Enrollment
388
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTCLAIR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341056002168
Bradford Elementary School
87 MT HEBRON RD, UPPER MONTCLAIR, NJ 07042 · (973) 509-4155 · Essex County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% 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
9.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
32 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
65.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
73.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.9% | 73.9% |
| 2023-24 | 65.1% | 70.9% |
% 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
67.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Bradford Elementary School
Bradford Elementary School's state test result (67.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Elementary School this school | 388 | 8.2% | 67.5% |
| Watchung Elementary School MONTCLAIR | 406 | 9.1% | 65.9% |
| Greenwich School STEWARTSVILLE | 397 | 11.8% | 46.3% |
| School One Elementary SCOTCH PLAINS | 424 | 9.0% | 61.2% |
| Parkway Elementary School MOUNT LAUREL | 366 | 15.3% | 50.1% |
| Richard L Rice School MARLTON | 492 | 7.7% | 44.7% |
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 Bradford Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #190 of 1,290 | #22 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #183 of 1,319 ▲ 14 | #24 of 141 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #359 of 1,319 ▼ 15 | #43 of 141 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #747 of 1,562 | #92 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #248 of 1,390 | #9 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #317 of 1,392 | #19 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.2% | #1,288 of 1,481 | #119 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #438 of 798 | #34 of 73 |
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
388
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 310
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 388 | 40.5 | 9.6:1 | 8% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 38.5 | 9.7:1 | 6% (23) |
| 2022-23 | 385 | 37.5 | 10.3:1 | 9% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 389 | 34 | 11.4:1 | 8% (33) |
| 2017-18 | 430 | 34.5 | 12.5:1 | 10% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 431 | 35 | 12.3:1 | 12% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | 28 | 16.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 362 | 21 | 17.2:1 | 20% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 310 | 17 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bradford Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (430 to 388); teachers up 17% (34.5 to 40.5).
About Bradford Elementary School
Bradford Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in UPPER MONTCLAIR, New Jersey. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 388 students.
Montclair Public School District is made up of 11 schools with 6,193 students in all.
Bradford Elementary School's enrollment is 54% White. The next largest groups are 17% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 6% Asian. In Essex County overall, about 30% of residents are White. Bradford Elementary School has a diversity index of 65%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 9.6 students per teacher and 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 8%. For comparison, public schools in Essex County average 54%.
Bradford Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 81% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 67.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 61.6%.
Federal survey data for Essex County show that median household income is about $80,789, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bradford Elementary School is among the 249 public schools in Essex County.
Nearest public school: Northeast Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. The five-mile area around Bradford Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Bradford Elementary School ranks 2nd of 8 nearby schools, at 67.5% versus a 54.7% average.
The NCES locale for Bradford Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 388, close to the 389 recorded in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 9.6 students per teacher, compared with 11.4 in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Bradford Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Montclair Public School District
- Montclair High SchoolHigh · 1,925 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 684 students
- Buzz Aldrin Middle SchoolMiddle · 618 students
- Glenfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 512 students
- Charles H. Bullock SchoolElementary · 438 students
- Watchung Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
Other schools in UPPER MONTCLAIR
- Buzz Aldrin Middle SchoolMiddle · 618 students
- Northeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
Other Bradford Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Bradford Elementary. Bradford Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 10.
- BRADFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSTARKE, FL · 745 students
- Bradford Elementary SchoolSAN ANGELO, TX · 453 students
- Bradford Elementary SchoolIOWA PARK, TX · 450 students
- Bradford ElementaryBradford, MA · 443 students
- Bradford ElementaryBradford, TN · 311 students
Nearby schools
- Northeast Elementary School0.7 mi · 391
- School #160.8 mi · 201
- Buzz Aldrin Middle School0.9 mi · 618
- Memorial Middle School1.0 mi · 468
- Cedar Grove High School1.2 mi · 421
- Little Falls Township Public School # 21.6 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About Bradford Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bradford Elementary School?
Bradford Elementary School enrolls approximately 388 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Bradford Elementary School serve?
Bradford Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bradford Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bradford Elementary School is approximately 9.6:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bradford Elementary School?
At Bradford Elementary School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 13% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% Asian, 17% Two or more.
What district is Bradford Elementary School in?
Bradford Elementary School is part of Montclair Public School District.
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