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How has Honiss Elementary\Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
624
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUMONT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340399000344
Honiss Elementary\Middle School
31 DEPEW ST, DUMONT, NJ 07628 · (201) 387-3020 · Bergen County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL624 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% 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.
- B-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
12.2:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
123 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 112 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 117 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 131 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 69% smaller than its 8th grade class (131).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Honiss Elementary\Middle School→Dumont High School
Based on grade levels within Dumont Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
63.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
57.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.3% | 57.7% |
| 2023-24 | 62.9% | 52.4% |
% 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
55.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Honiss Elementary\Middle School
Honiss Elementary\Middle School's state test result (55.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honiss Elementary\Middle School this school | 624 | 19.7% | 55.9% |
| Washington School NUTLEY | 534 | 23.4% | 59.7% |
| Selzer Elementary\Middle School DUMONT | 535 | 12.9% | 56.2% |
| Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary School NEW MILFORD | 476 | 21.0% | 61.7% |
| Fernbrook School RANDOLPH | 474 | 25.9% | 47.7% |
| Grant Elementary School DUMONT | 432 | 17.4% | 63.0% |
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 Honiss Elementary\Middle School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #411 of 1,290 | #89 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #445 of 1,319 ▲ 60 | #97 of 149 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #416 of 1,319 ▼ 26 | #100 of 149 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 624 | #190 of 1,562 | #6 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #923 of 1,390 | #96 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #210 of 1,392 | #14 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.7% | #1,041 of 1,481 | #80 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.6% | #485 of 545 | #60 of 64 |
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
624
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 583
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 624 | 51.2 | 12.2:1 | 20% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 618 | 54.1 | 11.4:1 | 16% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 52.5 | 11.7:1 | 11% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 632 | 50 | 12.6:1 | 10% (64) |
| 2017-18 | 614 | 55.4 | 11.1:1 | 13% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 624 | 50 | 12.5:1 | 16% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 700 | 47 | 14.9:1 | 13% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 714 | 48 | 14.9:1 | 6% (44) |
| 1990-91 | 583 | 39 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Honiss Elementary\Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (614 to 624); teachers down 8% (55.4 to 51.2).
About Honiss Elementary\Middle School
Honiss Elementary\Middle School is a public elementary school run by Dumont Public School District in DUMONT, New Jersey. Enrollment totals 624 students across kindergarten through 8. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey enroll around 405, and this school is 54% larger than that mark.
Dumont Public School District is the district for Honiss Elementary\Middle School. It has 5 schools and 2,467 students.
The biggest share of students at Honiss Elementary\Middle School, 41%, is Hispanic. The next largest groups are 35% White, 16% Asian, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Bergen County overall, about 23% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
Classroom staffing at Honiss Elementary\Middle School totals 51.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.2:1. Compared with the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 20% of students (123) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Honiss Elementary\Middle School lands at B, ahead of 61% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Honiss Elementary\Middle School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (55.9% versus 55.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
The school is in Bergen County, where median household income comes to about $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Bergen County's 291 public schools enroll about 133,883 students and include Honiss Elementary\Middle School.
Jefferson Elementary School is about 0.4 miles from Honiss Elementary\Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Honiss Elementary\Middle School is 5th among 9 schools close by.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 632 in 2020-21 and 624 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Honiss Elementary\Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Dumont Public School District
- Dumont High SchoolHigh · 704 students
- Selzer Elementary\Middle SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 172 students
Other schools in DUMONT
- Dumont High SchoolHigh · 704 students
- Selzer Elementary\Middle SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 172 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson Elementary School0.4 mi · 291
- Grant Elementary School0.7 mi · 432
- Dumont High School0.7 mi · 704
- Malcolm S Mackay School0.7 mi · 349
- Washington Elementary School0.9 mi · 253
- Lincoln Elementary School0.9 mi · 172
Frequently asked questions
About Honiss Elementary\Middle SchoolHow large is Honiss Elementary\Middle School?
Honiss Elementary\Middle School enrolls approximately 624 students in grades KG-08.
Is Honiss Elementary\Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Honiss Elementary\Middle School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Honiss Elementary\Middle School have?
Honiss Elementary\Middle School employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Honiss Elementary\Middle School?
Student demographics at Honiss Elementary\Middle School are roughly 35% White, 41% Hispanic, 4% Black, 16% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Honiss Elementary\Middle School?
Honiss Elementary\Middle School is overseen by Dumont Public School District in Bergen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.