Enrollment
370
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341728000408
James Fallon Elementary School
51 CLIFFORD DRIVE, WAYNE, NJ 07470 · (973) 633-3125 · Passaic County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
38 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
73.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
64.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.4% | 64.1% |
| 2023-24 | 65.7% | 61.1% |
% 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 James Fallon Elementary School
James Fallon Elementary School's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Fallon Elementary School this school | 370 | 10.3% | 63.3% |
| Millington Elementary School Millington | 362 | 9.1% | 58.9% |
| Pines Lake Elementary School WAYNE | 356 | 9.6% | 61.1% |
| Round Valley LEBANON | 384 | 11.7% | 61.7% |
| South End Elementary School Cedar Grove | 349 | 7.2% | 72.4% |
| Lafayette Elementary School WAYNE | 321 | 10.9% | 60.8% |
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 James Fallon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #276 of 1,290 | #6 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #346 of 1,319 ▲ 17 | #13 of 87 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #198 of 1,319 ▲ 137 | #5 of 87 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #805 of 1,562 | #48 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #1,093 of 1,390 | #69 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.4% | #951 of 1,392 | #46 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.3% | #1,245 of 1,481 | #92 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #692 of 798 | #58 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
370
0 (0%) vs 2020
+13% since 2000-01, when it was 327
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 370 | 28.4 | 13.0:1 | 10% (38) |
| 2023-24 | 369 | 26.4 | 14.0:1 | 5% (20) |
| 2022-23 | 373 | 26.4 | 14.1:1 | 6% (22) |
| 2020-21 | 370 | 24 | 15.4:1 | 4% (16) |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 23 | 16.6:1 | 4% (16) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 23 | 15.6:1 | 6% (22) |
| 2010-11 | 416 | 23 | 18.1:1 | 5% (19) |
| 2000-01 | 327 | N/A | N/A | 3% (10) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James Fallon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (382 to 370); teachers up 24% (23 to 28.4).
About James Fallon Elementary School
The public elementary school James Fallon Elementary School is located in WAYNE, New Jersey. It had 370 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5.
District-wide, Wayne Township Public School District has 15 schools and 7,549 students.
More than half of enrollment at James Fallon Elementary School is White: 72%. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 41% White. The diversity index for James Fallon Elementary School is 44%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at James Fallon Elementary School totals 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.0:1. Compared with the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 10% of students (38) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Passaic County, the average eligibility rate is 61%.
James Fallon Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.3% and a predicted 60.5%.
Passaic County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $87,522, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 155 public schools in the county, enrolling about 83,237, James Fallon Elementary School among them.
Wayne Valley High School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, James Fallon Elementary School ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
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.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 370 in 2020-21 and 370 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.0:1) than in 2020-21 (15.4:1).
The discussion board for James Fallon Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Wayne Township Public School District
- Wayne Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,201 students
- Wayne Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Schuyler Colfax Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
- Anthony Wayne Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
- George Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 493 students
- Theunis Dey Elementary SchoolElementary · 459 students
Other schools in WAYNE
- Passaic County Technical InstituteHigh · 3,565 students
- Wayne Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,201 students
- Wayne Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Passaic County Technical Institute STEM AcademyHigh · 1,040 students
- Schuyler Colfax Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
- Anthony Wayne Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
Nearby schools
- Wayne Valley High School0.2 mi · 1,201
- Randall Carter Elementary School0.7 mi · 351
- Lafayette Elementary School0.8 mi · 321
- John F. Kennedy Elementary School1.3 mi · 387
- Anthony Wayne Middle School1.5 mi · 617
- Packanack Elementary School1.5 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About James Fallon Elementary SchoolHow many students attend James Fallon Elementary School?
James Fallon Elementary School enrolls approximately 370 students in grades KG-05.
Is James Fallon Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
James Fallon Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at James Fallon Elementary School?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at James Fallon Elementary School.
How diverse is James Fallon Elementary School?
James Fallon Elementary School reports a student body of 72% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is James Fallon Elementary School in?
James Fallon Elementary School is part of Wayne Township Public School District.
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