Enrollment
325
Elementary
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAMSEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341359000734
John Y Dater Elementary School
35 SCHOOL STREET, RAMSEY, NJ 07446 · (201) 785-2325 · Bergen County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
30 students
DISTRICT 8% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 178 | 55% |
| Grade 5 | 147 | 45% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
73.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
66.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.8% | 66.5% |
| 2023-24 | 76.8% | 68.2% |
% 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
66.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% 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 John Y Dater Elementary School
John Y Dater Elementary School's state test result (66.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Y Dater Elementary School this school | 325 | 9.2% | 66.7% |
| Pines Lake Elementary School WAYNE | 356 | 9.6% | 61.1% |
| Lafayette Elementary School WAYNE | 321 | 10.9% | 60.8% |
| South End Elementary School Cedar Grove | 349 | 7.2% | 72.4% |
| North End Elementary School Cedar Grove | 309 | 11.3% | 76.6% |
| Heights Elementary School OAKLAND | 343 | 10.8% | 57.7% |
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 Y Dater Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #202 of 1,290 | #53 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #302 of 1,319 ▼ 58 | #75 of 149 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #193 of 1,319 ▼ 63 | #59 of 149 ▼ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #1,009 of 1,562 | #99 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #213 of 1,390 | #16 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.7% | #1,062 of 1,392 | #138 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.2% | #1,266 of 1,481 | #107 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #191 of 798 | #22 of 85 |
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
325
-35 (-10%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 302
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 325 | 34.5 | 9.4:1 | 9% (30) |
| 2023-24 | 322 | 33.5 | 9.6:1 | 7% (22) |
| 2022-23 | 366 | 37.1 | 9.9:1 | 6% (23) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 35 | 10.3:1 | 10% (35) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 34 | 11.8:1 | 7% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | 35 | 11.5:1 | 5% (21) |
| 2010-11 | 433 | 24 | 18.0:1 | 4% (18) |
| 2000-01 | 406 | 21 | 19.3:1 | 1% (3) |
| 1990-91 | 302 | 18 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John Y Dater Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (400 to 325); teachers up 1% (34 to 34.5).
About John Y Dater Elementary School
John Y Dater Elementary School is a small elementary school in New Jersey, located in RAMSEY. Total enrollment is 325 students, and the grades served are 4 through 5.
Ramsey School District has a total of 5 schools and 2,310 students, John Y Dater Elementary School among them.
The student body at John Y Dater Elementary School is 77% White. It is also 8% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. Bergen County's residents are about 55% White, 22 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 40% means there is a 40% chance two randomly chosen students at John Y Dater Elementary School are from different groups.
John Y Dater Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1, with 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 9% at John Y Dater Elementary School. For comparison, public schools in Bergen County average 28%.
John Y Dater Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 79% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, John Y Dater Elementary School is 5.5 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
In the surrounding county, Bergen County, the median household earns about $124,884 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting John Y Dater Elementary School, Bergen County has 291 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Ramsey High School, is about 0.6 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. John Y Dater Elementary School is 6th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 325, from 360 in 2020-21.
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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 Ramsey School District
- Ramsey High SchoolHigh · 739 students
- Eric S. Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Mary A. Hubbard Elementary SchoolElementary · 331 students
- Wesley D Tisdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 302 students
Other schools in RAMSEY
- Ramsey High SchoolHigh · 739 students
- Eric S. Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Mary A. Hubbard Elementary SchoolElementary · 331 students
- Wesley D Tisdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 302 students
Nearby schools
- Ramsey High School0.6 mi · 739
- Wesley D Tisdale Elementary School0.6 mi · 302
- Eric S. Smith Middle School0.6 mi · 613
- Mary A. Hubbard Elementary School1.0 mi · 331
- Northern Highlands Regional High School1.6 mi · 1,257
- Hillside Elementary School1.9 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About John Y Dater Elementary SchoolHow large is John Y Dater Elementary School?
John Y Dater Elementary School enrolls approximately 325 students in grades 04-05.
What age range does John Y Dater Elementary School serve?
John Y Dater Elementary School serves students from grade 04 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at John Y Dater Elementary School?
Approximately 9.4:1 students per teacher at John Y Dater Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at John Y Dater Elementary School?
At John Y Dater Elementary School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees John Y Dater Elementary School?
John Y Dater Elementary School is overseen by Ramsey School District in Bergen County.
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