Jefferson Elementary School

Jefferson Elementary School is one of the close-knit elementary-level communitys in WEST CALDWELL, New Jersey, overseen by Caldwell-West School District, with 246 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 39% leaner than the state mean of about 405.

Within Caldwell-West School District, which oversees 7 schools and 2,520 students, Jefferson Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Jefferson Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 30% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Jefferson Elementary School logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Essex County's rate of about 54%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jefferson Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.4%; this one delivers 52.2%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Essex County put the typical household earns roughly $80,789 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Jefferson Elementary School is one of 249 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students).

Nearest neighbor: Grover Cleveland Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Jefferson Elementary School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 53.3%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Jefferson Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 274 (now 246). The White share of enrollment decreased from 79% to 68% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

On this page, members of the Jefferson Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.