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Enrollment
644
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELIZABETH PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340459005512
Madison Monroe School No. 16
1091 NORTH AVE, ELIZABETH, NJ 07201 · (908) 436-5770 · Union County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL644 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
12.0:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
508 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 138 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 36% larger than its 8th grade class (58).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
36.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
20.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.4% | 20.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.7% | 21.7% |
% 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
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Madison Monroe School No. 16
Madison Monroe School No. 16's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Monroe School No. 16 this school | 644 | 78.9% | 24.6% |
| A A Anastasia Elementary School LONG BRANCH | 588 | 81.3% | 23.6% |
| George L Catrambone Long Branch | 686 | 81.6% | 17.0% |
| Gregory Elementary School LONG BRANCH | 573 | 84.8% | 12.4% |
| Elmora School No. 12 ELIZABETH | 658 | 81.3% | 31.9% |
| Freehold Learning Center Freehold | 562 | 75.6% | N/A |
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 Madison Monroe School No. 16 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #1,058 of 1,290 | #70 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #1,140 of 1,319 ▼ 77 | #74 of 93 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #1,002 of 1,319 ▼ 49 | #62 of 93 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 644 | #163 of 1,562 | #21 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #896 of 1,390 | #48 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #853 of 1,392 | #59 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.9% | #226 of 1,481 | #34 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #485 of 798 | #29 of 58 |
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
644
+29 (+5%) vs 2020
+71% since 1990-91, when it was 377
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 644 | 53.5 | 12.0:1 | 79% (508) |
| 2023-24 | 615 | 49.5 | 12.4:1 | 74% (455) |
| 2022-23 | 637 | 49.5 | 12.9:1 | 71% (453) |
| 2020-21 | 615 | 53 | 11.6:1 | 61% (377) |
| 2017-18 | 704 | 52.5 | 13.4:1 | 77% (542) |
| 2015-16 | 678 | 51 | 13.3:1 | 80% (543) |
| 2010-11 | 715 | 43 | 16.6:1 | 87% (625) |
| 2000-01 | 543 | 41 | 13.2:1 | 70% (382) |
| 1990-91 | 377 | 19 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madison Monroe School No. 16.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (704 to 644); teachers up 2% (52.5 to 53.5).
About Madison Monroe School No. 16
Madison Monroe School No. 16 is a high-enrollment elementary school with an address in ELIZABETH, New Jersey. School enrollment was 644 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 8. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students.
Elizabeth Public Schools has a total of 37 schools and 27,580 students, Madison Monroe School No. 16 among them.
Madison Monroe School No. 16's enrollment is 69% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 17% White, 12% Black, and 2% Asian. In Union County overall, about 35% of residents are Hispanic. Madison Monroe School No. 16 has a diversity index of 48%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Madison Monroe School No. 16 is 53.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.0:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey have a similar average ratio of 11.4:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 79%. For comparison, public schools in Union County average 52%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Madison Monroe School No. 16 receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Madison Monroe School No. 16 would score about 23.0%. It scores 24.6%, 1.6 points above that figure.
In Union County (population about 579,290), median household income is about $103,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. A total of 180 public schools operate in Union County, serving about 99,046 students.
Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 is the public school closest to Madison Monroe School No. 16, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Madison Monroe School No. 16 ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
Madison Monroe School No. 16 is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The number of students grew from 615 to 644 over 4 years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Madison Monroe School No. 16. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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Other schools in Elizabeth Public Schools
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Other schools in ELIZABETH
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- Thomas Jefferson Arts AcademyHigh · 1,144 students
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- Terence C. Reilly School No 7Middle · 1,130 students
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- Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 300.3 mi · 729
- Toussaint L'Ouverture-Marquis de Lafayette School No. 60.5 mi · 1,001
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- Dr. Albert Einstein Academy School No. 290.7 mi · 785
- Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 230.8 mi · 667
Frequently asked questions
About Madison Monroe School No. 16What is the total enrollment at Madison Monroe School No. 16?
Madison Monroe School No. 16 enrolls approximately 644 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Madison Monroe School No. 16 serve?
Madison Monroe School No. 16 serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Madison Monroe School No. 16?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Madison Monroe School No. 16.
How diverse is Madison Monroe School No. 16?
Madison Monroe School No. 16 reports a student body of 17% White, 69% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian.
Is Madison Monroe School No. 16 public or private?
Madison Monroe School No. 16 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elizabeth Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.