Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 260 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST MILFORD TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341752005004
Maple Road Elementary School
36 MAPLE ROAD, WEST MILFORD, NJ 07480 · (973) 697-1704 · Passaic County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
53 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
36%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within West Milford 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
50.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
43.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.8% | 43.7% |
| 2023-24 | 49.2% | 46.3% |
% 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Maple Road Elementary School
Maple Road Elementary School's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Road Elementary School this school | 303 | 17.5% | 44.0% |
| Atlantic Highlands Elementary School ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS | 282 | 18.1% | N/A |
| Leonardo Elementary School LEONARDO | 283 | 15.2% | 50.3% |
| Betty McElmon Elementary School West Long Branch | 320 | 19.7% | 62.5% |
| Middle Road School HAZLET | 285 | 17.5% | 57.7% |
| Franklin Township School QUAKERTOWN | 293 | 17.7% | 53.5% |
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 Maple Road Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #656 of 1,290 | #28 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #713 of 1,319 ▼ 73 | #29 of 87 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #685 of 1,319 ▲ 1 | #29 of 87 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #1,094 of 1,562 | #65 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #1,129 of 1,390 | #71 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.9% | #1,141 of 1,392 | #64 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.5% | #1,083 of 1,481 | #85 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #784 of 798 | #66 of 66 |
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
303
+69 (+29%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 290
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 303 | 23 | 13.2:1 | 17% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 25.5 | 12.6:1 | 10% (31) |
| 2022-23 | 240 | 22.3 | 10.8:1 | 15% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 234 | 21 | 11.1:1 | 10% (24) |
| 2017-18 | 305 | 24.3 | 12.6:1 | 13% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 276 | 23 | 12.0:1 | 9% (26) |
| 2010-11 | 336 | 15 | 22.4:1 | 6% (21) |
| 2000-01 | 365 | 23 | 15.9:1 | 3% (12) |
| 1990-91 | 290 | 23 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maple Road Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (305 to 303); teachers down 6% (24.3 to 23).
About Maple Road Elementary School
Maple Road Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in WEST MILFORD, New Jersey. The school counts 303 students across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405 students.
The district, West Milford Township Public School District, has 2,920 students enrolled across 7 schools.
A majority of students at Maple Road Elementary School, 78%, are White. Next come 17% Hispanic and 2% Black. The county population is about 41% White. Maple Road Elementary School has a diversity index of 36%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Maple Road Elementary School is 23 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.2:1. Among elementary schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 11.4:1. The school counts 53 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 17%. Across public schools in Passaic County, the average is 61%.
The allk12 Grade for Maple Road Elementary School is C. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 27% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 44.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 56.6%.
Federal survey data for Passaic County show that median household income is about $87,522, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. A total of 155 public schools operate in Passaic County, serving about 83,237 students.
The school nearest to Maple Road Elementary School is Macopin Middle School, at a distance of about 1.0 miles. Within five miles of Maple Road Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 46.6%; Maple Road Elementary School's is 44.0%, ranking 6th of 8.
Maple Road Elementary School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
The number of students climbed from 234 to 303 over 4 years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 13.2:1, from 11.1:1.
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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 West Milford Township Public School District
- West Milford High SchoolHigh · 947 students
- Macopin Middle SchoolMiddle · 675 students
- Marshall Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 283 students
- Apshawa Elementary SchoolElementary · 266 students
- Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 250 students
- Paradise Knoll Elementary SchoolElementary · 196 students
Other schools in WEST MILFORD
- West Milford High SchoolHigh · 947 students
- Macopin Middle SchoolMiddle · 675 students
- Marshall Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 283 students
- Apshawa Elementary SchoolElementary · 266 students
- Westbrook Elementary SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- Macopin Middle School1.0 mi · 675
- West Milford High School1.2 mi · 947
- Apshawa Elementary School3.2 mi · 266
- Paradise Knoll Elementary School3.9 mi · 196
- Walter T. Bergen Middle School4.0 mi · 238
- Aaron Decker School4.3 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About Maple Road Elementary SchoolHow large is Maple Road Elementary School?
Maple Road Elementary School enrolls approximately 303 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Maple Road Elementary School serve?
Maple Road Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Maple Road Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Maple Road Elementary School is approximately 13.2:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Maple Road Elementary School?
At Maple Road Elementary School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Maple Road Elementary School public or private?
Maple Road Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by West Milford Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.