Enrollment
361
Elementary
DISTRICT 283 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEANECK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341608000860
John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School
491 W ENGLEWOOD AVENUE, TEANECK, NJ 07666 · (201) 833-5535 · Bergen County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
180 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 44% smaller than its 4th grade class (75).
Student demographics
72%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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
44.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -9.8pp since 2023
Math
39.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.7pp 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 40 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.4% | 39.6% |
| 2023-24 | 54.2% | 34.9% |
% 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School
John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School this school | 361 | 49.9% | 43.4% |
| Battle Hill Elementary UNION | 414 | 46.4% | 33.7% |
| Watsessing Elementary School Bloomfield | 333 | 52.9% | 38.6% |
| Connecticut Farms Elementary UNION | 430 | 42.8% | 45.3% |
| Madison Elementary School RAHWAY | 384 | 49.2% | 31.1% |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School TEANECK | 334 | 53.6% | 52.5% |
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 John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #673 of 1,290 | #123 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #804 of 1,319 ▲ 31 | #138 of 149 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #849 of 1,319 ▼ 255 | #140 of 149 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 361 | #846 of 1,562 | #65 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #966 of 1,390 | #101 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.1% | #83 of 1,392 | #3 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.9% | #585 of 1,481 | #37 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.7% | #261 of 545 | #27 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
361
+30 (+9%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 396
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 9.5:1
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 | 361 | 29.2 | 12.4:1 | 50% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 373 | 33 | 11.3:1 | 42% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 319 | 34 | 9.4:1 | 34% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | 35 | 9.5:1 | 38% (127) |
| 2017-18 | 329 | 33 | 10.0:1 | 44% (146) |
| 2015-16 | 364 | 31 | 11.7:1 | 12% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 383 | 22 | 17.4:1 | 37% (142) |
| 2000-01 | 498 | 35 | 14.2:1 | 18% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 396 | 26 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (329 to 361); teachers down 12% (33 to 29.2).
About John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School
As a medium-sized elementary school, John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School serves students in TEANECK, New Jersey. A total of 361 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 4.
Teaneck School District counts 8 schools and 3,630 students, including John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School.
John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 37%. The remaining students are 33% Black, 16% White, 7% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Bergen County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.4 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 50% of students. Compared with the 28% average for public schools in Bergen County, the school's rate is higher.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 38.9%. John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School scores 43.4%.
In the county around the school, Bergen County, median household income is about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School is among the 291 public schools in Bergen County.
The next-closest public school is Benjamin Franklin Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 361, 9% above the 331 of 2020-21. The school's ratio rose from 9.5:1 to 12.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Teaneck School District
- Teaneck High SchoolHigh · 1,244 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 510 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 463 students
- Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- James Russell Lowell Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
- William Cullen Bryant SchoolElementary · 283 students
Other schools in TEANECK
- Teaneck High SchoolHigh · 1,244 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 510 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 463 students
- Teaneck Community Charter schoolElementary · 377 students
- Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- James Russell Lowell Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
Nearby schools
- Benjamin Franklin Middle School0.5 mi · 463
- James Russell Lowell Elementary School0.7 mi · 320
- Lincoln Elementary School0.9 mi · 443
- William Cullen Bryant School0.9 mi · 283
- Bergen County Academies1.0 mi · 1,130
- Teaneck High School1.1 mi · 1,244
Frequently asked questions
About John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School?
John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School enrolls approximately 361 students in grades KG-04.
Is John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School have?
John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the student diversity at John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School?
Student demographics at John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School are roughly 16% White, 37% Hispanic, 33% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School public or private?
John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Teaneck School District.
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