Enrollment
392
Middle
DISTRICT 317 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLE FALLS TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340873004822
Little Falls Township Public School # 1
Little Falls School # 1, LITTLE FALLS, NJ 07424 · (973) 256-1033 · Passaic County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL392 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of New Jersey public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
9.4:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
108 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 100 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 111 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 96 | 24% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Based on grade levels within Little Falls Township Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
75.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
64.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.6% | 64.7% |
| 2023-24 | 77.4% | 59.2% |
% 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
61.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Little Falls Township Public School # 1
Little Falls Township Public School # 1's state test result (61.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Falls Township Public School # 1 this school | 392 | 27.6% | 61.7% |
| Lincoln Park Middle School LINCOLN PARK | 368 | 24.5% | 60.3% |
| Lincoln/Roosevelt School SUCCASUNNA | 484 | 25.4% | 37.8% |
| Lakeside School POMPTON LAKES | 370 | 34.9% | 47.9% |
| Northfield Community Middle School NORTHFIELD | 397 | 25.9% | 53.4% |
| Warren Hills Regional Middle School WASHINGTON | 477 | 31.2% | 35.8% |
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 Little Falls Township Public School # 1 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #87 of 433 | #2 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #85 of 437 ▲ 11 | #1 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #89 of 437 ▼ 31 | #2 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 392 | #320 of 445 | #14 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #83 of 417 | #5 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.4% | #222 of 419 | #8 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.6% | #237 of 436 | #15 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.5% | #247 of 282 | #13 of 14 |
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
392
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 366
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 8.4:1
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 | 392 | 41.5 | 9.4:1 | 28% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 381 | 43.5 | 8.8:1 | 21% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 388 | 46.5 | 8.3:1 | 19% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | 46 | 8.4:1 | 20% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 402 | 44.1 | 9.1:1 | 22% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | 41 | 9.8:1 | 24% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 19 | 21.3:1 | 12% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 479 | 33 | 14.5:1 | 10% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 366 | 27 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Little Falls Township Public School # 1.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (402 to 392); teachers down 6% (44.1 to 41.5).
About Little Falls Township Public School # 1
Little Falls Township Public School # 1 is one of the public schools in LITTLE FALLS, New Jersey. It is a low-enrollment middle school. Classes run from 5 through 8, and the school has 392 students. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is about 578 students, so this school is 32% smaller than average.
Little Falls Township Public School # 1 is one of the 3 schools that make up Little Falls Township Public School District (952 students in total).
White students make up a majority at Little Falls Township Public School # 1, at 60%. Next come 30% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 41% White among all Passaic County residents. Little Falls Township Public School # 1's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 41.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 9.4:1. On average, middle schools in New Jersey have 10.9:1, compared with 9.4:1 here. Around 28% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is 33 points below the 61% average for public schools in Passaic County.
Measured against New Jersey public middle schools, Little Falls Township Public School # 1 receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Little Falls Township Public School # 1 is 10.6 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 61.7% actual, 51.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
According to the American Community Survey, in Passaic County, the median household income is $87,522, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Little Falls Township Public School # 1 is one of 155 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is North End Elementary School, at about 0.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 48.8%, lower than Little Falls Township Public School # 1's 61.7%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 392, close to the 386 recorded in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 8.4:1 to 9.4:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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 Little Falls Township Public School District
- Little Falls Township Public School # 2Elementary · 343 students
- Little Falls Township Public School # 3Elementary · 217 students
Other schools in LITTLE FALLS
- Passaic Valley Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,093 students
- Little Falls Township Public School # 2Elementary · 343 students
- Little Falls Township Public School # 3Elementary · 217 students
Nearby schools
- North End Elementary School0.6 mi · 309
- Passaic Valley Regional High School0.7 mi · 1,093
- Little Falls Township Public School # 20.8 mi · 343
- Little Falls Township Public School # 31.0 mi · 217
- Memorial Middle School1.3 mi · 374
- Beatrice Gilmore School1.3 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About Little Falls Township Public School # 1How large is Little Falls Township Public School # 1?
Little Falls Township Public School # 1 enrolls approximately 392 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Little Falls Township Public School # 1 serve?
Little Falls Township Public School # 1 serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Little Falls Township Public School # 1 have?
Little Falls Township Public School # 1 employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Little Falls Township Public School # 1?
Student demographics at Little Falls Township Public School # 1 are roughly 60% White, 30% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Little Falls Township Public School # 1 in?
Little Falls Township Public School # 1 is part of Little Falls Township Public School District.
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