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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
489
Middle
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ENGLEWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340474000390
Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School
325 TENAFLY RD, ENGLEWOOD, NJ 07631 · (201) 862-6155 · Bergen County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL489 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of New Jersey public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.1:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
392 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 167 | 34% |
| Grade 5 | 168 | 34% |
| Grade 6 | 154 | 31% |
Student demographics
55%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. Leroy McCloud Elementary School→Janis E. Dismus Middle School→Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Englewood Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
36.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
18.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.1% | 18.9% |
| 2023-24 | 35.4% | 24.5% |
% 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
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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. Leroy McCloud Elementary School
Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School's state test result (25.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School this school | 489 | 80.2% | 25.6% |
| Somerset School North Plainfield | 485 | 82.1% | 18.5% |
| Rosa Parks Community School ORANGE | 593 | 84.1% | 29.1% |
| North Plainfield Middle School North Plainfield | 538 | 78.6% | 21.7% |
| Janis E. Dismus Middle School ENGLEWOOD | 342 | 81.3% | 25.6% |
| Battle Monument Intermediate School TRENTON | 499 | 87.8% | 3.4% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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. Leroy McCloud Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #362 of 433 | #51 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #369 of 437 ▼ 38 | #51 of 53 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #365 of 437 ▼ 12 | #51 of 53 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 489 | #260 of 445 | #32 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #112 of 417 | #17 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #218 of 419 | #36 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.2% | #32 of 436 | #2 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #101 of 282 | #10 of 35 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
489
-65 (-12%) vs 2020
+53% since 1990-91, when it was 319
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
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 | 489 | 49.5 | 9.9:1 | 80% (392) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 51 | 9.4:1 | 80% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 44.5 | 10.8:1 | 78% (373) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 49 | 11.3:1 | 75% (418) |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 58 | 9.8:1 | 76% (434) |
| 2015-16 | 557 | 56 | 9.9:1 | 75% (420) |
| 2010-11 | 562 | 43 | 13.1:1 | 72% (405) |
| 2000-01 | 449 | 32 | 14.0:1 | 65% (294) |
| 1990-91 | 319 | 24 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (570 to 489); teachers down 15% (58 to 49.5).
About Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School
Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School is a low-enrollment middle school with its address in ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey. Students in grades 4 through 6 attend, and enrollment is 489 students.
Englewood Public School District has 5 schools; together they serve 2,847 students.
Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School is 62% Hispanic by enrollment. Smaller groups are 23% Black and 10% White. County-wide, 23% of Bergen County residents are Hispanic. Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School's diversity index is 55%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 9.9:1. That is 1.0 students per teacher below the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School reports 80% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Bergen County average 28%.
Measured against New Jersey public middle schools, Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School's results are 3.3 points above predicted: 25.6% against 22.3%.
Bergen County has these Census figures: the median household income is $124,884, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. In all, Bergen County has 291 public schools and roughly 133,883 students.
The shortest distance from Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Dr. John Grieco Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 25.6% average proficiency ranks 8th among 8 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment has fallen by 65 students since 2020-21, to 489. Students per teacher fell from 11.3 in 2020-21 to 9.9 in 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 Englewood Public School District
- Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@EnglewoodHigh · 1,083 students
- Dr. John Grieco Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Donald A. Quarles Early Childhood CenterElementary · 434 students
- Janis E. Dismus Middle SchoolMiddle · 342 students
Other schools in ENGLEWOOD
- Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@EnglewoodHigh · 1,083 students
- Dr. John Grieco Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Donald A. Quarles Early Childhood CenterElementary · 434 students
- Janis E. Dismus Middle SchoolMiddle · 342 students
- Englewood on the Palisades Charter SchoolElementary · 306 students
Nearby schools
- Dr. John Grieco Elementary School0.2 mi · 499
- Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood0.5 mi · 1,083
- Englewood on the Palisades Charter School0.6 mi · 306
- Donald A. Quarles Early Childhood Center0.6 mi · 434
- Janis E. Dismus Middle School0.6 mi · 342
- Walter Stillman School0.6 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School?
Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School enrolls approximately 489 students in grades 04-06.
What grades does Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School serve?
Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School serves grades 04-06.
How many students per teacher at Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School?
Approximately 9.9:1 students per teacher at Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School.
How diverse is Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School?
Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School reports a student body of 10% White, 62% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School in?
Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School is part of Englewood Public School District.
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