Enrollment
315
Elementary
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSELLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341428005654
Dr. Charles C. Polk School
1100 WARREN ST, ROSELLE, NJ 07203 · (908) 298-2061 · Union County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL315 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% 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.
- BBeats 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
9.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
237 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 24 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 3 | 1% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 23% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Dr. Charles C. Polk School→Leonard V Moore Middle School→Grace Wilday Junior High School→Abraham Clark High School
Based on grade levels within Roselle Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
32.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
32.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +10.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 are up about 10 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.4% | 32.4% |
| 2023-24 | 28.6% | 22.2% |
% 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
28.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Dr. Charles C. Polk School
Dr. Charles C. Polk School's state test result (28.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Charles C. Polk School this school | 315 | 75.2% | 28.9% |
| Number 5 Linden | 319 | 75.9% | 28.7% |
| Washington Elementary School ROSELLE | 397 | 75.1% | 25.6% |
| Bradley Elementary School ASBURY PARK | 345 | 81.4% | 8.9% |
| Green Grove Elementary School NEPTUNE | 296 | 71.6% | 16.9% |
| Paul W Carleton PENNS GROVE | 322 | 74.5% | 13.4% |
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 Dr. Charles C. Polk School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #981 of 1,290 | #56 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #926 of 1,319 ▲ 127 | #46 of 93 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #1,069 of 1,319 ▲ 17 | #72 of 93 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 315 | #1,045 of 1,562 | #80 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #296 of 1,390 | #5 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.7% | #554 of 1,392 | #36 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.2% | #282 of 1,481 | #41 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #499 of 545 | #39 of 42 |
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
315
+20 (+7%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 255
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
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 | 315 | 32 | 9.8:1 | 75% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 277 | 30.5 | 9.1:1 | 62% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 32 | 9.4:1 | 58% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 295 | 26 | 11.3:1 | 69% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 311 | 25 | 12.4:1 | 81% (252) |
| 2015-16 | 271 | 25 | 10.8:1 | 82% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 264 | 20 | 13.2:1 | 77% (202) |
| 2000-01 | 300 | 17 | 17.6:1 | 58% (175) |
| 1990-91 | 255 | 15 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Charles C. Polk School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (311 to 315); teachers up 28% (25 to 32).
About Dr. Charles C. Polk School
Dr. Charles C. Polk School is a small elementary school in ROSELLE, New Jersey, (ZIP code 07203). It had 315 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 4. Elementary schools in New Jersey have about 405 students on average; enrollment here is 22% lower.
District-wide, Roselle Public School District has 7 schools and 3,147 students.
The biggest share of students at Dr. Charles C. Polk School, 45%, is Hispanic. Other reported shares: 45% Black and 6% White. That compares with about 35% Hispanic among all Union County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.
Teacher count: 32 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 9.8:1. Compared with the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 75%. The average for public schools in Union County is 52%.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Dr. Charles C. Polk School outscored 35%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at Dr. Charles C. Polk School are 3.9 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (28.9% actual, 25.0% predicted).
American Community Survey estimates for Union County show that median household income comes to about $103,202, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Union County, 180 public schools serve about 99,046 students.
Dr. Charles C. Polk School is about 0.4 miles from Number 5, its nearest public school. Dr. Charles C. Polk School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Dr. Charles C. Polk School's average proficiency of 28.9% compares with 24.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The school's student count increased 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio dropped from 11.3:1 to 9.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Dr. Charles C. Polk School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Roselle Public School District
- Abraham Clark High SchoolHigh · 926 students
- Leonard V Moore Middle SchoolMiddle · 485 students
- Grace Wilday Junior High SchoolMiddle · 482 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 325 students
- Kindergarten Success AcademyElementary · 217 students
Other schools in ROSELLE
- Abraham Clark High SchoolHigh · 926 students
- Leonard V Moore Middle SchoolMiddle · 485 students
- Grace Wilday Junior High SchoolMiddle · 482 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 325 students
- Kindergarten Success AcademyElementary · 217 students
Nearby schools
- Number 50.4 mi · 319
- Abraham Clark High School0.6 mi · 926
- Leonard V Moore Middle School0.7 mi · 485
- Number 40.7 mi · 447
- Grace Wilday Junior High School0.8 mi · 482
- Joseph E. Soehl Middle School0.8 mi · 710
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. Charles C. Polk SchoolHow many students attend Dr. Charles C. Polk School?
Dr. Charles C. Polk School enrolls approximately 315 students in grades PK-04.
Is Dr. Charles C. Polk School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dr. Charles C. Polk School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Dr. Charles C. Polk School have?
Dr. Charles C. Polk School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dr. Charles C. Polk School?
At Dr. Charles C. Polk School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 45% Hispanic, 45% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Dr. Charles C. Polk School public or private?
Dr. Charles C. Polk School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Roselle Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.