1
Enrollment
996
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HALEDON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340645005904
Haledon Public School
91 HENRY STREET, HALEDON, NJ 07508 · (973) 790-9000 · Passaic County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL996 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-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
10.4:1
96 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
675 students
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 | 82 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 106 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 87 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 119 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 21% smaller than its 8th grade class (119).
Student demographics
51%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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
37.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
26.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.6% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.8% | 26.9% |
% 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
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Haledon Public School
Haledon Public School's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haledon Public School this school | 996 | 67.8% | 27.1% |
| Christa McAuliffe School JERSEY CITY | 906 | 70.3% | 40.5% |
| Hudson Arts and Science Charter School Kearny | 848 | 70.5% | 37.0% |
| Franklin Elementary School KEARNY | 950 | 73.4% | 30.7% |
| Middlesex County STEM Charter School Perth Amboy | 739 | 75.1% | 27.0% |
| Charles E. Trefurt School JERSEY CITY | 668 | 70.1% | 40.3% |
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 Haledon Public School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #1,020 of 1,290 | #48 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #1,050 of 1,319 ▼ 61 | #53 of 87 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #982 of 1,319 ▲ 41 | #46 of 87 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 996 | #14 of 1,562 | #1 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #466 of 1,390 | #22 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #775 of 1,392 | #34 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.8% | #382 of 1,481 | #46 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #678 of 798 | #56 of 66 |
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
996
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
+60% since 1990-91, when it was 621
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 996 | 95.5 | 10.4:1 | 68% (675) |
| 2023-24 | 1,005 | 94.5 | 10.6:1 | 67% (676) |
| 2022-23 | 1,028 | 96.5 | 10.7:1 | 65% (668) |
| 2020-21 | 1,005 | 94 | 10.7:1 | 50% (499) |
| 2017-18 | 1,031 | 98 | 10.5:1 | 61% (624) |
| 2015-16 | 1,058 | 97 | 10.9:1 | 73% (772) |
| 2010-11 | 1,014 | 74 | 13.7:1 | 66% (670) |
| 2000-01 | 931 | 65 | 14.3:1 | 47% (442) |
| 1990-91 | 621 | 46 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Haledon Public School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (1,031 to 996); teachers down 3% (98 to 95.5).
About Haledon Public School
This page covers Haledon Public School, a high-enrollment elementary school in HALEDON, New Jersey. It enrolls 996 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 8. It has 146% more students than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey (about 405).
Haledon Public School District operates Haledon Public School.
More than half of the students at Haledon Public School are Hispanic (67%). The next largest groups are 13% White, 12% Black, and 6% Asian. In Passaic County overall, about 44% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Haledon Public School scores 51%.
Teacher count: 95.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 10.4:1. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey, 11.4:1, is higher. Roughly 68% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Haledon Public School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 21% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Haledon Public School is 1.9 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 27.1% actual, 29.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
In the wider Passaic County area, the median household earns about $87,522 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Passaic County, 155 public schools serve about 83,237 students.
About 0.6 miles separate Haledon Public School from the closest public school, Prospect Park Middle School. The five-mile area around Haledon Public School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Haledon Public School at 4th of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The school's size has been steady, with 1,005 students in 2020-21 and 996 in 2024-25.
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Passaic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
521,012
Census ACS
Median income
$87,522
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
83,237 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HALEDON
- Passaic County-Manchester Regional High SchoolHigh · 803 students
Nearby schools
- Prospect Park Middle School0.6 mi · 143
- Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy0.8 mi · 1,040
- Passaic County Technical Institute0.8 mi · 3,565
- Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School0.8 mi · 803
- School 190.8 mi · 288
- Prospect Park School No. 10.9 mi · 620
Frequently asked questions
About Haledon Public SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Haledon Public School?
Haledon Public School enrolls approximately 996 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Haledon Public School serve?
Haledon Public School serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Haledon Public School have?
Haledon Public School employs 96 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Haledon Public School?
Student demographics at Haledon Public School are roughly 13% White, 67% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Haledon Public School in?
Haledon Public School is part of Haledon Public School District.
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