Enrollment
361
Elementary
DISTRICT 307 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALLINGTON BORO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341692000900
Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School
106 KING ST, WALLINGTON, NJ 07057 · (973) 777-4420 · Bergen County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
179 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 94 | 26% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 27% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 84 | 23% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School→Wallington Junior Senior High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Wallington Boro School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
59.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
51.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 51.7% |
| 2023-24 | 56.5% | 47.0% |
% 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
48.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School
Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School's state test result (48.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School this school | 361 | 49.6% | 48.8% |
| Osbornville Elementary School BRICK | 372 | 49.2% | 43.8% |
| Beatrice Gilmore School Woodland Park | 359 | 47.9% | 38.3% |
| Pine Beach Elementary School PINE BEACH | 371 | 46.9% | 30.1% |
| Howard C. Johnson Elementary School Jackson | 416 | 50.5% | 31.4% |
| Hammonton Early Childhood Educational Center HAMMONTON | 472 | 45.1% | 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 Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #550 of 1,290 | #109 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #561 of 1,319 ▲ 53 | #114 of 149 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #510 of 1,319 ▲ 34 | #117 of 149 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 361 | #847 of 1,562 | #66 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #1,020 of 1,390 | #110 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #711 of 1,392 | #97 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.6% | #590 of 1,481 | #39 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #145 of 798 | #19 of 85 |
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
361
-25 (-6%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 339
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
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 | 361 | 28.6 | 12.6:1 | 50% (179) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 31.1 | 11.5:1 | 38% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 350 | 30.7 | 11.4:1 | 35% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | 32 | 12.1:1 | 35% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 32.1 | 14.4:1 | 34% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 447 | 29 | 15.4:1 | 34% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 381 | 21 | 18.1:1 | 32% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 412 | 22 | 18.7:1 | 11% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 339 | 22 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (462 to 361); teachers down 11% (32.1 to 28.6).
About Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School
Families in WALLINGTON, New Jersey, are served by Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Students in grades 3 through 6 attend, and enrollment is 361 students.
Wallington Boro School District operates 3 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,159 students.
A majority of students at Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School, 58%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 37% Hispanic and 4% Black. That is close to the 55% White share among all Bergen County residents. By the diversity index, Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School comes in at 53%.
The school employs the equivalent of 28.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School is 50%. The 28% average for public schools in Bergen County is 22 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School is B+. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 69% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School, the prediction is 39.0% and the result is 48.8%.
Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School is located in Bergen County, where median household income is about $124,884, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County, which together enroll about 133,883 students.
The school nearest to Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School is Wallington Junior Senior High School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Within five miles of Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 52.6%; Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School's is 48.8%, ranking 5th of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 386 to 361.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Wallington Boro School District
- Wallington Junior Senior High SchoolHigh · 545 students
- Jefferson (Annex) Elementary SchoolElementary · 253 students
Other schools in WALLINGTON
- Wallington Junior Senior High SchoolHigh · 545 students
- Jefferson (Annex) Elementary SchoolElementary · 253 students
Nearby schools
- Wallington Junior Senior High School0.2 mi · 545
- Jefferson (Annex) Elementary School0.6 mi · 253
- Catherine E. Doyle Elementary School0.6 mi · 479
- McKenzie School0.7 mi · 369
- Carlstadt Public School0.8 mi · 478
- James Madison School #101.0 mi · 280
Frequently asked questions
About Frank W. Gavlak Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School?
Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School enrolls approximately 361 students in grades 03-06.
Is Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 03-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School is approximately 12.6:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School?
Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School reports a student body of 58% White, 37% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School public or private?
Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wallington Boro School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.