Enrollment
291
Elementary
DISTRICT 375 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341776005778
McKinley Elementary School
500 First Street, Westfield, NJ 07090 · (908) 789-4555 · Union County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
9.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
6 students
DISTRICT 2% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 19% |
This year's 1st grade class (49) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
68.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
74.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 68 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 down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 74.3% |
| 2023-24 | 73.3% | 73.6% |
% 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
68.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 McKinley Elementary School
McKinley Elementary School's state test result (68.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley Elementary School this school | 291 | 2.1% | 68.8% |
| Lincoln Early Childhood Center Westfield | 268 | 3.0% | N/A |
| Milton Avenue School CHATHAM | 301 | 2.7% | 92.7% |
| Washington Elementary School Westfield | 300 | 1.0% | 79.0% |
| Washington Avenue School CHATHAM | 286 | 3.8% | 79.3% |
| William Mason School MONTVILLE | 285 | 3.9% | 63.5% |
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 McKinley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #172 of 1,290 | #17 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #179 of 1,319 ▼ 31 | #17 of 93 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #314 of 1,319 ▼ 123 | #20 of 93 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #1,145 of 1,562 | #88 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #241 of 1,390 | #4 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #706 of 1,392 | #47 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.1% | #1,422 of 1,481 | #94 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #282 of 798 | #11 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
291
-34 (-10%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 205
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 291 | 30.5 | 9.6:1 | 2% (6) |
| 2023-24 | 309 | 29.2 | 10.6:1 | 2% (5) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 28.5 | 11.7:1 | 2% (7) |
| 2020-21 | 325 | 29 | 11.2:1 | 2% (5) |
| 2017-18 | 341 | 29.3 | 11.6:1 | 4% (12) |
| 2015-16 | 349 | 27 | 12.9:1 | 5% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 19 | 19.3:1 | 6% (23) |
| 2000-01 | 282 | 18 | 15.7:1 | 4% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 205 | 14 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McKinley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (341 to 291); teachers up 4% (29.3 to 30.5).
About McKinley Elementary School
McKinley Elementary School is the name of a low-enrollment elementary school in Westfield, New Jersey. The school had 291 students in grades 1 through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New Jersey) has about 405 students.
Westfield Public School District serves 5,838 students across 10 schools.
McKinley Elementary School is 65% White by enrollment. Other students are 13% Hispanic, 12% Asian, and 9% multiracial. By comparison, Union County residents are about 39% White. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at McKinley Elementary School was 9.6:1. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey have 11.4:1, compared with 9.6:1 here. McKinley Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 2%. Across public schools in Union County, the average is 52%.
McKinley Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, McKinley Elementary School is 3.7 points above its prediction. Actual: 68.8%. Predicted: 65.0%.
In the county around the school, Union County, the median household income is $103,202, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Union County is home to 180 public schools and about 99,046 public school students.
The school nearest to McKinley Elementary School is Westfield Senior High School, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, McKinley Elementary School ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
McKinley Elementary School 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.
McKinley Elementary School's enrollment declined from 325 in 2020-21 to 291 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 11.2 in 2020-21 to 9.6 in 2024-25.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Westfield Public School District
- Westfield Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,776 students
- Thomas Edison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 800 students
- Roosevelt Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 638 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Tamaques Elementary SchoolElementary · 427 students
Other schools in Westfield
- Westfield Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,776 students
- Thomas Edison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 800 students
- Roosevelt Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 638 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Tamaques Elementary SchoolElementary · 427 students
Other McKinley Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 19 states are named McKinley Elementary. McKinley Elementary School is the 43rd largest of the 56.
- McKinley Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJ · 917 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolNORTH BERGEN, NJ · 296 students
- McKinley ElementaryStockton, CA · 705 students
- McKinley ElementaryFresno, CA · 671 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolBeaverton, OR · 666 students
Nearby schools
- Westfield Senior High School0.3 mi · 1,776
- Roosevelt Intermediate School0.5 mi · 638
- Lincoln Early Childhood Center0.7 mi · 268
- Thomas Edison Intermediate School0.8 mi · 800
- Franklin Elementary School1.0 mi · 509
- Tamaques Elementary School1.1 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About McKinley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at McKinley Elementary School?
McKinley Elementary School enrolls approximately 291 students in grades 01-05.
What grades does McKinley Elementary School serve?
McKinley Elementary School serves grades 01-05.
How many teachers does McKinley Elementary School have?
McKinley Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
What is the student diversity at McKinley Elementary School?
Student demographics at McKinley Elementary School are roughly 65% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 12% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees McKinley Elementary School?
McKinley Elementary School is overseen by Westfield Public School District in Union County.
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