Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341413004510
Birchwood Elementary School
1 ART STREET, DOVER, NJ 07801 · (973) 361-7080 · Morris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
10.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
66 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 77 | 25% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Birchwood Elementary School→Copeland Middle School
Based on grade levels within Rockaway Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
58.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -12.1pp since 2023
Math
47.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . -7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.7% | 47.5% |
| 2023-24 | 70.8% | 54.9% |
% 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
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Birchwood Elementary School
Birchwood Elementary School's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birchwood Elementary School this school | 314 | 21.0% | 53.8% |
| Franklin Elementary School SUCCASUNNA | 281 | 23.1% | 36.5% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School HAWTHORNE | 264 | 23.9% | 55.3% |
| Community Park School PRINCETON | 316 | 17.1% | 63.3% |
| Salome H. Long Memorial School SADDLE BROOK | 304 | 19.7% | 57.0% |
| Cambridge Park Elementary School Aberdeen | 286 | 19.6% | N/A |
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 Birchwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #448 of 1,290 | #54 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #639 of 1,319 ▼ 165 | #64 of 77 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #514 of 1,319 ▼ 289 | #57 of 77 ▼ 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #1,050 of 1,562 | #53 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #379 of 1,390 | #31 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #384 of 1,392 | #18 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.0% | #1,018 of 1,481 | #32 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.7% | #391 of 545 | #32 of 40 |
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
314
+60 (+24%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 281
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 9.1:1
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 | 314 | 31 | 10.1:1 | 21% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 294 | 31.4 | 9.4:1 | 13% (38) |
| 2022-23 | 279 | 31.4 | 8.9:1 | 19% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 254 | 28 | 9.1:1 | 23% (59) |
| 2017-18 | 300 | 23.5 | 12.8:1 | 28% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 288 | 26 | 11.1:1 | 17% (50) |
| 2010-11 | 327 | 15 | 21.8:1 | 25% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 24 | 14.4:1 | 11% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 281 | 21 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Birchwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (300 to 314); teachers up 32% (23.5 to 31).
About Birchwood Elementary School
Birchwood Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school located in DOVER, New Jersey. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 314 students. That is 22% below the average of about 405 students for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Rockaway Township School District has 6 schools; together they serve 2,425 students.
The largest group at Birchwood Elementary School is White students, at 50%. Smaller groups are 34% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Morris County is roughly 68% White. The diversity index for Birchwood Elementary School is 63%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Birchwood Elementary School reports a ratio of 10.1 students per teacher, from 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 10.1:1 compares with an average of 11.4:1 for elementary schools in New Jersey. Lunch program data show 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is in line with the 19% average for public schools in Morris County.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Birchwood Elementary School outscored 56%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Birchwood Elementary School would score about 54.7%. It scores 53.8%, within a point of that figure.
Morris County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $137,326 a year, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Morris County number 156, with about 72,239 students.
Dennis B O'Brien Elementary School is about 0.8 miles from Birchwood Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Birchwood Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment increased by 24% across 4 years, from 254 in 2020-21 to 314 in 2024-25. The ratio was 9.1:1 in 2020-21 and 10.1:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Birchwood Elementary School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rockaway Township School District
- Copeland Middle SchoolMiddle · 799 students
- Stony Brook Elementary SchoolElementary · 365 students
- Catherine A Dwyer Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Katharine D Malone Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Dennis B O'Brien Elementary SchoolElementary · 298 students
Other schools in DOVER
- Dover High SchoolHigh · 1,167 students
- North Dover Elementary SchoolElementary · 640 students
- Academy Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- Dover Middle SchoolMiddle · 481 students
- East Dover Elementary SchoolElementary · 411 students
- Dennis B O'Brien Elementary SchoolElementary · 298 students
Other Birchwood Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Birchwood Elementary. Birchwood Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- BIRCHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSCHENECTADY, NY · 376 students
- Birchwood Elementary SchoolBellingham, WA · 335 students
- Birchwood ElementaryBirchwood, WI · 86 students
Nearby schools
- Dennis B O'Brien Elementary School0.8 mi · 298
- Academy for Mathematics Science and Engineering0.8 mi · 181
- East Dover Elementary School0.8 mi · 411
- Dover Middle School0.8 mi · 481
- Morris Hills High School0.8 mi · 1,140
- Dover High School1.1 mi · 1,167
Frequently asked questions
About Birchwood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Birchwood Elementary School?
Birchwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 314 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Birchwood Elementary School serve?
Birchwood Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Birchwood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Birchwood Elementary School is approximately 10.1:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Birchwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Birchwood Elementary School are roughly 50% White, 34% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Birchwood Elementary School public or private?
Birchwood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rockaway Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.