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What's the biggest difference between Cherry Hill School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
697
Elementary
DISTRICT 586 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVER EDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341389000792
Cherry Hill School
410 BOGERT RD, RIVER EDGE, NJ 07661 · (201) 261-3405 · Bergen County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL697 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
11.8:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
15 students
DISTRICT 1% · 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 | 19 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 109 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 32% smaller than its 6th grade class (109).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
78.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
76.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.5% | 76.9% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 77.1% |
% 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
74.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Cherry Hill School
Cherry Hill School's state test result (74.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Hill School this school | 697 | 2.2% | 74.9% |
| Norwood Public School NORWOOD | 583 | 1.9% | 64.5% |
| Hillside Elementary School CLOSTER | 599 | 1.5% | 74.9% |
| Edward H. Bryan CRESSKILL | 555 | 1.1% | 75.9% |
| Orchard Hill Elementary School Skillman | 755 | 7.8% | N/A |
| Cedar Hill School Basking Ridge | 568 | 3.5% | 75.4% |
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 Cherry Hill School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #87 of 1,290 | #24 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #137 of 1,319 ▼ 37 | #43 of 149 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #112 of 1,319 ▼ 44 | #36 of 149 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 697 | #116 of 1,562 | #3 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #839 of 1,390 | #84 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #198 of 1,392 | #13 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.2% | #1,419 of 1,481 | #130 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #742 of 798 | #82 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
697
-54 (-7%) vs 2020
+97% since 1990-91, when it was 353
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 697 | 58.8 | 11.8:1 | 2% (15) |
| 2023-24 | 722 | 60.2 | 12.0:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2022-23 | 713 | 63.2 | 11.3:1 | 1% (8) |
| 2020-21 | 751 | 57 | 13.2:1 | 1% (7) |
| 2017-18 | 711 | 59.6 | 11.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2015-16 | 668 | 58 | 11.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 717 | 44 | 16.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 452 | 25 | 18.1:1 | 1% (3) |
| 1990-91 | 353 | 23 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cherry Hill School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (711 to 697); teachers down 1% (59.6 to 58.8).
About Cherry Hill School
Cherry Hill School is an elementary school located in RIVER EDGE, New Jersey, in Bergen County. It reports enrollment of 697 students in pre-K through 6. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey enroll around 405, and this school is 72% bigger than that mark.
River Edge School District includes 2 schools. Together they enroll 1,171 students.
The student body at Cherry Hill School has no majority group. Asian students lead at 39%. The remaining shares are 37% White, 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. Bergen County as a whole is about 17% Asian, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 58.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 11.8 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Cherry Hill School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 2%. The average for public schools in Bergen County is 28%.
On the allk12 Grade, Cherry Hill School lands at A, ahead of 89% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Cherry Hill School is 9.9 points above its prediction. Actual: 74.9%. Predicted: 65.0%.
For the population of Bergen County, the median household earns about $124,884 a year, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Bergen County, 291 public schools serve about 133,883 students.
Of the public schools around it, Cherry Hill School is closest to Berkley Street School, about 0.8 miles away. Cherry Hill School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Cherry Hill School ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 74.9% against a local average of 65.4%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 697, compared with 751 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 13.2:1 to 11.8:1.
On allk12, people connected to Cherry Hill School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 River Edge School District
- Roosevelt SchoolElementary · 474 students
Other schools in RIVER EDGE
- River Dell Middle SchoolMiddle · 573 students
- Roosevelt SchoolElementary · 474 students
Other Cherry Hill schools
One other US public school is named Cherry Hill. Cherry Hill School is the largest of the 2.
- Cherry Hill SchoolOREM, UT · 690 students
Nearby schools
- Berkley Street School0.8 mi · 415
- Roosevelt School0.9 mi · 474
- East Brook Middle School1.2 mi · 555
- Parkway Elementary School1.2 mi · 297
- Bergen County Academies1.3 mi · 1,130
- Paramus High School1.4 mi · 1,153
Frequently asked questions
About Cherry Hill SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cherry Hill School?
Cherry Hill School enrolls approximately 697 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Cherry Hill School serve?
Cherry Hill School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Cherry Hill School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Cherry Hill School.
How diverse is Cherry Hill School?
Cherry Hill School reports a student body of 37% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% Black, 39% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Cherry Hill School in?
Cherry Hill School is part of River Edge School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.