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Enrollment
449
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341467005688
Evergreen Elementary School
2280 EVERGREEN AVENUE, SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ 07076 · (908) 889-5331 · Union County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL449 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% 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.
- 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
12.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
10 students
DISTRICT 4% · 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 | 27 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 24% larger than its 4th grade class (76).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
53.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -7.8pp since 2023
Math
59.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.8% | 59.9% |
| 2023-24 | 61.6% | 61.4% |
% 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
59.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Evergreen Elementary School
Evergreen Elementary School's state test result (59.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Elementary School this school | 449 | 2.2% | 59.3% |
| Howard B. Brunner Elementary School SCOTCH PLAINS | 434 | 4.4% | 76.2% |
| J. Ackerman Coles Elementary School SCOTCH PLAINS | 526 | 3.4% | 75.4% |
| Lester C Noecker ROSELAND | 451 | 6.4% | 73.8% |
| Tamaques Elementary School Westfield | 427 | 3.5% | 71.8% |
| School One Elementary SCOTCH PLAINS | 424 | 9.0% | 61.2% |
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 Evergreen Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #345 of 1,290 | #23 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #406 of 1,319 ▼ 51 | #28 of 93 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #620 of 1,319 ▼ 202 | #38 of 93 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 449 | #543 of 1,562 | #47 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #900 of 1,390 | #49 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.1% | #456 of 1,392 | #27 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.2% | #1,417 of 1,481 | #93 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.4% | #181 of 545 | #9 of 42 |
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
449
+62 (+16%) vs 2020
+48% since 1990-91, when it was 304
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 449 | 37.2 | 12.1:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 35.5 | 12.0:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 33.4 | 12.1:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | 32 | 12.1:1 | 4% (14) |
| 2017-18 | 396 | 33.4 | 11.9:1 | 7% (27) |
| 2015-16 | 393 | 29 | 13.6:1 | 6% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 414 | 23 | 18.0:1 | 7% (28) |
| 2000-01 | 403 | 22 | 18.3:1 | 5% (21) |
| 1990-91 | 304 | 17 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Evergreen Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (396 to 449); teachers up 12% (33.4 to 37.2).
About Evergreen Elementary School
Evergreen Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in New Jersey, with an address in SCOTCH PLAINS. The school teaches pre-K through 4 and enrolls 449 students.
The Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District system has 8 schools and 5,673 students.
The share of White students at Evergreen Elementary School is 58%, a majority. Other students are 15% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 8% Black, and 6% multiracial. That is higher than the 39% White share among all Union County residents. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at Evergreen Elementary School are from different groups.
Staffing at Evergreen Elementary School comes to 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is similar, at 11.4:1. Evergreen Elementary School counts 2% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 52% average for public schools in Union County.
On the allk12 Grade, Evergreen Elementary School lands at B-, ahead of 52% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Evergreen Elementary School is 5.6 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 59.3% actual, 64.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
For Union County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $103,202 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Union County number 180, with about 99,046 students.
Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School is about 0.1 miles from Evergreen Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Evergreen Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Evergreen Elementary School comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Evergreen Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
From 387 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 449 by 2024-25.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood High SchoolHigh · 1,562 students
- Malcolm E Nettingham Middle SchoolMiddle · 913 students
- Terrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 822 students
- William J. McGinn Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- J. Ackerman Coles Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Howard B. Brunner Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
Other schools in SCOTCH PLAINS
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood High SchoolHigh · 1,562 students
- Malcolm E Nettingham Middle SchoolMiddle · 913 students
- Terrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 822 students
- William J. McGinn Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- J. Ackerman Coles Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Union County TechHigh · 502 students
Other Evergreen Elementary schools
29 other US public schools in 13 states are named Evergreen Elementary. Evergreen Elementary School is the 15th largest of the 30.
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolPLAINFIELD, NJ · 398 students
- Evergreen ElementaryMidlothian, VA · 797 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolCalifornia, MD · 715 students
- Evergreen ElementaryDiamond Bar, CA · 709 students
- Evergreen ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 660 students
Nearby schools
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School0.1 mi · 1,562
- Howard B. Brunner Elementary School0.4 mi · 434
- Hillcrest Academy-North0.6 mi · 74
- Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School0.8 mi · 913
- School One Elementary1.0 mi · 424
- William J. McGinn Elementary School1.3 mi · 543
Frequently asked questions
About Evergreen Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Evergreen Elementary School?
Evergreen Elementary School enrolls approximately 449 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Evergreen Elementary School serve?
Evergreen Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Evergreen Elementary School?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Evergreen Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Evergreen Elementary School?
Student demographics at Evergreen Elementary School are roughly 58% White, 15% Hispanic, 8% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Evergreen Elementary School in?
Evergreen Elementary School is part of Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.