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What's the most underrated thing about Horace Mann Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
978
Elementary
DISTRICT 672 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH BERGEN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341146002886
Horace Mann Elementary School
1215 83RD STREET, NORTH BERGEN, NJ 07047 · (201) 295-2880 · Hudson County
GRADES 01–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL978 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% 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.
- 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.
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
14.1:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
705 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 100 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 132 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 133 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 129 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 140 | 14% |
This year's 1st grade class (100) is 29% smaller than its 8th grade class (140).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
43.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
26.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 43 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.3% | 26.4% |
| 2023-24 | 37.8% | 25.6% |
% 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
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Horace Mann Elementary School
Horace Mann Elementary School's state test result (29.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Mann Elementary School this school | 978 | 72.1% | 29.5% |
| Robert Fulton Elementary School NORTH BERGEN | 938 | 66.7% | 35.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary School NORTH BERGEN | 1,193 | 72.8% | 34.5% |
| School 16 PATERSON | 813 | 70.6% | 17.4% |
| Rose M. Lopez Elementary School Perth Amboy | 793 | 75.3% | 29.5% |
| Anna L. Klein GUTTENBERG | 977 | 82.8% | 31.4% |
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 Horace Mann Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #968 of 1,290 | #64 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #1,045 of 1,319 ▼ 39 | #67 of 84 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #866 of 1,319 ▲ 61 | #53 of 84 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 978 | #17 of 1,562 | #5 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,236 of 1,390 | #72 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.6% | #1,350 of 1,392 | #75 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.1% | #324 of 1,481 | #44 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #352 of 798 | #39 of 61 |
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
978
-115 (-11%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 1,026
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 978 | 69.6 | 14.1:1 | 72% (705) |
| 2023-24 | 968 | 70.2 | 13.8:1 | 71% (685) |
| 2022-23 | 969 | 73.2 | 13.2:1 | 56% (546) |
| 2020-21 | 1,093 | 73 | 15.0:1 | 53% (583) |
| 2017-18 | 1,111 | 80.5 | 13.8:1 | 44% (494) |
| 2015-16 | 1,088 | 79 | 13.8:1 | 54% (587) |
| 2010-11 | 1,121 | 61 | 18.4:1 | 48% (542) |
| 2000-01 | 1,259 | 62 | 20.3:1 | 54% (675) |
| 1990-91 | 1,026 | 55 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horace Mann Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,111 to 978); teachers down 14% (80.5 to 69.6).
About Horace Mann Elementary School
A large elementary school in NORTH BERGEN, New Jersey, Horace Mann Elementary School is part of North Bergen School District. It is open to students in grades 1 through 8 and enrolls 978 students. That is 141% larger than the average of about 405 students for elementary schools in New Jersey.
The North Bergen School District system has 8 schools and 7,031 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Horace Mann Elementary School is Hispanic, at 93%. After that, the student body is 6% White. Among all residents of Hudson County, the Hispanic share is about 41%. The diversity index for Horace Mann Elementary School is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 69.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.1 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 72% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Horace Mann Elementary School outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Horace Mann Elementary School would be expected to post about 26.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for Hudson County show that the median household earns about $91,795 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Hudson County, 130 public schools serve about 86,216 students.
Horace Mann Elementary School's nearest public school is North Bergen High School (about 0.4 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Horace Mann Elementary School is 4th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 11% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Horace Mann Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Bergen School District
- North Bergen High SchoolHigh · 2,328 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,193 students
- Robert Fulton Elementary SchoolElementary · 938 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 296 students
Other schools in NORTH BERGEN
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,193 students
- Robert Fulton Elementary SchoolElementary · 938 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 296 students
- Polk Street SchoolElementary · 213 students
Other Horace Mann Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 12 states are named Horace Mann Elementary. Horace Mann Elementary School is the largest of the 24.
- Horace Mann Elementary SchoolCHERRY HILL, NJ · 287 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 870 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryGlendale, CA · 672 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryBeverly Hills, CA · 578 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryHuntington, IN · 438 students
Nearby schools
- North Bergen High School0.4 mi · 2,328
- Polk Street School0.6 mi · 213
- Robert Fulton Elementary School0.7 mi · 938
- Lincoln School Annex0.9 mi · 232
- Lincoln School0.9 mi · 635
- Anna L. Klein0.9 mi · 977
Frequently asked questions
About Horace Mann Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Horace Mann Elementary School?
Horace Mann Elementary School enrolls approximately 978 students in grades 01-08.
What age range does Horace Mann Elementary School serve?
Horace Mann Elementary School serves students from grade 01 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Horace Mann Elementary School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Horace Mann Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Horace Mann Elementary School?
At Horace Mann Elementary School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 93% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Horace Mann Elementary School public or private?
Horace Mann Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by North Bergen School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.