Enrollment
299
Elementary
DISTRICT 292 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLEN ROCK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340597000488
Central School
600 S MAPLE AVE, GLEN ROCK, NJ 07452 · (201) 445-7700 · Bergen County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL299 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
3 students
DISTRICT 1% · 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 | 5 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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 Glen Rock Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
73.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
80.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 80.4% |
| 2023-24 | 69.5% | 78.1% |
% 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
71.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Central School
Central School's state test result (71.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central School this school | 299 | 1.0% | 71.5% |
| Milton Avenue School CHATHAM | 301 | 2.7% | 92.7% |
| Washington Avenue School CHATHAM | 286 | 3.8% | 79.3% |
| William Mason School MONTVILLE | 285 | 3.9% | 63.5% |
| McKinley Elementary School Westfield | 291 | 2.1% | 68.8% |
| Hillside Elementary School Allendale | 348 | 2.0% | 78.1% |
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 Central School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #138 of 1,290 | #44 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.4% | #82 of 1,319 ▲ 6 | #25 of 149 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #204 of 1,319 ▲ 55 | #64 of 149 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 299 | #1,109 of 1,562 | #116 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,214 of 1,390 | #137 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.7% | #844 of 1,392 | #112 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 1.0% | #1,453 of 1,481 | #145 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #417 of 798 | #46 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
299
-47 (-14%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 364
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 299 | 21.6 | 13.8:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 318 | 24 | 13.3:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 339 | 23 | 14.7:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2020-21 | 346 | 22 | 15.7:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 333 | 22.5 | 14.8:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 24 | 12.8:1 | 2% (6) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 2% (6) |
| 2000-01 | 412 | 26 | 15.8:1 | 2% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 364 | 21 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (333 to 299); teachers down 4% (22.5 to 21.6).
About Central School
Central School is a small elementary school in GLEN ROCK, New Jersey, administered by Glen Rock Public School District. Enrollment is 299 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. Against the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey, enrollment here is 26% lower.
Federal data list 6 schools in Glen Rock Public School District, with 2,531 students enrolled.
At Central School, White students make up 69% of the student body. It is also 15% Asian, 9% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Bergen County is roughly 55% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 49% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Central School total 21.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.8:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. The school counts 3 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 1%. Among public schools in Bergen County, the average eligibility rate is 28%.
Central School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 82% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Central School is 5.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
Bergen County has about 962,316 residents, and the median household income is $124,884, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. In all, Bergen County has 291 public schools and roughly 133,883 students.
Glen Rock High School is located about 0.6 miles from Central School. The five-mile area around Central School holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 71.5% average proficiency ranks 5th among 8 nearby schools.
Central School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 47 students since 2020-21, to 299. Students per teacher fell from 15.7 in 2020-21 to 13.8 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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 Glen Rock Public School District
- Glen Rock High SchoolHigh · 722 students
- Glen Rock Middle SchoolMiddle · 642 students
- Clara E Coleman SchoolElementary · 322 students
- Alexander Hamilton SchoolElementary · 300 students
- Richard E Byrd SchoolElementary · 246 students
Other schools in GLEN ROCK
- Glen Rock High SchoolHigh · 722 students
- Glen Rock Middle SchoolMiddle · 642 students
- Clara E Coleman SchoolElementary · 322 students
- Alexander Hamilton SchoolElementary · 300 students
- Richard E Byrd SchoolElementary · 246 students
Other Central schools
16 other US public schools in 12 states are named Central. Central School is the 14th largest of the 17.
- Central SchoolHADDONFIELD, NJ · 447 students
- Central SchoolWarren, NJ · 312 students
- Central SchoolGlen Ridge, NJ · 127 students
- CENTRAL SCHOOLMILTON, FL · 732 students
- Central SchoolHuntsville, AL · 610 students
Nearby schools
- Glen Rock High School0.6 mi · 722
- Glen Rock Middle School0.6 mi · 642
- Richard E Byrd School0.6 mi · 246
- Orchard Elementary School0.7 mi · 348
- Clara E Coleman School0.7 mi · 322
- Alexander Hamilton School0.9 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About Central SchoolHow large is Central School?
Central School enrolls approximately 299 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Central School serve?
Central School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Central School have?
Central School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
How diverse is Central School?
Central School reports a student body of 69% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 15% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Central School in?
Central School is part of Glen Rock Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.