Memorial Elementary School

Memorial Elementary School is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in Montvale, New Jersey, overseen by Montvale Board of Education School District, with 532 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 31% bigger than typical.

Within Montvale Board of Education School District, which oversees 2 schools and 975 students, Memorial Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Memorial Elementary School shows that 57% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 22% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Bergen County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 7% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bergen County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Memorial Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.3%, the actual is 74.7%, a residual of +12.5 points.

In the surrounding community, Bergen County reports that median household income runs about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Memorial Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Park Ridge High School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Memorial Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 67.2%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 531 students in 2018 compared to 532 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 57% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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