Enrollment
325
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340366001826
Deerfield Township Elementary School
419 MORTON AVE, ROSENHAYN, NJ 08352 · (856) 451-6610 · Cumberland County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% 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.
- DBeats 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
9.0:1
36 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
170 students
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 | 56 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 36 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (36).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
28.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
27.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.6% | 27.5% |
| 2023-24 | 25.1% | 27.2% |
% 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
24.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Deerfield Township Elementary School
Deerfield Township Elementary School's state test result (24.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield Township Elementary School this school | 325 | 52.3% | 24.7% |
| Beatrice Gilmore School Woodland Park | 359 | 47.9% | 38.3% |
| Howard C. Johnson Elementary School Jackson | 416 | 50.5% | 31.4% |
| Woodland School CONVENT STATION | 299 | 43.8% | N/A |
| Sussex Avenue School MORRISTOWN | 327 | 45.3% | 43.5% |
| Mercerville Elementary School HAMILTON | 350 | 47.4% | 38.9% |
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 Deerfield Township Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #1,057 of 1,290 | #15 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #1,021 of 1,319 ▼ 36 | #13 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #1,127 of 1,319 ▲ 20 | #16 of 32 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #1,006 of 1,562 | #27 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #140 of 1,390 | #3 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #326 of 1,392 | #11 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.3% | #559 of 1,481 | #27 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.3% | #796 of 798 | #24 of 24 |
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
325
+54 (+20%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 354
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 325 | 36 | 9.0:1 | 52% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 34 | 9.3:1 | 49% (156) |
| 2022-23 | 317 | 31 | 10.2:1 | 54% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | 29 | 9.3:1 | 52% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 326 | 30 | 10.9:1 | 54% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 325 | 27 | 12.0:1 | 47% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 47% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 352 | 29 | 12.1:1 | 39% (136) |
| 1990-91 | 354 | 25 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deerfield Township Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (326 to 325); teachers up 20% (30 to 36).
About Deerfield Township Elementary School
In ROSENHAYN, New Jersey, Deerfield Township Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. Enrollment totals 325 students across pre-K through 8.
Deerfield Township Elementary School is run by Deerfield Township School District.
White students make up 43% of enrollment at Deerfield Township Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 39% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 7% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 9.0:1 is based on 36 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1, 2.4 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 52%. The rate at public schools in Cumberland County averages 67%, higher than here.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Deerfield Township Elementary School outscored 8%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Deerfield Township Elementary School is 37.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 24.7%.
The school is in Cumberland County, where the median household earns about $67,436 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Deerfield Township Elementary School shares Cumberland County with 51 other public schools.
About 3.4 miles separate Deerfield Township Elementary School from the closest public school, Norma Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. Nearby schools average 28.6% on proficiency, and Deerfield Township Elementary School is below that at 24.7%.
Federal data place Deerfield Township Elementary School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was 325 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 271.
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Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
153,305
Census ACS
Median income
$67,436
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
27,803 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Norma Elementary School3.4 mi · 145
- Fairfield Township School4.0 mi · 526
- Dane Barse Elementary School4.2 mi · 245
- Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School4.2 mi · 695
- Cumberland County Technical Education Center4.2 mi · 1,296
- Compass Academy Charter School4.6 mi · 183
Frequently asked questions
About Deerfield Township Elementary SchoolHow large is Deerfield Township Elementary School?
Deerfield Township Elementary School enrolls approximately 325 students in grades PK-08.
Is Deerfield Township Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Deerfield Township Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Deerfield Township Elementary School?
Approximately 9.0:1 students per teacher at Deerfield Township Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Deerfield Township Elementary School?
Student demographics at Deerfield Township Elementary School are roughly 43% White, 39% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% Two or more.
What district is Deerfield Township Elementary School in?
Deerfield Township Elementary School is part of Deerfield Township School District.
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