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Enrollment
672
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELIZABETH PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340459005510
Christopher Columbus School No. 15
511 THIRD AVE, ELIZABETH, NJ 07202 · (908) 436-5730 · Union County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
12.8:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
580 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 90 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 30% smaller than its 8th grade class (90).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
34.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
22.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.8% | 22.7% |
| 2023-24 | 32.4% | 20.5% |
% 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
24.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Christopher Columbus School No. 15
Christopher Columbus School No. 15's state test result (24.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Columbus School No. 15 this school | 672 | 86.3% | 24.4% |
| School 24 PATERSON | 668 | 85.0% | 16.4% |
| A Chester Redshaw School NEW BRUNSWICK | 678 | 88.6% | 21.0% |
| Gloria M Sabater Elementary School VINELAND | 678 | 83.2% | 12.9% |
| Harry L Bain WEST NEW YORK | 599 | 86.0% | 33.6% |
| Dr. Orlando Edreira Academy School No. 26 ELIZABETH | 718 | 83.0% | 34.9% |
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 Christopher Columbus School No. 15 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #1,060 of 1,290 | #71 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #1,104 of 1,319 ▼ 23 | #67 of 93 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #1,030 of 1,319 no change | #70 of 93 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 672 | #138 of 1,562 | #15 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #1,052 of 1,390 | #68 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.9% | #1,335 of 1,392 | #103 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.3% | #107 of 1,481 | #15 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #424 of 545 | #32 of 42 |
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
672
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 520
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 672 | 52.5 | 12.8:1 | 86% (580) |
| 2023-24 | 693 | 55 | 12.6:1 | 86% (596) |
| 2022-23 | 666 | 48 | 13.9:1 | 84% (557) |
| 2020-21 | 666 | 46 | 14.5:1 | 80% (535) |
| 2017-18 | 649 | 44.5 | 14.6:1 | 86% (556) |
| 2015-16 | 661 | 47 | 14.1:1 | 91% (602) |
| 2010-11 | 645 | 45 | 14.3:1 | 87% (562) |
| 2000-01 | 510 | 44 | 11.6:1 | 78% (397) |
| 1990-91 | 520 | 25 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Christopher Columbus School No. 15.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (649 to 672); teachers up 18% (44.5 to 52.5).
About Christopher Columbus School No. 15
Christopher Columbus School No. 15 is a large elementary school in ELIZABETH, New Jersey, administered by Elizabeth Public Schools. It has an enrollment of 672 students in kindergarten through 8. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey enroll around 405, and this school is 66% bigger than that mark.
Elizabeth Public Schools includes 37 schools. Together they enroll 27,580 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Christopher Columbus School No. 15 is Hispanic, at 92%. The rest of enrollment is 5% Black and 3% White. Among all residents of Union County, the Hispanic share is about 35%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 16%.
The school lists 52.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 580 students, or 86%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Union County report 52%.
Christopher Columbus School No. 15 earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 34% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Christopher Columbus School No. 15 sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 24.4% and a predicted 18.9%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Union County show that the median household earns about $103,202 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Union County has 180 public schools with about 99,046 students, including Christopher Columbus School No. 15.
Terence C. Reilly School No 7 is the nearest public school to Christopher Columbus School No. 15, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Christopher Columbus School No. 15, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Christopher Columbus School No. 15 ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Christopher Columbus School No. 15 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.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 666 to 672, a small change. By 2024-25, the school had 12.8 students per teacher, compared with 14.5 in 2020-21.
Christopher Columbus School No. 15 has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elizabeth Public Schools
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- Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell AcademyHigh · 1,268 students
- Thomas Jefferson Arts AcademyHigh · 1,144 students
- William F. Halloran School No.22Middle · 1,140 students
- Terence C. Reilly School No 7Middle · 1,130 students
Other schools in ELIZABETH
- John E. Dwyer Technology AcademyHigh · 1,348 students
- Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety AcademyHigh · 1,272 students
- Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell AcademyHigh · 1,268 students
- Thomas Jefferson Arts AcademyHigh · 1,144 students
- William F. Halloran School No.22Middle · 1,140 students
- Terence C. Reilly School No 7Middle · 1,130 students
Nearby schools
- Terence C. Reilly School No 70.2 mi · 1,130
- Sonia Sotomayor School No 250.2 mi · 591
- Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 30.3 mi · 765
- Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy0.5 mi · 842
- William F. Halloran School No.220.6 mi · 1,140
- John E. Dwyer Technology Academy0.6 mi · 1,348
Frequently asked questions
About Christopher Columbus School No. 15How many students attend Christopher Columbus School No. 15?
Christopher Columbus School No. 15 enrolls approximately 672 students in grades KG-08.
Is Christopher Columbus School No. 15 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Christopher Columbus School No. 15 is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Christopher Columbus School No. 15?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Christopher Columbus School No. 15.
How diverse is Christopher Columbus School No. 15?
Christopher Columbus School No. 15 reports a student body of 3% White, 92% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian.
Is Christopher Columbus School No. 15 public or private?
Christopher Columbus School No. 15 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elizabeth Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.