Crescent Elementary School

Crescent Elementary School, a close-knit elementary campus in WALDWICK, New Jersey, operated by Waldwick School District, enrolls 313 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 23% leaner than typical.

Waldwick School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,562 students. Crescent Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Crescent Elementary School logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 23% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Crescent Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 1% of students at Crescent Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Bergen County's rate of about 28%.

After controlling for student poverty, Crescent Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.6%; this one delivers 63.6%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Bergen County) records that median household earnings sit near $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Crescent Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Waldwick Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Crescent Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Crescent Elementary School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 67.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 353 students in 2018 compared to 313 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 14% to 23%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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