Enrollment
349
Elementary
DISTRICT 304 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH HALEDON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341155004832
Memorial Elementary School
201 Squaw Brook Rd., NORTH HALEDON, NJ 07508 · (973) 427-8993 · Passaic County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% 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.
- C-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
10.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
89 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 20 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 7% larger than its 4th grade class (68).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Memorial Elementary School→High Mountain School
Based on grade levels within North Haledon School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
49.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.8pp since 2023
Math
47.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +10.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.6% | 47.7% |
| 2023-24 | 43.8% | 36.9% |
% 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
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Memorial Elementary School
Memorial Elementary School's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Elementary School this school | 349 | 25.5% | 44.5% |
| Valley Road School STANHOPE | 346 | 23.7% | 48.1% |
| Helen I. Smith School SADDLE BROOK | 340 | 29.1% | 45.3% |
| Aaron Decker School BUTLER | 383 | 26.9% | 49.5% |
| Lincoln School POMPTON LAKES | 344 | 28.5% | 59.3% |
| Catherine A Dwyer Elementary School WHARTON | 346 | 27.5% | 54.5% |
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 Memorial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #648 of 1,290 | #27 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #630 of 1,319 ▲ 166 | #28 of 87 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #721 of 1,319 ▲ 91 | #33 of 87 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 349 | #902 of 1,562 | #57 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #423 of 1,390 | #19 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.9% | #537 of 1,392 | #19 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.5% | #930 of 1,481 | #80 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #658 of 798 | #55 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
349
+19 (+6%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 284
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 349 | 33.9 | 10.3:1 | 26% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 33 | 10.7:1 | 14% (51) |
| 2022-23 | 323 | 31.8 | 10.2:1 | 12% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 330 | 34 | 9.7:1 | 12% (38) |
| 2017-18 | 363 | 29.1 | 12.5:1 | 13% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 395 | 30 | 13.2:1 | 18% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 387 | 23 | 16.8:1 | 13% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 334 | 18 | 18.6:1 | 7% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 284 | 17 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (363 to 349); teachers up 16% (29.1 to 33.9).
About Memorial Elementary School
Memorial Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in North Haledon School District, located in NORTH HALEDON, New Jersey. Enrollment stands at 349 students, covering pre-K through 4.
North Haledon School District is the district for Memorial Elementary School. It has 2 schools and 608 students.
About 55% of the student body at Memorial Elementary School is White. The remaining students are 32% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Passaic County, the White share is about 41%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
A staff of 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 10.3:1. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 11.4:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 26%. The gap from the 61% average for public schools in Passaic County is 35 points.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Memorial Elementary School outscored 32%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Memorial Elementary School scores 44.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 52.2%.
Census data for Passaic County show the median household earns about $87,522 a year, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Memorial Elementary School, Passaic County has 155 public schools.
High Mountain School is about 0.4 miles from Memorial Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Memorial Elementary School ranks 4th on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Memorial Elementary School enrolled 330 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 349.
The Memorial Elementary School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 North Haledon School District
- High Mountain SchoolMiddle · 259 students
Other Memorial Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 10 states are named Memorial Elementary. Memorial Elementary School is the 14th largest of the 22.
- Memorial Elementary SchoolMontvale, NJ · 532 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolFREEHOLD, NJ · 414 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolEAST BRUNSWICK, NJ · 408 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolLAURENCE HARBOR, NJ · 388 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolPARAMUS, NJ · 289 students
Nearby schools
- High Mountain School0.4 mi · 259
- Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School1.3 mi · 803
- Hawthorne High School1.3 mi · 569
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School1.3 mi · 264
- Washington Elementary School1.5 mi · 253
- Roosevelt Elementary School1.5 mi · 521
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Memorial Elementary School?
Memorial Elementary School enrolls approximately 349 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Memorial Elementary School serve?
Memorial Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Memorial Elementary School have?
Memorial Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Memorial Elementary School?
At Memorial Elementary School, the student body is approximately 55% White, 32% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Memorial Elementary School public or private?
Memorial Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by North Haledon School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.