Enrollment
306
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ENGLEWOOD ON THE PALISADES CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 340001400258
Englewood on the Palisades Charter School
65 WEST DEMAREST AVENUE, ENGLEWOOD, NJ 07631 · (201) 569-9765 · Bergen County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% 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.
- 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
26 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
143 students
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 32 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 9% smaller than its 8th grade class (32).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
44.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
29.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.2pp 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.6% | 29.6% |
| 2023-24 | 48.8% | 29.8% |
% 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
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Englewood on the Palisades Charter School
Englewood on the Palisades Charter School's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Englewood on the Palisades Charter School this school | 306 | 46.7% | 33.7% |
| James Russell Lowell Elementary School TEANECK | 320 | 55.3% | 50.8% |
| Watsessing Elementary School Bloomfield | 333 | 52.9% | 38.6% |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School TEANECK | 334 | 53.6% | 52.5% |
| John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School TEANECK | 361 | 49.9% | 43.4% |
| William Cullen Bryant School TEANECK | 283 | 36.4% | 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 Englewood on the Palisades Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #892 of 1,290 | #131 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #979 of 1,319 ▼ 42 | #145 of 149 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #841 of 1,319 ▼ 142 | #139 of 149 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #1,074 of 1,562 | #109 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #822 of 1,390 | #81 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.8% | #423 of 1,392 | #51 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.7% | #631 of 1,481 | #45 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.7% | #258 of 545 | #26 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
306
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
+260% since 2000-01, when it was 85
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 306 | 26 | 11.8:1 | 47% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 306 | 23 | 13.3:1 | 51% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 303 | 25 | 12.1:1 | 31% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 311 | 24 | 13.0:1 | 49% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 279 | 25 | 11.2:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 210 | 23 | 9.1:1 | 56% (118) |
| 2010-11 | 198 | 18 | 11.0:1 | 65% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 85 | 1 | 85.0:1 | 62% (53) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Englewood on the Palisades Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (279 to 306); teachers up 4% (25 to 26).
About Englewood on the Palisades Charter School
Federal records list Englewood on the Palisades Charter School as an elementary school in ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey. It had 306 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 8. Elementary schools in New Jersey have about 405 students on average; enrollment here is 24% lower.
Englewood on the Palisades Charter School is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
The student body at Englewood on the Palisades Charter School is 52% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 32% Black, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 3% White. Among all residents of Bergen County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. A diversity index of 62% means there is a 62% chance two randomly chosen students at Englewood on the Palisades Charter School are from different groups.
There are 26 full-time-equivalent teachers at Englewood on the Palisades Charter School, giving a ratio of 11.8:1. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is close to this figure. A total of 143 students, or 47%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 28% average for public schools in Bergen County is 19 points.
Englewood on the Palisades Charter School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 20% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Englewood on the Palisades Charter School is 6.9 points below its prediction. Actual: 33.7%. Predicted: 40.6%.
In Bergen County, median household income comes to 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 county's public schools total 291, with about 133,883 students.
The closest school to Englewood on the Palisades Charter School is Dr. John Grieco Elementary School, located about 0.4 miles away. Englewood on the Palisades Charter School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Englewood on the Palisades Charter School at 3rd of 7.
Englewood on the Palisades Charter School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 311 in 2020-21, 306 in 2024-25. The ratio was 13.0:1 in 2020-21 and 11.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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 ENGLEWOOD
- Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@EnglewoodHigh · 1,083 students
- Dr. John Grieco Elementary SchoolElementary · 499 students
- Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary SchoolMiddle · 489 students
- Donald A. Quarles Early Childhood CenterElementary · 434 students
- Janis E. Dismus Middle SchoolMiddle · 342 students
Nearby schools
- Dr. John Grieco Elementary School0.4 mi · 499
- Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School0.6 mi · 489
- Janis E. Dismus Middle School0.6 mi · 342
- Donald A. Quarles Early Childhood Center0.6 mi · 434
- Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood0.7 mi · 1,083
- Walter Stillman School1.1 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About Englewood on the Palisades Charter SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Englewood on the Palisades Charter School?
Englewood on the Palisades Charter School enrolls approximately 306 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Englewood on the Palisades Charter School serve?
Englewood on the Palisades Charter School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Englewood on the Palisades Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Englewood on the Palisades Charter School is approximately 11.8:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Englewood on the Palisades Charter School?
Englewood on the Palisades Charter School reports a student body of 3% White, 52% Hispanic, 32% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Englewood on the Palisades Charter School public or private?
Englewood on the Palisades Charter School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Englewood on the Palisades Charter School.
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