public School District
- Belleville High SchoolHigh · 1,590 students
- Belleville Middle SchoolMiddle · 685 students
- Belleville PS8Elementary · 505 students
- Belleville PS4Elementary · 438 students
- Belleville PS7Elementary · 425 students
- Belleville PS3Elementary · 334 students
Other schools in BELLEVILLE
- Belleville High SchoolHigh · 1,590 students
- Belleville Middle SchoolMiddle · 685 students
- Belleville PS8Elementary · 505 students
- Belleville PS4Elementary · 438 students
- Belleville PS7Elementary · 425 students
- Belleville PS3Elementary · 334 students
Nearby schools
- Belleville High School0.3 mi · 1,590
- Belleville PS70.4 mi · 425
- Belleville PS30.5 mi · 334
- Belleville PS90.8 mi · 138
- Washington School0.8 mi · 534
- Belleville Middle School0.9 mi · 685
Frequently asked questions
About Belleville PS5What is the total enrollment at Belleville PS5?
Belleville PS5 enrolls approximately 362 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Belleville PS5 serve?
Belleville PS5 serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Belleville PS5 have?
Belleville PS5 employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Belleville PS5?
Student demographics at Belleville PS5 are roughly 9% White, 78% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Belleville PS5 public or private?
Belleville PS5 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Belleville Public School District.
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