Enrollment
389
Middle
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPPER SADDLE RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341662000880
Emil A. Cavallini Middle School
392 W SADDLE RIVER RD, UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ 07458 · (201) 961-6400 · Bergen County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL389 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of New Jersey public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
3 students
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 123 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 150 | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 116 | 30% |
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 Upper Saddle River School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
87.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +8.6pp since 2023
Math
81.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.8% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.2% | 78.9% |
% 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
73.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% 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 Emil A. Cavallini Middle School
Emil A. Cavallini Middle School's state test result (73.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emil A. Cavallini Middle School this school | 389 | 0.8% | 73.9% |
| William R. Satz School HOLMDEL | 455 | 2.9% | 68.5% |
| Brookside School Allendale | 502 | 2.0% | 78.7% |
| East Hanover Middle School EAST HANOVER | 325 | 3.4% | 69.2% |
| New Providence Middle School NEW PROVIDENCE | 396 | 2.0% | 72.3% |
| Columbia Middle School BERKELEY HTS | 523 | 2.7% | 66.7% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Emil A. Cavallini Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #14 of 433 | #4 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #11 of 437 no change | #3 of 53 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.8% | #14 of 437 ▲ 32 | #3 of 53 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 389 | #322 of 445 | #41 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #74 of 417 | #10 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #214 of 419 | #34 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 0.8% | #433 of 436 | #50 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #150 of 282 | #17 of 35 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
389
-40 (-9%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 405
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 389 | 41.9 | 9.3:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 387 | 40.9 | 9.5:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 381 | 39.8 | 9.6:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 37 | 11.6:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 432 | 39 | 11.1:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2015-16 | 472 | 40 | 11.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 480 | 30 | 16.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 540 | 36 | 15.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 405 | 39 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emil A. Cavallini Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (432 to 389); teachers up 7% (39 to 41.9).
About Emil A. Cavallini Middle School
Emil A. Cavallini Middle School is classified as a middle-grades school. It is located in UPPER SADDLE RIVER, New Jersey. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 389 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in New Jersey is about 578, so this school runs 33% smaller than that.
Upper Saddle River School District has 1,112 students spread across 3 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Emil A. Cavallini Middle School is 63% White. The rest of enrollment is 20% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. Emil A. Cavallini Middle School has a diversity index of 55%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 41.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Emil A. Cavallini Middle School was 9.3:1. The 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 1%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bergen County is 28%.
The allk12 Grade for Emil A. Cavallini Middle School is A. Compared with New Jersey public middle schools, the school scored higher than 94% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Emil A. Cavallini Middle School's results are 8.2 points above predicted: 73.9% against 65.7%.
Bergen County has about 962,316 residents, and median household income is about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of Bergen County number 291 and enroll about 133,883.
Nearest public school: Edith A. Bogert Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Emil A. Cavallini Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Emil A. Cavallini Middle School ranks 2nd of 7 nearby schools, at 73.9% versus a 47.6% average.
Emil A. Cavallini Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 9%, from 429 to 389. By 2024-25, the school had 9.3 students per teacher, compared with 11.6 in 2020-21.
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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 Upper Saddle River School District
- Edith A. Bogert Elementary SchoolElementary · 368 students
- Robert D Reynolds Primary SchoolElementary · 355 students
Other schools in UPPER SADDLE RIVER
- Edith A. Bogert Elementary SchoolElementary · 368 students
- Robert D Reynolds Primary SchoolElementary · 355 students
Nearby schools
- Edith A. Bogert Elementary School0.2 mi · 368
- Robert D Reynolds Primary School0.2 mi · 355
- Ramsey High School2.0 mi · 739
- Wandell School2.1 mi · 116
- Wesley D Tisdale Elementary School2.1 mi · 302
- FLEETWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 609
Frequently asked questions
About Emil A. Cavallini Middle SchoolHow large is Emil A. Cavallini Middle School?
Emil A. Cavallini Middle School enrolls approximately 389 students in grades 06-08.
Is Emil A. Cavallini Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Emil A. Cavallini Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Emil A. Cavallini Middle School?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at Emil A. Cavallini Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Emil A. Cavallini Middle School?
Student demographics at Emil A. Cavallini Middle School are roughly 63% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 20% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Emil A. Cavallini Middle School?
Emil A. Cavallini Middle School is overseen by Upper Saddle River School District in Bergen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.