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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Marshall Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
504
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH ORANGE-MAPLEWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341533002434
Marshall Elementary School
262 GROVE RD, S ORANGE, NJ 07079 · (973) 378-7698 · Essex County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
43 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 170 | 34% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 40% larger than its 4th grade class (63).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
79.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
73.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.5% | 73.6% |
| 2023-24 | 76.1% | 72.8% |
% 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
75.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% 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 Marshall Elementary School
Marshall Elementary School's state test result (75.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Elementary School this school | 504 | 8.5% | 75.4% |
| Delia Bolden Elementary School MAPLEWOOD | 518 | 8.5% | 64.5% |
| Charles H. Bullock School MONTCLAIR | 438 | 12.6% | 64.8% |
| Tuscan Elementary School MAPLEWOOD | 531 | 7.2% | 70.6% |
| South Mountain Elementary School S ORANGE | 613 | 5.5% | 63.0% |
| Edward V. Walton Primary School Springfield | 511 | 12.3% | 61.2% |
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 Marshall Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #77 of 1,290 | #12 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #186 of 1,319 ▼ 18 | #25 of 141 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #93 of 1,319 ▲ 46 | #16 of 141 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #400 of 1,562 | #53 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #1,073 of 1,390 | #70 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #391 of 1,392 | #26 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.5% | #1,281 of 1,481 | #117 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #426 of 545 | #44 of 61 |
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
504
+63 (+14%) vs 2020
+62% since 1990-91, when it was 312
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 504 | 39 | 12.9:1 | 9% (43) |
| 2023-24 | 500 | 39 | 12.8:1 | 7% (35) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 41 | 11.6:1 | 6% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | 40 | 11.0:1 | 9% (39) |
| 2017-18 | 487 | 40 | 12.2:1 | 7% (33) |
| 2015-16 | 533 | 44 | 12.1:1 | 9% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 491 | 35 | 14.0:1 | 9% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 416 | 21 | 19.8:1 | 7% (28) |
| 1990-91 | 312 | 14 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marshall Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (487 to 504); teachers down 2% (40 to 39).
About Marshall Elementary School
Marshall Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in S ORANGE, New Jersey. The school enrolls 504 students in kindergarten through 4. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students, which makes this school 24% above average.
South Orange-Maplewood School District has 10 schools; together they serve 6,728 students.
The largest group at Marshall Elementary School is White students, at 56%. Other students are 16% Black, 12% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Essex County residents are about 30% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Marshall Elementary School scores 63%.
A staff of 39 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.9:1. The gap from the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 1.5 students per teacher. By family income, 9% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 45 points below the 54% average for public schools in Essex County.
Marshall Elementary School scores 75.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 61.5%.
The school's county is Essex County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $80,789, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 249 public schools in the county, enrolling about 145,473, Marshall Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Marshall Elementary School is closest to STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Marshall Elementary School ranks 1st of 8 on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Marshall Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 63 students, from 441 to 504. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 12.9:1, from 11.0:1.
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Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Orange-Maplewood School District
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- Maplewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 762 students
- South Orange Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- South Mountain Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- Clinton Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Tuscan Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
Other schools in S ORANGE
- South Orange Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- South Mountain Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
Other Marshall Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 15 states are named Marshall Elementary. Marshall Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 22.
- Marshall Elementary SchoolWexford, PA · 800 students
- Marshall ElementaryOrangeburg, SC · 625 students
- Marshall ElementaryCastro Valley, CA · 515 students
- Marshall ElementaryFowler, CA · 486 students
- Marshall Elementary SchoolBYRON CENTER, MI · 463 students
Nearby schools
- STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges0.5 mi · 180
- Montrose Early Childhood Center0.6 mi · 98
- Mt Vernon Place School0.7 mi · 905
- Lincoln Elementary School0.7 mi · 420
- Heywood Avenue Elementary School0.7 mi · 363
- South Orange Middle School0.8 mi · 752
Frequently asked questions
About Marshall Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Marshall Elementary School?
Marshall Elementary School enrolls approximately 504 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Marshall Elementary School serve?
Marshall Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Marshall Elementary School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Marshall Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Marshall Elementary School?
Student demographics at Marshall Elementary School are roughly 56% White, 12% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Marshall Elementary School in?
Marshall Elementary School is part of South Orange-Maplewood School District.
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