Enrollment
231
Elementary
DISTRICT 265 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN LAKES SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340537000532
Colonial Road School
749 Colonial Road, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 · (201) 337-0336 · Bergen County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL231 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% 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
7.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
6 students
DISTRICT 3% · 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 | 7 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
Colonial Road School→Franklin Avenue Middle School
Based on grade levels within Franklin Lakes School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
67.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
74.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.6% | 74.5% |
| 2023-24 | 71.6% | 73.3% |
% 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
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% 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 Colonial Road School
Colonial Road School's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Road School this school | 231 | 2.6% | 66.5% |
| Salem Drive School WHIPPANY | 245 | 2.4% | 65.9% |
| Beechwood School MOUNTAINSIDE | 265 | 3.8% | N/A |
| Manito Elementary School OAKLAND | 255 | 4.3% | 73.7% |
| Woodside Avenue School Franklin Lakes | 264 | 1.5% | 70.3% |
| Lincoln Early Childhood Center Westfield | 268 | 3.0% | N/A |
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 Colonial Road School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #205 of 1,290 | #54 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #174 of 1,319 ▼ 16 | #50 of 149 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #323 of 1,319 ▼ 109 | #85 of 149 ▼ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 231 | #1,335 of 1,562 | #143 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.0:1 | #13 of 1,390 | #3 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.1% | #959 of 1,392 | #131 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.6% | #1,410 of 1,481 | #128 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #390 of 798 | #39 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
231
-7 (-3%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 328
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
was 7.7:1
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 | 231 | 33 | 7.0:1 | 3% (6) |
| 2023-24 | 246 | 34 | 7.2:1 | 3% (7) |
| 2022-23 | 255 | 33 | 7.7:1 | 3% (7) |
| 2020-21 | 238 | 31 | 7.7:1 | 3% (6) |
| 2017-18 | 259 | 35 | 7.4:1 | 3% (8) |
| 2015-16 | 265 | 39 | 6.8:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 328 | 28 | 11.7:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Colonial Road School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (259 to 231); teachers down 6% (35 to 33).
About Colonial Road School
Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, is home to Colonial Road School, a small elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 231 students. That is 43% below the average of about 405 students for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Franklin Lakes School District, which runs Colonial Road School, has 4 schools and 1,165 students.
Federal enrollment data show Colonial Road School is 73% White. Other groups make up 11% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Bergen County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 44, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 7.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Colonial Road School, which has 33. Elementary schools in New Jersey have an average ratio of 11.4:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 3%. Public schools in Bergen County average 28%.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Colonial Road School outscored 73%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Colonial Road School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 66.5%, compared with a predicted 64.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Bergen County show that the median household earns about $124,884 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Bergen County, 291 public schools serve about 133,883 students.
Indian Hills High School, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Colonial Road School is 3rd among 8 schools close by.
NCES describes the area around Colonial Road School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 238 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 231 by 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Colonial Road School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. 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 Franklin Lakes School District
- Franklin Avenue Middle SchoolMiddle · 369 students
- High Mountain Road SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Woodside Avenue SchoolElementary · 264 students
Other schools in Franklin Lakes
- Ramapo High SchoolHigh · 1,166 students
- Franklin Avenue Middle SchoolMiddle · 369 students
- High Mountain Road SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Woodside Avenue SchoolElementary · 264 students
Nearby schools
- Indian Hills High School0.7 mi · 668
- TOPS Early Learning Childhood Learning1.1 mi · 22
- Franklin Avenue Middle School1.1 mi · 369
- Dogwood Hill Elementary School1.1 mi · 234
- Valley Middle School1.4 mi · 446
- Heights Elementary School1.4 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About Colonial Road SchoolHow large is Colonial Road School?
Colonial Road School enrolls approximately 231 students in grades PK-05.
Is Colonial Road School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Colonial Road School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Colonial Road School have?
Colonial Road School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.0:1.
How diverse is Colonial Road School?
Colonial Road School reports a student body of 73% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 10% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Colonial Road School?
Colonial Road School is overseen by Franklin Lakes School District in Bergen County.
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