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Which teacher or staff member at Jefferson Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
564
Middle
DISTRICT 754 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOWNSHIP OF UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341650005750
Jefferson Elementary
155 HILTON AVENUE, UNION, NJ 07083 · (908) 851-6560 · Union County
GRADES 05–05MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL564 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of New Jersey public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
297 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 564 | 100% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
43.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -6.4pp since 2023
Math
27.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.5% | 27.2% |
| 2023-24 | 49.9% | 28.4% |
% 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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Jefferson Elementary
Jefferson Elementary's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary this school | 564 | 52.7% | 32.3% |
| Liberty Middle School WEST ORANGE | 559 | 46.2% | 44.5% |
| Gilmore J Fisher Middle School EWING | 789 | 60.1% | 29.3% |
| Benjamin Franklin Middle School TEANECK | 463 | 52.3% | 40.0% |
| Winslow Township Elementary School Five BERLIN | 576 | 63.0% | 26.4% |
| Kawameeh Middle School UNION | 729 | 43.2% | 43.3% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Jefferson Elementary ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #322 of 433 | #17 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #326 of 437 ▼ 18 | #17 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #326 of 437 ▼ 57 | #18 of 25 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 564 | #207 of 445 | #16 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #388 of 417 | #23 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #45 of 419 | #2 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.7% | #131 of 436 | #13 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #120 of 122 | #12 of 12 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
564
+39 (+7%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 414
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 564 | 41 | 13.8:1 | 53% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 569 | 40 | 14.2:1 | 42% (237) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 41 | 12.9:1 | 33% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 43 | 12.2:1 | 36% (189) |
| 2017-18 | 562 | 53 | 10.6:1 | 31% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 537 | 55 | 9.8:1 | 39% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 34% (182) |
| 2000-01 | 636 | 41 | 15.5:1 | 25% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 414 | 27 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (562 to 564); teachers down 23% (53 to 41).
About Jefferson Elementary
Jefferson Elementary is a mid-sized middle-grades school found in UNION, New Jersey. The school counted 564 students in 2024-25, covering grade 5.
Jefferson Elementary is one of the 10 schools that make up Township of Union School District (7,845 students in total).
About 43% of students at Jefferson Elementary are Black, the largest single group. The school is also 29% Hispanic, 16% White, 7% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 20%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 70, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary is 13.8:1, based on 41 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is 10.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Jefferson Elementary counts 53% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 52% average for public schools in Union County.
Jefferson Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 23% of New Jersey public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 37.3%.
Looking at the county, Union County, the median household earns about $103,202 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Jefferson Elementary, Union County has 180 public schools.
Tuscan Elementary School is about 0.8 miles from Jefferson Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Jefferson Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Jefferson Elementary ranks 8th on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 564, from 525 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 12.2:1 to 13.8:1.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Township of Union School District
- Union High SchoolHigh · 2,410 students
- Burnet Middle SchoolMiddle · 970 students
- Hannah Caldwell ElementaryElementary · 812 students
- Kawameeh Middle SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 578 students
- Livingston ElementaryElementary · 485 students
Other schools in UNION
- Union High SchoolHigh · 2,410 students
- Burnet Middle SchoolMiddle · 970 students
- Hannah Caldwell ElementaryElementary · 812 students
- Kawameeh Middle SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 578 students
- Livingston ElementaryElementary · 485 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. Jefferson Elementary is the 14th largest of the 144.
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolWestfield, NJ · 467 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolPLAINFIELD, NJ · 383 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolSUCCASUNNA, NJ · 346 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolBERGENFIELD, NJ · 291 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolUNION CITY, NJ · 272 students
Nearby schools
- Tuscan Elementary School0.8 mi · 531
- Union High School0.8 mi · 2,410
- Hannah Caldwell Elementary0.9 mi · 812
- Maplewood Middle School0.9 mi · 762
- South Mountain School1.0 mi · 278
- Wyoming School1.0 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary enrolls approximately 564 students in grades 05-05.
What grades does Jefferson Elementary serve?
Jefferson Elementary serves grades 05-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jefferson Elementary is approximately 13.8:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Jefferson Elementary?
Jefferson Elementary reports a student body of 16% White, 29% Hispanic, 43% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Jefferson Elementary public or private?
Jefferson Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Township of Union School District.
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