Enrollment
374
Elementary
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EMERSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340471000384
Memorial School
1 Haines Avenue, Emerson, NJ 07630 · (201) 599-7580 · Bergen County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL374 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
35 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 54 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 21% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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 Emerson Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
56.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
56.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +10.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.6% | 56.6% |
| 2023-24 | 44.6% | 46.0% |
% 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
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% 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 Memorial School
Memorial School's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial School this school | 374 | 9.4% | 51.0% |
| Valley Road School CLARK | 390 | 7.7% | 52.4% |
| Brookside Elementary School WESTWOOD | 390 | 12.6% | 65.2% |
| Dickerson Elementary School Chester | 356 | 6.2% | N/A |
| Stony Brook Elementary School ROCKAWAY | 365 | 7.1% | 64.1% |
| Radcliffe School NUTLEY | 342 | 13.5% | 57.6% |
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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #502 of 1,290 | #102 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #466 of 1,319 ▲ 173 | #101 of 149 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #563 of 1,319 ▲ 224 | #120 of 149 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 374 | #788 of 1,562 | #55 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #1,118 of 1,390 | #125 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #656 of 1,392 | #92 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.4% | #1,262 of 1,481 | #106 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.3% | #59 of 545 | #1 of 64 |
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
374
+61 (+19%) vs 2020
+67% since 1990-91, when it was 224
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 374 | 28.4 | 13.2:1 | 9% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 24.3 | 15.6:1 | 7% (27) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 24.3 | 14.9:1 | 7% (26) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 23 | 13.6:1 | 6% (18) |
| 2017-18 | 287 | 21.7 | 13.3:1 | 9% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 293 | 17 | 17.2:1 | 10% (28) |
| 2010-11 | 291 | 13 | 22.4:1 | 3% (9) |
| 2000-01 | 323 | 14 | 23.1:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 224 | 10 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial School.
Since 2017-18: students up 30% (287 to 374); teachers up 31% (21.7 to 28.4).
About Memorial School
Memorial School is one of the public schools in Emerson, New Jersey. It is a medium-sized elementary school. A total of 374 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 3.
Memorial School is one of the 3 schools that make up Emerson Public School District (1,054 students in total).
A majority of students at Memorial School, 62%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Memorial School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
Memorial School's 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 9%. That is lower than the 28% average for public schools in Bergen County.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Memorial School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Memorial School is 10.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (51.0% versus 61.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Bergen County show that median household income is about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 291 public schools in Bergen County, with a combined enrollment of about 133,883.
The closest public school to Memorial School is Brookside Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Memorial School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 51.0% is below the 62.2% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Memorial School went from 313 students to 374.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Memorial School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Emerson Public School District
- Emerson Jr Sr HighHigh · 440 students
- Patrick M Villano SchoolMiddle · 240 students
Other schools in Emerson
- Emerson Jr Sr HighHigh · 440 students
- Patrick M Villano SchoolMiddle · 240 students
Other Memorial schools
18 other US public schools in 6 states are named Memorial. Memorial School is the 12th largest of the 19.
- Memorial SchoolUNION BEACH, NJ · 630 students
- Memorial SchoolMAYWOOD, NJ · 415 students
- Memorial SchoolTOTOWA, NJ · 413 students
- Memorial SchoolSOUTH HACKENSACK, NJ · 222 students
- Memorial SchoolLyndhurst, NJ · 94 students
Nearby schools
- Brookside Elementary School0.4 mi · 390
- Westwood Regional Middle School0.4 mi · 656
- Patrick M Villano School0.7 mi · 240
- Berkeley Elementary0.8 mi · 277
- Emerson Jr Sr High1.0 mi · 440
- Jessie F. George Elementary1.2 mi · 282
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial SchoolHow many students attend Memorial School?
Memorial School enrolls approximately 374 students in grades PK-03.
What grades does Memorial School serve?
Memorial School serves grades PK-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Memorial School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Memorial School is approximately 13.2:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Memorial School?
At Memorial School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 22% Hispanic, 2% Black, 8% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Memorial School in?
Memorial School is part of Emerson Public School District.
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