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What's the biggest difference between Brookside Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 320 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTWOOD REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341782000916
Brookside Elementary School
20 LAKE DRIVE, WESTWOOD, NJ 07675 · (201) 664-9000 · Bergen County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
49 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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 Westwood Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
72.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
66.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.3% | 66.4% |
| 2023-24 | 69.5% | 67.2% |
% 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
65.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Brookside Elementary School
Brookside Elementary School's state test result (65.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookside Elementary School this school | 390 | 12.6% | 65.2% |
| Randall Carter Elementary School WAYNE | 351 | 15.1% | 60.8% |
| Memorial School Emerson | 374 | 9.4% | 51.0% |
| Hardyston Township Elementary School FRANKLIN | 358 | 13.7% | 55.1% |
| Valley Road School CLARK | 390 | 7.7% | 52.4% |
| Barley Sheaf Elementary School FLEMINGTON | 376 | 17.6% | 61.5% |
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 Brookside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #232 of 1,290 | #57 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #306 of 1,319 ▼ 44 | #76 of 149 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #218 of 1,319 ▲ 45 | #65 of 149 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #740 of 1,562 | #48 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #440 of 1,390 | #52 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.2% | #771 of 1,392 | #108 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.6% | #1,190 of 1,481 | #100 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #544 of 798 | #57 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
390
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
+92% since 1990-91, when it was 203
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 390 | 37.7 | 10.3:1 | 13% (49) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 34.7 | 10.8:1 | 7% (28) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 37 | 10.8:1 | 9% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 398 | 31 | 12.8:1 | 10% (39) |
| 2017-18 | 419 | 34 | 12.3:1 | 7% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 389 | 28 | 13.9:1 | 10% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 371 | 18 | 20.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 258 | 17 | 15.2:1 | 2% (6) |
| 1990-91 | 203 | 15 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brookside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (419 to 390); teachers up 11% (34 to 37.7).
About Brookside Elementary School
Brookside Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of WESTWOOD, New Jersey. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 390 students in kindergarten through 5.
Within Westwood Regional School District, Brookside Elementary School is one of 6 schools. The district enrolls 2,764 students.
Brookside Elementary School is 66% White by enrollment. Other students are 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 2% Black. By comparison, Bergen County residents are about 55% White. The school's diversity index is 51%, meaning two students picked at random have a 51% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 37.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 10.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Eligible students account for 13% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Compared with the 28% average for public schools in Bergen County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Brookside Elementary School is +6.0 points: 65.2% actual, 59.3% predicted.
In the county around the school, Bergen County, the median household income is $124,884, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Bergen County is home to 291 public schools and about 133,883 public school students.
The closest public school, Westwood Regional Middle School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Brookside Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Brookside Elementary School is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (398) and 2024-25 (390). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 10.3:1, from 12.8:1.
Community posts for Brookside Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Westwood Regional School District
- Westwood Regional High SchoolHigh · 830 students
- Westwood Regional Middle SchoolMiddle · 656 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 329 students
- Jessie F. George ElementaryElementary · 282 students
- Berkeley ElementaryElementary · 277 students
Other schools in WESTWOOD
- Westwood Regional Middle SchoolMiddle · 656 students
- Berkeley ElementaryElementary · 277 students
Other Brookside Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 12 states are named Brookside Elementary. Brookside Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 18.
- Brookside Elementary SchoolMONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ · 431 students
- Brookside ElementaryRAMSEY, MN · 779 students
- Brookside ElementaryBeaumont, CA · 691 students
- Brookside ElementaryOak Park, CA · 556 students
- Brookside Elementary SchoolNicholasville, KY · 515 students
Nearby schools
- Westwood Regional Middle School0.0 mi · 656
- Memorial School0.4 mi · 374
- Berkeley Elementary0.8 mi · 277
- Jessie F. George Elementary0.9 mi · 282
- Patrick M Villano School1.1 mi · 240
- George G White1.2 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Brookside Elementary SchoolHow large is Brookside Elementary School?
Brookside Elementary School enrolls approximately 390 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Brookside Elementary School serve?
Brookside Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Brookside Elementary School?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at Brookside Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brookside Elementary School?
At Brookside Elementary School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 21% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Brookside Elementary School in?
Brookside Elementary School is part of Westwood Regional School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.