Enrollment
234
Elementary
DISTRICT 214 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAKLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341191000664
Dogwood Hill Elementary School
25 DOGWOOD DR, OAKLAND, NJ 07436 · (201) 337-5822 · Bergen County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL234 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% 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
9.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
34 students
DISTRICT 10% · 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 | 42 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Dogwood Hill Elementary School→Valley Middle School
Based on grade levels within Oakland Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
78.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
68.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.4% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 59.7% |
% 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
64.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Dogwood Hill Elementary School
Dogwood Hill Elementary School's state test result (64.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dogwood Hill Elementary School this school | 234 | 14.5% | 64.9% |
| Ellen T. Briggs Elementary School LAKE HOPATCONG | 226 | 15.5% | N/A |
| Jefferson Elementary School WEST CALDWELL | 246 | 17.9% | 52.2% |
| Raritan Valley School HAZLET | 241 | 17.4% | 59.7% |
| Eleanor G. Hewitt RINGWOOD | 208 | 12.5% | 55.1% |
| Gillette Elementary School Gillette | 215 | 10.2% | N/A |
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 Dogwood Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #241 of 1,290 | #60 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #278 of 1,319 ▲ 106 | #70 of 149 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.4% | #114 of 1,319 ▲ 80 | #37 of 149 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 234 | #1,327 of 1,562 | #140 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #166 of 1,390 | #9 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #854 of 1,392 | #115 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.5% | #1,146 of 1,481 | #95 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #700 of 798 | #75 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
234
-11 (-4%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 236
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 9.1:1
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 | 234 | 25.4 | 9.2:1 | 15% (34) |
| 2023-24 | 241 | 23.9 | 10.1:1 | 12% (28) |
| 2022-23 | 241 | 27.2 | 8.8:1 | 9% (21) |
| 2020-21 | 245 | 27 | 9.1:1 | 9% (21) |
| 2017-18 | 241 | 24.8 | 9.7:1 | 12% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 267 | 26 | 10.3:1 | 9% (24) |
| 2010-11 | 312 | 19 | 16.4:1 | 8% (25) |
| 2000-01 | 312 | 17 | 18.4:1 | 4% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 236 | 14 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dogwood Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (241 to 234); teachers up 2% (24.8 to 25.4).
About Dogwood Hill Elementary School
Dogwood Hill Elementary School is an elementary school in OAKLAND, New Jersey, according to federal school records. The school reports 234 students in kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405 students.
Oakland Public School District has 1,300 students in 5 schools, and Dogwood Hill Elementary School is one of those schools.
At 68%, White students outnumber all other groups at Dogwood Hill Elementary School combined. The school is also 24% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 55%. The chance that two students picked at random at Dogwood Hill Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 48%.
The count of teachers at Dogwood Hill Elementary School is 25.4 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 9.2:1. Among elementary schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 11.4:1. The school counts 34 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 15%. That is lower than the 28% average for public schools in Bergen County.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Dogwood Hill Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Dogwood Hill Elementary School is 6.7 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
Within Bergen County, median household income is about $124,884, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 291 public schools in Bergen County, with a combined enrollment of about 133,883.
The closest public school, Valley Middle School, is about 0.4 miles from Dogwood Hill Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Dogwood Hill Elementary School places 3rd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES describes the area around Dogwood Hill Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Dogwood Hill Elementary School saw enrollment fall 4% 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 Oakland Public School District
- Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 446 students
- Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 343 students
- Manito Elementary SchoolElementary · 255 students
- TOPS Early Learning Childhood LearningElementary · 22 students
Other schools in OAKLAND
- Indian Hills High SchoolHigh · 668 students
- Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 446 students
- Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 343 students
- Manito Elementary SchoolElementary · 255 students
- TOPS Early Learning Childhood LearningElementary · 22 students
Nearby schools
- Valley Middle School0.4 mi · 446
- Indian Hills High School0.7 mi · 668
- Colonial Road School1.1 mi · 231
- TOPS Early Learning Childhood Learning1.2 mi · 22
- Heights Elementary School1.5 mi · 343
- Manito Elementary School2.0 mi · 255
Frequently asked questions
About Dogwood Hill Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dogwood Hill Elementary School?
Dogwood Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 234 students in grades KG-05.
Is Dogwood Hill Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dogwood Hill Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Dogwood Hill Elementary School have?
Dogwood Hill Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dogwood Hill Elementary School?
At Dogwood Hill Elementary School, the student body is approximately 68% White, 24% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Dogwood Hill Elementary School public or private?
Dogwood Hill Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oakland Public School District.
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