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Enrollment
518
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH ORANGE-MAPLEWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341533002432
Delia Bolden Elementary School
518 RIDGEWOOD RD, MAPLEWOOD, NJ 07040 · (973) 378-7696 · Essex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL518 STUDENTS
B+
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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
12.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
44 students
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 105 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 167 | 32% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (167).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
74.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.6pp since 2023
Math
60.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . -5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.7% | 60.5% |
| 2023-24 | 77.3% | 66.2% |
% 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
64.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Delia Bolden Elementary School
Delia Bolden Elementary School's state test result (64.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delia Bolden Elementary School this school | 518 | 8.5% | 64.5% |
| Marshall Elementary School S ORANGE | 504 | 8.5% | 75.4% |
| Tuscan Elementary School MAPLEWOOD | 531 | 7.2% | 70.6% |
| South Mountain Elementary School S ORANGE | 613 | 5.5% | 63.0% |
| Charles H. Bullock School MONTCLAIR | 438 | 12.6% | 64.8% |
| Hainesport Township School HAINESPORT | 523 | 13.8% | 44.4% |
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 Delia Bolden Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #253 of 1,290 | #29 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #397 of 1,319 ▼ 128 | #40 of 141 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #172 of 1,319 ▼ 46 | #28 of 141 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 518 | #364 of 1,562 | #48 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #1,039 of 1,390 | #64 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #399 of 1,392 | #27 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.5% | #1,282 of 1,481 | #118 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #729 of 798 | #66 of 73 |
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
518
+50 (+11%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 327
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 518 | 40.7 | 12.7:1 | 8% (44) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 40.7 | 11.8:1 | 7% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 39.7 | 11.3:1 | 9% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 468 | 39 | 12.0:1 | 7% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 530 | 45.7 | 11.6:1 | 11% (59) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 39 | 12.7:1 | 11% (55) |
| 2010-11 | 467 | 29 | 16.1:1 | 15% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 452 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 14% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 327 | 17 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Delia Bolden Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (530 to 518); teachers down 11% (45.7 to 40.7).
About Delia Bolden Elementary School
Delia Bolden Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in MAPLEWOOD, New Jersey. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 518 students. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students each.
Delia Bolden Elementary School is one of the 10 schools that make up South Orange-Maplewood School District (6,728 students in total).
At 56%, White students outnumber all other groups at Delia Bolden Elementary School combined. Smaller groups are 15% Black, 15% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 30% of Essex County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Delia Bolden Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
The school reports 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.7 students per teacher. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 8%. That is 46 points below the 54% average for public schools in Essex County.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Delia Bolden 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.
Test results at Delia Bolden Elementary School are 3.0 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (64.5% actual, 61.5% predicted).
Delia Bolden Elementary School is located in Essex County, where median household income is about $80,789, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 249 public schools in Essex County, with a combined enrollment of about 145,473.
The closest public school to Delia Bolden Elementary School is Maplewood Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Delia Bolden Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Delia Bolden Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Delia Bolden Elementary School went from 468 students to 518.
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Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Orange-Maplewood School District
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- Maplewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 762 students
- South Orange Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- South Mountain Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- Clinton Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Tuscan Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
Other schools in MAPLEWOOD
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- Maplewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 762 students
- Clinton Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Tuscan Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration SchoolElementary · 423 students
Nearby schools
- Maplewood Middle School0.4 mi · 762
- Columbia High School0.6 mi · 1,985
- Tuscan Elementary School0.8 mi · 531
- South Mountain Elementary School0.9 mi · 613
- Wyoming School0.9 mi · 346
- Clinton Elementary School1.2 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About Delia Bolden Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Delia Bolden Elementary School?
Delia Bolden Elementary School enrolls approximately 518 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Delia Bolden Elementary School serve?
Delia Bolden Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Delia Bolden Elementary School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Delia Bolden Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Delia Bolden Elementary School?
At Delia Bolden Elementary School, the student body is approximately 56% White, 10% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Delia Bolden Elementary School in?
Delia Bolden Elementary School is part of South Orange-Maplewood School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.