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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW MILFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341128000626
Berkley Street School
812 BERKLEY STREET, NEW MILFORD, NJ 07646 · (201) 262-0191 · Bergen County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B+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
12.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
112 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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 New Milford Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
70.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
59.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 59.3% |
| 2023-24 | 72.7% | 62.4% |
% 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
59.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Berkley Street School
Berkley Street School's state test result (59.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berkley Street School this school | 415 | 27.0% | 59.2% |
| Adamsville Primary School Bridgewater | 461 | 25.2% | 54.9% |
| Lawrence Brook Elementary School EAST BRUNSWICK | 362 | 25.4% | 66.0% |
| Memorial School MAYWOOD | 415 | 22.9% | 61.1% |
| Johnson Park School PRINCETON | 360 | 21.1% | 66.6% |
| Fernbrook School RANDOLPH | 474 | 25.9% | 47.7% |
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 Berkley Street School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #349 of 1,290 | #78 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #420 of 1,319 ▼ 86 | #91 of 149 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #270 of 1,319 ▼ 71 | #73 of 149 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #651 of 1,562 | #41 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #1,007 of 1,390 | #107 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #72 of 1,392 | #2 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.0% | #907 of 1,481 | #67 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #715 of 798 | #78 of 85 |
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
415
-38 (-8%) vs 2020
+89% since 1990-91, when it was 219
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 415 | 33.1 | 12.5:1 | 27% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 31.4 | 13.8:1 | 19% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 32 | 13.5:1 | 18% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 31 | 14.6:1 | 6% (27) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 29.5 | 14.4:1 | 19% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 421 | 29 | 14.5:1 | 22% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | 25 | 16.7:1 | 13% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 300 | 16 | 18.8:1 | 9% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 219 | 10 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Berkley Street School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (426 to 415); teachers up 12% (29.5 to 33.1).
About Berkley Street School
Berkley Street School is a medium-sized elementary school in NEW MILFORD, New Jersey, under New Milford Public School District. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 415 students.
New Milford Public School District counts 1,998 students in its 4 schools, and Berkley Street School is one of them.
Berkley Street School has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 34%. The rest of enrollment is 31% White, 23% Asian, and 10% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Bergen County's population at about 23%. Berkley Street School's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 12.5 students per teacher and 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Bergen County average 28%.
The allk12 Grade for Berkley Street School is A-. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 75% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 51.4%. Berkley Street School scores 59.2%.
In the county around the school, Bergen County, the median household income is $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 291 public schools in Bergen County, enrolling about 133,883 students in all.
The closest public school to Berkley Street School is Roosevelt School, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Berkley Street School is behind the 61.2% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
Berkley Street School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Berkley Street School declined 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 453 to 415 students. The ratio was 14.6:1 in 2020-21 and 12.5:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Berkley Street School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 New Milford Public School District
- New Milford High SchoolHigh · 584 students
- David E. Owens Middle SchoolMiddle · 523 students
- Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
Other schools in NEW MILFORD
- New Milford High SchoolHigh · 584 students
- David E. Owens Middle SchoolMiddle · 523 students
- Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt School0.7 mi · 474
- Cherry Hill School0.8 mi · 697
- Bergenfield High School0.9 mi · 1,239
- David E. Owens Middle School0.9 mi · 523
- New Milford High School1.0 mi · 584
- Franklin Elementary School1.0 mi · 352
Frequently asked questions
About Berkley Street SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Berkley Street School?
Berkley Street School enrolls approximately 415 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Berkley Street School serve?
Berkley Street School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Berkley Street School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Berkley Street School is approximately 12.5:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Berkley Street School?
At Berkley Street School, the student body is approximately 31% White, 34% Hispanic, 10% Black, 23% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Berkley Street School in?
Berkley Street School is part of New Milford Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.