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What's one thing Emerson Jr Sr High gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
440
High
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EMERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340471000380
Emerson Jr Sr High
131 Main Street, Emerson, NJ 07630 · (201) 262-4447 · Bergen County
GRADES 07–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of New Jersey public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
63 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 96 | 22% |
| Grade 9 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 65 | 15% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Emerson Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
56.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.3pp since 2023
Math
58.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.6% | 58.9% |
| 2023-24 | 59.9% | 54.5% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Emerson Jr Sr High
Emerson Jr Sr High's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson Jr Sr High this school | 440 | 14.3% | 47.4% |
| Park Ridge High School PARK RIDGE | 491 | 11.6% | 58.4% |
| Lenape Valley Regional High School STANHOPE | 667 | 17.7% | 46.3% |
| Bernards High School Bernardsville | 751 | 18.1% | 56.1% |
| Midland Park Jr./Sr. High School MIDLAND PARK | 367 | 7.6% | 58.3% |
| Hasbrouck Heights High School HASBROUCK HEIGHTS | 499 | 22.0% | 52.9% |
Matched among New Jersey high 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 Emerson Jr Sr High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #125 of 397 | #29 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #63 of 400 ▲ 21 | #17 of 48 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #160 of 395 ▲ 35 | #37 of 48 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #335 of 442 | #45 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #22 of 388 | #6 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #184 of 389 | #29 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.3% | #319 of 405 | #31 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #68 of 200 | #7 of 31 |
Ranked against other public high 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
440
-16 (-4%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 448
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 440 | 47.3 | 9.3:1 | 14% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 46.1 | 9.7:1 | 9% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 47.8 | 9.2:1 | 9% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 45 | 10.1:1 | 7% (34) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 48.4 | 10.3:1 | 6% (31) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 48 | 11.6:1 | 8% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 39 | 13.6:1 | 5% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 440 | 44 | 10.0:1 | 2% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 448 | 42 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emerson Jr Sr High.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (500 to 440); teachers down 2% (48.4 to 47.3).
About Emerson Jr Sr High
Emerson Jr Sr High is a small high school found in Emerson, New Jersey. A federal count lists 440 students at the school, in grades 7 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in New Jersey is about 929, so this school runs 53% smaller than that.
The 3 schools of Emerson Public School District, including Emerson Jr Sr High, enroll 1,054 students.
White students make up a majority at Emerson Jr Sr High, at 62%. Next come 23% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 47.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Emerson Jr Sr High was 9.3:1. On average, high schools in New Jersey have 12.7:1, compared with 9.3:1 here. Emerson Jr Sr High's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 14%. For comparison, public schools in Bergen County average 28%.
The allk12 Grade for Emerson Jr Sr High is B. Compared with New Jersey public high schools, the school scored higher than 56% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Emerson Jr Sr High scores 47.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 58.3%.
Bergen County has about 962,316 residents, and 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.
The closest public school to Emerson Jr Sr High is Patrick M Villano School, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Emerson Jr Sr High ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment at Emerson Jr Sr High dropped 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 456 to 440 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Emerson Jr Sr High. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Emerson Public School District
- Memorial SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Patrick M Villano SchoolMiddle · 240 students
Other schools in Emerson
- Memorial SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Patrick M Villano SchoolMiddle · 240 students
Nearby schools
- Patrick M Villano School0.3 mi · 240
- Memorial School1.0 mi · 374
- Brookside Elementary School1.4 mi · 390
- Westwood Regional Middle School1.4 mi · 656
- Berkeley Elementary1.4 mi · 277
- Roberge Elementary School1.5 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About Emerson Jr Sr HighHow large is Emerson Jr Sr High?
Emerson Jr Sr High enrolls approximately 440 students in grades 07-12.
Is Emerson Jr Sr High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Emerson Jr Sr High is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Emerson Jr Sr High have?
Emerson Jr Sr High employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
How diverse is Emerson Jr Sr High?
Emerson Jr Sr High reports a student body of 62% White, 23% Hispanic, 2% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Emerson Jr Sr High?
Emerson Jr Sr High is overseen by Emerson Public School District in Bergen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.