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What's something Edward H. Bryan does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
555
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CRESSKILL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340360000326
Edward H. Bryan
51 BROOKSIDE AVE, CRESSKILL, NJ 07626 · (201) 227-7791 · Bergen County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL555 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
6 students
DISTRICT 3% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 26 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 105 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Based on grade levels within Cresskill Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
81.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
85.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.2% | 85.3% |
| 2023-24 | 75.9% | 78.7% |
% 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
75.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Edward H. Bryan
Edward H. Bryan's state test result (75.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward H. Bryan this school | 555 | 1.1% | 75.9% |
| Cedar Hill School Basking Ridge | 568 | 3.5% | 75.4% |
| Norwood Public School NORWOOD | 583 | 1.9% | 64.5% |
| Hillside Elementary School CLOSTER | 599 | 1.5% | 74.9% |
| Hamilton Primary School Basking Ridge | 462 | 4.8% | 70.4% |
| Collins Elementary School LIVINGSTON | 440 | 0.9% | 75.1% |
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 Edward H. Bryan ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #75 of 1,290 | #22 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.3% | #33 of 1,319 ▲ 44 | #9 of 149 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.2% | #76 of 1,319 ▲ 65 | #25 of 149 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 555 | #300 of 1,562 | #12 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,195 of 1,390 | #135 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #438 of 1,392 | #53 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 1.1% | #1,452 of 1,481 | #144 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.0% | #225 of 545 | #22 of 64 |
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
555
+70 (+14%) vs 2020
+75% since 1990-91, when it was 318
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 555 | 40.5 | 13.7:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2023-24 | 543 | 41 | 13.2:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2022-23 | 531 | 42.5 | 12.5:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 485 | 40 | 12.1:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 37 | 13.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 36 | 13.4:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 462 | 25 | 18.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 476 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 1% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 318 | 22 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edward H. Bryan.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (500 to 555); teachers up 9% (37 to 40.5).
About Edward H. Bryan
As a medium-sized elementary school, Edward H. Bryan serves students in CRESSKILL, New Jersey. The school's 555 students are in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 37% higher than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey, which is about 405.
Cresskill Public School District is made up of 4 schools with 1,747 students in all.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Edward H. Bryan. The largest is White students, at 49%. Other students are 37% Asian, 9% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 62%, meaning two students picked at random have a 62% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 13.7:1 comes from the school's 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 2.3 students per teacher above the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 1% in 2024-25. The gap from the 28% average for public schools in Bergen County is 27 points.
allk12 grades Edward H. Bryan an A. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Edward H. Bryan scores 75.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 65.6%.
Census estimates describe Bergen County this way: the median household income is $124,884, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. In all, Bergen County has 291 public schools and roughly 133,883 students.
Nearby, Cresskill Middle School is about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Edward H. Bryan, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Edward H. Bryan places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 14% from 2020-21, when Edward H. Bryan had 485 students, to 2024-25, when it had 555. By 2024-25, the school had 13.7 students per teacher, compared with 12.1 in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Edward H. Bryan. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Cresskill Public School District
- Cresskill High SchoolHigh · 489 students
- Cresskill Middle SchoolMiddle · 421 students
- Merritt MemorialElementary · 282 students
Other schools in CRESSKILL
- Cresskill High SchoolHigh · 489 students
- Cresskill Middle SchoolMiddle · 421 students
- Merritt MemorialElementary · 282 students
Nearby schools
- Cresskill Middle School0.3 mi · 421
- Cresskill High School0.3 mi · 489
- Merritt Memorial0.5 mi · 282
- Luther Lee Emerson School0.8 mi · 221
- Tenafly High School0.8 mi · 1,141
- County Road School0.8 mi · 221
Frequently asked questions
About Edward H. BryanHow large is Edward H. Bryan?
Edward H. Bryan enrolls approximately 555 students in grades PK-05.
Is Edward H. Bryan an elementary, middle, or high school?
Edward H. Bryan is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Edward H. Bryan?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Edward H. Bryan.
How diverse is Edward H. Bryan?
Edward H. Bryan reports a student body of 49% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 37% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Edward H. Bryan?
Edward H. Bryan is overseen by Cresskill Public School District in Bergen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.