Heights Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 13 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 13% |
School pathway
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.1% | 55.1% |
| 2023-24 | 63.7% | 50.3% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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%.
Where Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #377 of 1,290 | #80 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #491 of 1,319 | #104 of 149 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #308 of 1,319 | #82 of 149 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #929 of 1,562 | #82 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #481 of 1,390 | #54 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.1% | #911 of 1,392 | #123 of 151 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.9% | #385 of 545 | #44 of 64 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 343 | 32.8 | 10.5:1 | 11% (37) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 30.4 | 12.4:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 29.5 | 12.1:1 | 4% (16) |
| 2017-18 | 327 | 28 | 11.7:1 | 6% (21) |
About Heights Elementary School
Heights Elementary School is the name of a small elementary school in OAKLAND, New Jersey. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 343 students in 2024-25.
The 5 schools of Oakland Public School District, including Heights Elementary School, enroll 1,300 students.
Federal enrollment data show Heights Elementary School is 72% White. Enrollment also includes 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 3% Black. The school's White share is 17 points above the 55% share among Bergen County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 46%.
A staff of 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 10.5:1. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 11.4:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 11%. Among public schools in Bergen County, the average eligibility rate is 28%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 60.3%.
For the population of Bergen County, the median household earns about $124,884 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Heights Elementary School shares Bergen County with 290 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, TOPS Early Learning Childhood Learning is about 0.3 miles from Heights Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Heights Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment increased by 5% across 7 years, from 327 in 2017-18 to 343 in 2024-25. In 2017-18, 84% of students were White; in 2024-25, 72% were. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.7:1 to 10.5:1 over the same years.
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