Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALDWICK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341686000890
Crescent Elementary School
165 CRESCENT AVENUE, WALDWICK, NJ 07463 · (201) 445-0690 · Bergen County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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.
- C+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
9.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
48%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 Waldwick School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
68.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 69 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 up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.9% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.5% | 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
63.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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 Crescent Elementary School
Crescent Elementary School's state test result (63.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent Elementary School this school | 313 | 1.0% | 63.6% |
| Livingston Avenue School CRANFORD | 270 | 1.1% | 69.0% |
| Walnut Avenue School CRANFORD | 304 | 1.6% | N/A |
| Bragg Elementary School Chester | 297 | 4.7% | 64.7% |
| Meadowbrook HILLSDALE | 318 | 3.5% | 84.7% |
| Highland Elementary School MIDLAND PARK | 306 | 7.8% | 65.7% |
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 Crescent Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #271 of 1,290 | #63 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #133 of 1,319 ▲ 126 | #41 of 149 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #289 of 1,319 ▲ 108 | #78 of 149 ▲ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #1,053 of 1,562 | #108 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #323 of 1,390 | #30 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #852 of 1,392 | #114 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 1.0% | #1,458 of 1,481 | #147 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #380 of 798 | #38 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
313
-31 (-9%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 366
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 313 | 31.5 | 9.9:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 338 | 28.5 | 11.9:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 333 | 28.5 | 11.7:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 344 | 28 | 12.3:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 353 | 29.6 | 11.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2015-16 | 340 | 29 | 11.7:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2010-11 | 349 | 21 | 16.6:1 | 2% (6) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 25 | 18.4:1 | 2% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 366 | 19 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crescent Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (353 to 313); teachers up 6% (29.6 to 31.5).
About Crescent Elementary School
Crescent Elementary School is a small elementary school in New Jersey, with an address in WALDWICK. The school enrolls 313 students, from kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405, so this school runs 23% smaller than that.
Besides Crescent Elementary School, Waldwick School District runs 3 other schools. The district enrolls 1,562 students.
White students account for 68% of enrollment at Crescent Elementary School. The remaining students are 23% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Bergen County is about 55% White. By the diversity index, Crescent Elementary School comes in at 48%.
Crescent Elementary School operates with 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 9.9:1. That ratio is under the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Crescent Elementary School reports 1% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Bergen County is 28%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Crescent Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Crescent Elementary School is 65.6%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 63.6%.
Bergen County has these Census figures: median household income is about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of Bergen County number 291 and enroll about 133,883.
Nearest public school: Waldwick Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Crescent Elementary School is 5th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
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.
Crescent Elementary School saw enrollment fall 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 12.3:1 to 9.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Waldwick School District
- Waldwick High SchoolHigh · 434 students
- Julia A Traphagen SchoolElementary · 414 students
- Waldwick Middle SchoolMiddle · 401 students
Other schools in WALDWICK
- Waldwick High SchoolHigh · 434 students
- Julia A Traphagen SchoolElementary · 414 students
- Waldwick Middle SchoolMiddle · 401 students
Other Crescent Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Crescent Elementary. Crescent Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 7.
- Crescent ElementaryAnaheim, CA · 805 students
- Crescent ElementarySuisun, CA · 528 students
- Crescent ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 496 students
- Crescent ElementaryRhinelander, WI · 384 students
- Crescent ElementaryBeckley, WV · 304 students
Nearby schools
- Waldwick Middle School0.5 mi · 401
- Waldwick High School0.5 mi · 434
- Brookside School0.7 mi · 502
- Hillside Elementary School0.9 mi · 348
- Northern Highlands Regional High School1.2 mi · 1,257
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary School1.3 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About Crescent Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Crescent Elementary School?
Crescent Elementary School enrolls approximately 313 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Crescent Elementary School serve?
Crescent Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Crescent Elementary School have?
Crescent Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Crescent Elementary School?
At Crescent Elementary School, the student body is approximately 68% White, 23% Hispanic, 0% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Crescent Elementary School public or private?
Crescent Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Waldwick School District.
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