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Enrollment
658
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELIZABETH PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340459005504
Elmora School No. 12
638 MAGIE AVE, ELIZABETH, NJ 07208 · (908) 436-5650 · Union County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL658 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest 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
13.8:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
535 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 15 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 9% larger than its 8th grade class (65).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
45.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
30.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.4% | 30.4% |
| 2023-24 | 48.2% | 23.4% |
% 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
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% 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 Elmora School No. 12
Elmora School No. 12's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmora School No. 12 this school | 658 | 81.3% | 31.9% |
| Rafael Hernandez School NEWARK | 713 | 82.9% | 11.5% |
| Dr. Orlando Edreira Academy School No. 26 ELIZABETH | 718 | 83.0% | 34.9% |
| Joseph Battin School No 4 ELIZABETH | 757 | 85.2% | 28.5% |
| Park Elementary School Newark | 747 | 82.7% | 39.7% |
| Cresthaven Academy Charter School Plainfield | 621 | 82.4% | 27.4% |
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 Elmora School No. 12 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #923 of 1,290 | #49 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #966 of 1,319 ▲ 73 | #48 of 93 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #824 of 1,319 ▼ 107 | #51 of 93 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 658 | #153 of 1,562 | #19 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,216 of 1,390 | #87 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.7% | #1,177 of 1,392 | #86 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.3% | #194 of 1,481 | #32 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #743 of 798 | #50 of 58 |
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
658
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+44% since 1990-91, when it was 456
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 658 | 47.5 | 13.8:1 | 81% (535) |
| 2023-24 | 637 | 45.5 | 14.0:1 | 81% (513) |
| 2022-23 | 648 | 46.5 | 13.9:1 | 78% (507) |
| 2020-21 | 651 | 51 | 12.8:1 | 74% (483) |
| 2017-18 | 671 | 53.5 | 12.5:1 | 78% (525) |
| 2015-16 | 667 | 57 | 11.7:1 | 82% (544) |
| 2010-11 | 703 | 49 | 14.3:1 | 86% (602) |
| 2000-01 | 709 | 47 | 15.1:1 | 75% (529) |
| 1990-91 | 456 | 29 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elmora School No. 12.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (671 to 658); teachers down 11% (53.5 to 47.5).
About Elmora School No. 12
Elmora School No. 12 is a high-enrollment elementary school in New Jersey, located in ELIZABETH. The student body numbers 658 students, from pre-K through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New Jersey) has about 405 students.
The Elizabeth Public Schools system has 37 schools and 27,580 students.
At Elmora School No. 12, Hispanic students make up 80% of the student body. Other students are 11% Black and 6% White. By comparison, Union County residents are about 35% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Elmora School No. 12 belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 34%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1 at Elmora School No. 12, with 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 11.4:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 81% of enrollment. Across public schools in Union County, the average is 52%.
The allk12 Grade for Elmora School No. 12 is B-. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 48% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 21.7%. Elmora School No. 12 scores 31.9%.
Union County has these Census figures: median household income is about $103,202, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Elmora School No. 12 is among the 180 public schools in Union County.
The nearest other public school, Dr. Antonia Pantoja School No. 27, is about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Elmora School No. 12 is 5th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Elmora School No. 12 falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 651 in 2020-21 and 658 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 13.8:1, from 12.8:1.
The Elmora School No. 12 community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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Other schools in ELIZABETH
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- Thomas Jefferson Arts AcademyHigh · 1,144 students
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- Terence C. Reilly School No 7Middle · 1,130 students
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- Dr. Antonia Pantoja School No. 270.6 mi · 934
- Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy0.7 mi · 1,015
- Victor Mravlag School No. 210.7 mi · 634
- Abraham Lincoln School No. 140.7 mi · 793
- Joseph Battin School No 41.0 mi · 757
- Sherman Elementary School1.1 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About Elmora School No. 12How many students attend Elmora School No. 12?
Elmora School No. 12 enrolls approximately 658 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Elmora School No. 12 serve?
Elmora School No. 12 serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Elmora School No. 12 have?
Elmora School No. 12 employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
How diverse is Elmora School No. 12?
Elmora School No. 12 reports a student body of 6% White, 80% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian.
Who oversees Elmora School No. 12?
Elmora School No. 12 is overseen by Elizabeth Public Schools in Union County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.