Enrollment
208
Elementary
DISTRICT 204 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RINGWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341386004942
Eleanor G. Hewitt
266 SLOATSBURG ROAD, RINGWOOD, NJ 07456 · (973) 962-7500 · Passaic County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL208 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
9.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
26 students
DISTRICT 11% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 105 | 50% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 50% |
Student demographics
45%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
Eleanor G. Hewitt→Martin J. Ryerson School
Based on grade levels within Ringwood School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
67.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +8.1pp since 2023
Math
58.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.9% | 58.2% |
| 2023-24 | 59.8% | 56.4% |
% 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
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Eleanor G. Hewitt
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eleanor G. Hewitt this school | 208 | 12.5% | 55.1% |
| Gillette Elementary School Gillette | 215 | 10.2% | N/A |
| Fredon Township School NEWTON | 203 | 12.8% | 52.2% |
| Wilson Elementary School WEST CALDWELL | 214 | 9.3% | 56.9% |
| Cozy Lake Elementary School OAK RIDGE | 236 | 11.9% | N/A |
| Ellen T. Briggs Elementary School LAKE HOPATCONG | 226 | 15.5% | 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 Eleanor G. Hewitt ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #429 of 1,290 | #19 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.2% | #439 of 1,319 ▼ 2 | #17 of 87 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #316 of 1,319 ▲ 147 | #9 of 87 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 208 | #1,379 of 1,562 | #87 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #234 of 1,390 | #9 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.5% | #949 of 1,392 | #44 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.5% | #1,194 of 1,481 | #89 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #228 of 798 | #27 of 66 |
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
208
-38 (-15%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 294
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 208 | 21.9 | 9.5:1 | 13% (26) |
| 2023-24 | 228 | 27.5 | 8.3:1 | 11% (24) |
| 2022-23 | 231 | 27.3 | 8.5:1 | 8% (18) |
| 2020-21 | 246 | 25 | 9.8:1 | 8% (20) |
| 2017-18 | 251 | 24.5 | 10.2:1 | 7% (18) |
| 2015-16 | 274 | 25 | 11.0:1 | 7% (20) |
| 2010-11 | 287 | 18 | 15.9:1 | 9% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 328 | 19 | 17.3:1 | 7% (23) |
| 1990-91 | 294 | 20 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eleanor G. Hewitt.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (251 to 208); teachers down 11% (24.5 to 21.9).
About Eleanor G. Hewitt
Eleanor G. Hewitt operates as a small elementary school in RINGWOOD, New Jersey. Its grade span covers grades 4 through 5, with 208 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students, which makes this school 49% below average.
Ringwood School District is responsible for 4 schools, Eleanor G. Hewitt included, with 957 students in all.
More than half of the students at Eleanor G. Hewitt are White (72%). The remaining shares are 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Passaic County's population at about 41%. The diversity index for Eleanor G. Hewitt is 45%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 9.5:1. The gap from the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 1.9 students per teacher. On the income side, 13% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 61% average for public schools in Passaic County is 48 points higher.
Eleanor G. Hewitt earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 50% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Eleanor G. Hewitt lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 55.1%; the prediction is 59.3%.
For the population of Passaic County, the median household earns about $87,522 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Passaic County, 155 public schools serve about 83,237 students.
Martin J. Ryerson School sits about 1.3 miles from Eleanor G. Hewitt. Eleanor G. Hewitt has 6 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 51.5% proficiency; Eleanor G. Hewitt posts 55.1%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 246 (2020-21) to 208 (2024-25).
On allk12, people connected to Eleanor G. Hewitt can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Passaic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
521,012
Census ACS
Median income
$87,522
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
83,237 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ringwood School District
- Martin J. Ryerson SchoolMiddle · 345 students
- Peter Cooper SchoolElementary · 235 students
- Robert Erskine SchoolElementary · 169 students
Other schools in RINGWOOD
- Martin J. Ryerson SchoolMiddle · 345 students
- Peter Cooper SchoolElementary · 235 students
- Robert Erskine SchoolElementary · 169 students
Nearby schools
- Martin J. Ryerson School1.3 mi · 345
- Robert Erskine School1.9 mi · 169
- Peter Cooper School3.7 mi · 235
- Lakeland Regional High School4.3 mi · 823
- Marshall Hill Elementary School4.6 mi · 283
- Wanaque Elementary School4.7 mi · 506
Frequently asked questions
About Eleanor G. HewittHow many students attend Eleanor G. Hewitt?
Eleanor G. Hewitt enrolls approximately 208 students in grades 04-05.
Is Eleanor G. Hewitt an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eleanor G. Hewitt is an elementary school covering grades 04-05.
How many teachers does Eleanor G. Hewitt have?
Eleanor G. Hewitt employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
How diverse is Eleanor G. Hewitt?
Eleanor G. Hewitt reports a student body of 72% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Eleanor G. Hewitt public or private?
Eleanor G. Hewitt is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ringwood School District.
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