Enrollment
202
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSIDE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340729005542
Deanna G. Taylor Academy
614 TILLMAN ST, HILLSIDE, NJ 07205 · (908) 352-7664 · Union County
GRADES 02–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL202 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% 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.
- 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
10.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
147 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 47 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 19% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
37.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . -8.2pp since 2023
Math
21.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.3% | 21.1% |
| 2023-24 | 45.5% | 15.1% |
% 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
26.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Deanna G. Taylor Academy
Deanna G. Taylor Academy's state test result (26.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deanna G. Taylor Academy this school | 202 | 72.8% | 26.7% |
| Cadwalader Elementary School TRENTON | 200 | 80.0% | 8.8% |
| Captain James Lawrence Elementary School BURLINGTON | 229 | 81.2% | N/A |
| Sir Isaac Newton Elementary School NEWARK | 225 | 73.3% | 43.1% |
| Gables Elementary School NEPTUNE | 284 | 76.1% | 20.4% |
| Oakwood Avenue Community School ORANGE | 272 | 75.0% | 19.1% |
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 Deanna G. Taylor Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #1,027 of 1,290 | #65 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #1,136 of 1,319 ▲ 42 | #73 of 93 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #985 of 1,319 ▼ 202 | #60 of 93 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 202 | #1,386 of 1,562 | #103 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #372 of 1,390 | #11 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #520 of 1,392 | #32 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.8% | #314 of 1,481 | #44 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #623 of 798 | #40 of 58 |
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
202
-24 (-11%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 146
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 202 | 20 | 10.1:1 | 73% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 191 | 24 | 8.0:1 | 75% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 211 | 22 | 9.6:1 | 63% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 226 | 20 | 11.3:1 | 62% (141) |
| 2017-18 | 212 | 18 | 11.8:1 | 61% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 233 | 17 | 13.7:1 | 69% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 227 | 12 | 18.9:1 | 52% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 170 | 9 | 18.9:1 | 58% (98) |
| 1990-91 | 146 | 9 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deanna G. Taylor Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (212 to 202); teachers up 11% (18 to 20).
About Deanna G. Taylor Academy
Deanna G. Taylor Academy is a public elementary school run by Hillside Public School District in HILLSIDE, New Jersey. The school teaches grades 2 through 6 and enrolls 202 students. That is 50% below the average of about 405 students for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Deanna G. Taylor Academy is one of the 7 schools that make up Hillside Public School District (2,957 students in total).
Black students are 55% of those enrolled at Deanna G. Taylor Academy. Next come 31% Hispanic and 10% White. That compares with about 20% Black among all Union County residents. A diversity index of 59% means there is a 59% chance two randomly chosen students at Deanna G. Taylor Academy are from different groups.
The school's 20 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At Deanna G. Taylor Academy, 73% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. It compares with 52% for public schools in Union County.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Deanna G. Taylor Academy outscored 26%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Deanna G. Taylor Academy, the prediction is 26.3% and the result is 26.7%.
In Union County, the median household earns about $103,202 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Union County, 180 public schools serve about 99,046 students.
Hurden Looker Elementary 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. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Deanna G. Taylor Academy is 6th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Deanna G. Taylor Academy as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 11% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 11.3 in 2020-21 to 10.1 in 2024-25.
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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 Hillside Public School District
- Hillside High SchoolHigh · 911 students
- Abram P. Morris Early Childhood CenterElementary · 625 students
- Hurden Looker Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Ola Edwards Community SchoolElementary · 391 students
- Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle SchoolMiddle · 323 students
- Hillside Innovation AcademyMiddle · 97 students
Other schools in HILLSIDE
- Hillside High SchoolHigh · 911 students
- Abram P. Morris Early Childhood CenterElementary · 625 students
- Hurden Looker Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Ola Edwards Community SchoolElementary · 391 students
- Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle SchoolMiddle · 323 students
- Hillside Innovation AcademyMiddle · 97 students
Nearby schools
- Hurden Looker Elementary School0.7 mi · 408
- Franklin Elementary0.7 mi · 453
- Hillside High School0.7 mi · 911
- Work Readiness Academy0.8 mi · 23
- Livingston Elementary0.8 mi · 485
- Ola Edwards Community School1.0 mi · 391
Frequently asked questions
About Deanna G. Taylor AcademyHow large is Deanna G. Taylor Academy?
Deanna G. Taylor Academy enrolls approximately 202 students in grades 02-06.
Is Deanna G. Taylor Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Deanna G. Taylor Academy is an elementary school covering grades 02-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Deanna G. Taylor Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Deanna G. Taylor Academy is approximately 10.1:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Deanna G. Taylor Academy?
At Deanna G. Taylor Academy, the student body is approximately 10% White, 31% Hispanic, 55% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Deanna G. Taylor Academy public or private?
Deanna G. Taylor Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hillside Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.