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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Fieldstone Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
443
Middle
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTVALE BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341062000616
Fieldstone Middle School
47 Spring Valley Road, Montvale, NJ 07645 · (201) 391-9000 · Bergen County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of New Jersey public middle schools
- ATest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
42 students
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 5 | 98 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 117 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 120 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 108 | 24% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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 Montvale Board of Education School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
85.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
63.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.9% | 63.1% |
| 2023-24 | 80.4% | 59.3% |
% 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
64.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Fieldstone Middle School
Fieldstone Middle School's state test result (64.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fieldstone Middle School this school | 443 | 9.5% | 64.7% |
| Warren Middle School Warren | 547 | 7.7% | 63.7% |
| Columbia Middle School BERKELEY HTS | 523 | 2.7% | 66.7% |
| Memorial Junior School Whippany | 419 | 5.7% | 60.0% |
| New Providence Middle School NEW PROVIDENCE | 396 | 2.0% | 72.3% |
| Union School RUTHERFORD | 399 | 6.8% | 62.6% |
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 Fieldstone Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #61 of 433 | #17 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #88 of 437 ▲ 7 | #26 of 53 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.9% | #26 of 437 ▲ 13 | #8 of 53 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #291 of 445 | #35 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #208 of 417 | #27 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #161 of 419 | #24 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.5% | #357 of 436 | #32 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #216 of 282 | #29 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
443
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 340
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 443 | 41 | 10.8:1 | 9% (42) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 41.6 | 10.8:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 42 | 10.3:1 | 3% (13) |
| 2020-21 | 452 | 41 | 11.0:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 45.8 | 10.2:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 43 | 11.1:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2010-11 | 377 | 34 | 11.1:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2000-01 | 363 | 34 | 10.7:1 | 1% (2) |
| 1990-91 | 340 | 27 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fieldstone Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (465 to 443); teachers down 10% (45.8 to 41).
About Fieldstone Middle School
Fieldstone Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Montvale, New Jersey. It covers grades 5 through 8, with a total enrollment of 443 students. Statewide, middle schools in New Jersey average about 578 students each.
Montvale Board of Education School District has a total of 2 schools and 975 students, Fieldstone Middle School among them.
By race and ethnicity, Fieldstone Middle School is 57% White. After that, the student body is 21% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. For comparison, Bergen County is about 55% White. Fieldstone Middle School has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 10.8:1 comes from the school's 41 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in New Jersey have a similar average ratio of 10.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 9% in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bergen County is 28%.
Measured against New Jersey public middle schools, Fieldstone Middle School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Fieldstone Middle School, the prediction is 61.0% and the result is 64.7%.
Federal survey data for Bergen County show that median household income is about $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fieldstone Middle School is among the 291 public schools in Bergen County.
Nearest public school: Pascack Hills High School, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 58.1%; Fieldstone Middle School's is 64.7%, ranking 5th of 9.
NCES describes the area around Fieldstone Middle School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 452 in 2020-21 to 443 in 2024-25, a change of 9 students.
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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 Montvale Board of Education School District
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
Other schools in Montvale
- Pascack Hills High SchoolHigh · 768 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
Other Fieldstone Middle schools
One other US public school is named Fieldstone Middle. Fieldstone Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- FIELDSTONE MIDDLE SCHOOLTHIELLS, NY · 1,207 students
Nearby schools
- Pascack Hills High School0.3 mi · 768
- West Ridge Elementary School1.1 mi · 343
- Memorial Elementary School1.1 mi · 532
- LINCOLN AVENUE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 190
- FLEETWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 609
- Park Ridge High School1.4 mi · 491
Frequently asked questions
About Fieldstone Middle SchoolHow large is Fieldstone Middle School?
Fieldstone Middle School enrolls approximately 443 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Fieldstone Middle School serve?
Fieldstone Middle School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fieldstone Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fieldstone Middle School is approximately 10.8:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fieldstone Middle School?
At Fieldstone Middle School, the student body is approximately 57% White, 15% Hispanic, 2% Black, 21% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Fieldstone Middle School?
Fieldstone Middle School is overseen by Montvale Board of Education School District in Bergen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.