Enrollment
251
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTCLAIR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341056002170
Edgemont Elementary School
20 EDGEMONT RD, MONTCLAIR, NJ 07042 · (973) 509-4162 · Essex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL251 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% 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
10.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
43 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 39 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
71.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
61.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.1% | 61.5% |
| 2023-24 | 71.3% | 60.0% |
% 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Edgemont Elementary School
Edgemont Elementary School's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgemont Elementary School this school | 251 | 17.1% | 63.3% |
| Cambridge Park Elementary School Aberdeen | 286 | 19.6% | N/A |
| James Caldwell Elementary School Springfield | 276 | 17.0% | 56.3% |
| Berkeley Elementary WESTWOOD | 277 | 18.1% | 74.3% |
| Franklin Elementary School SUCCASUNNA | 281 | 23.1% | 36.5% |
| Riverdale School RIVERDALE | 273 | 22.3% | 51.6% |
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 Edgemont Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #275 of 1,290 | #31 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #380 of 1,319 ▼ 2 | #39 of 141 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.1% | #245 of 1,319 ▼ 28 | #34 of 141 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 251 | #1,286 of 1,562 | #133 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #593 of 1,390 | #27 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #343 of 1,392 | #22 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.1% | #1,094 of 1,481 | #102 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #301 of 798 | #20 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
251
+14 (+6%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 314
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 251 | 23 | 10.9:1 | 17% (43) |
| 2023-24 | 255 | 24 | 10.6:1 | 15% (37) |
| 2022-23 | 266 | 26 | 10.2:1 | 13% (34) |
| 2020-21 | 237 | 24 | 9.9:1 | 18% (43) |
| 2017-18 | 291 | 25.5 | 11.4:1 | 22% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 289 | 23 | 12.6:1 | 23% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 287 | 19 | 15.1:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 305 | 20 | 15.3:1 | 16% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 314 | 17 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edgemont Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (291 to 251); teachers down 10% (25.5 to 23).
About Edgemont Elementary School
Edgemont Elementary School is a small elementary school in MONTCLAIR, New Jersey, one of the schools in Montclair Public School District. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 251 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey enroll around 405, and this school is 38% below that mark.
Montclair Public School District has 11 schools; together they serve 6,193 students.
Of every 100 students at Edgemont Elementary School, about 52 are White. The rest of enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, and 5% Asian. Among all residents of Essex County, the White share is about 30%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.
Edgemont Elementary School reported 23 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 10.9:1. It is about the same as the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Roughly 17% of students at Edgemont Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is 37 points below the 54% average for public schools in Essex County.
Edgemont Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 76% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Edgemont Elementary School is 6.5 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (63.3% versus 56.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Census data for Essex County show the median household earns about $80,789 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Essex County number 249, with about 145,473 students.
Montclair High School sits about 0.5 miles from Edgemont Elementary School. Edgemont Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Edgemont Elementary School comes in 4th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Edgemont Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose by 6% across 4 years, from 237 in 2020-21 to 251 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 9.9:1 to 10.9:1.
On allk12, people connected to Edgemont Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Montclair Public School District
- Montclair High SchoolHigh · 1,925 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 684 students
- Buzz Aldrin Middle SchoolMiddle · 618 students
- Glenfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 512 students
- Charles H. Bullock SchoolElementary · 438 students
- Watchung Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
Other schools in MONTCLAIR
- Montclair High SchoolHigh · 1,925 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 684 students
- Glenfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 512 students
- Charles H. Bullock SchoolElementary · 438 students
- Watchung Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Nishuane Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
Other Edgemont Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Edgemont Elementary. Edgemont Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Edgemont ElementaryNewport, TN · 541 students
- Edgemont ElementaryMoreno Valley, CA · 482 students
- Edgemont Elementary SchoolBELLEVILLE, MI · 358 students
- Edgemont Elementary - 03Edgemont, SD · 93 students
Nearby schools
- Montclair High School0.5 mi · 1,925
- Watchung Elementary School0.5 mi · 406
- Renaissance Middle School at the Rand Building0.7 mi · 203
- Buzz Aldrin Middle School0.9 mi · 618
- Laning Avenue School1.0 mi · 261
- Hillside Elementary School1.1 mi · 684
Frequently asked questions
About Edgemont Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Edgemont Elementary School?
Edgemont Elementary School enrolls approximately 251 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Edgemont Elementary School serve?
Edgemont Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Edgemont Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Edgemont Elementary School is approximately 10.9:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Edgemont Elementary School?
Student demographics at Edgemont Elementary School are roughly 52% White, 27% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Edgemont Elementary School in?
Edgemont Elementary School is part of Montclair Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.