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Enrollment
435
Elementary
DISTRICT 535 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOMERSET HILLS REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340000900177
Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School
141 Seney Drive, Bernardsville, NJ 07924 · (908) 204-1920 · Somerset County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% 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.
- 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
9.4:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
102 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 23 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 7% larger than its 4th grade class (84).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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 Somerset Hills Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
60.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
59.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.9% | 59.3% |
| 2023-24 | 64.5% | 60.6% |
% 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School
Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School this school | 435 | 23.4% | 61.3% |
| Laura Donovan School FREEHOLD | 441 | 21.8% | 53.3% |
| Lincoln Park Elementary School LINCOLN PARK | 500 | 24.8% | 64.7% |
| Strathmore Elementary School ABERDEEN | 481 | 23.9% | 54.2% |
| Lincoln GARWOOD | 372 | 25.8% | 52.0% |
| Wanaque Elementary School WANAQUE | 506 | 21.3% | 51.8% |
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 Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #308 of 1,290 | #25 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #419 of 1,319 ▼ 50 | #27 of 42 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #461 of 1,319 ▼ 110 | #24 of 42 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #587 of 1,562 | #18 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #194 of 1,390 | #19 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #790 of 1,392 | #40 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.4% | #970 of 1,481 | #20 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #119 of 798 | #3 of 31 |
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
435
-36 (-8%) vs 2020
-31% since 2000-01, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 435 | 46.5 | 9.4:1 | 23% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 43.5 | 10.1:1 | 20% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 42.5 | 10.7:1 | 17% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 48 | 9.8:1 | 14% (67) |
| 2017-18 | 568 | 52 | 10.9:1 | 15% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 620 | 50 | 12.4:1 | 14% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 689 | 42 | 16.4:1 | 9% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 632 | 41 | 15.4:1 | 1% (9) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (568 to 435); teachers down 11% (52 to 46.5).
About Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School
Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Bernardsville, New Jersey. The school teaches pre-K through 4 and enrolls 435 students.
Somerset Hills Regional School District has 3 schools and 1,605 students, and Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School is one of those schools.
At Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School, 64% of students are White. After that, the student body is 29% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Somerset County is about 52% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 51%.
Staffing at Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School comes to 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 9.4:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1, 2.1 more students per teacher than here. Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School counts 23% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 78% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School is 8.0 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 61.3% actual, 53.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Looking at the county, Somerset County, median household income comes to about $140,374, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 58% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 84, with about 51,276 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Bernardsville Middle School, is the closest to Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School is behind the 70.7% nearby average, ranking 8th of 9.
Under the NCES locale system, Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School is Rural: Fringe.
From 471 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 435 by 2024-25.
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Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,846
Census ACS
Median income
$140,374
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,276 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Somerset Hills Regional School District
- Bernards High SchoolHigh · 751 students
- Bernardsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 419 students
Other schools in Bernardsville
- Bernards High SchoolHigh · 751 students
- Bernardsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 419 students
Nearby schools
- Bernardsville Middle School0.1 mi · 419
- Bernards High School0.8 mi · 751
- Oak Street School2.1 mi · 427
- Ridge High School2.9 mi · 1,577
- Cedar Hill School3.0 mi · 568
- Hilltop School3.3 mi · 289
Frequently asked questions
About Marion T. Bedwell Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School?
Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School enrolls approximately 435 students in grades PK-04.
Is Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School have?
Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School?
At Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School, the student body is approximately 64% White, 29% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School?
Marion T. Bedwell Elementary School is overseen by Somerset Hills Regional School District in Somerset County.
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