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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Memorial School this year?
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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAYWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340981000604
Memorial School
764 GRANT AVE, MAYWOOD, NJ 07607 · (201) 845-9113 · Bergen County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
95 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 8 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 29% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 25% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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 School→Maywood Avenue School
Based on grade levels within Maywood School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
45.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -20.3pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -17.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 17 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.5% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.8% | 75.3% |
% 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
61.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 (61.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial School this school | 415 | 22.9% | 61.1% |
| Grant Elementary School DUMONT | 432 | 17.4% | 63.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary School HASBROUCK HEIGHTS | 364 | 26.1% | 55.1% |
| Fernbrook School RANDOLPH | 474 | 25.9% | 47.7% |
| Lincoln School NUTLEY | 446 | 26.7% | 48.1% |
| Washington School NUTLEY | 534 | 23.4% | 59.7% |
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 | 61.1% | #312 of 1,290 | #71 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #442 of 1,319 ▼ 322 | #95 of 149 ▼ 59 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #821 of 1,319 ▼ 481 | #136 of 149 ▼ 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #650 of 1,562 | #40 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #869 of 1,390 | #90 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #169 of 1,392 | #7 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.9% | #984 of 1,481 | #71 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #777 of 798 | #85 of 85 |
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
415
+24 (+6%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 309
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 415 | 34.8 | 11.9:1 | 23% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 35.8 | 12.6:1 | 14% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 36.8 | 11.7:1 | 10% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 28 | 14.0:1 | 8% (30) |
| 2017-18 | 419 | 30.1 | 13.9:1 | 8% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 10% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 441 | 27 | 16.3:1 | 19% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 252 | 21 | 12.0:1 | 12% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 309 | 17 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (419 to 415); teachers up 16% (30.1 to 34.8).
About Memorial School
Memorial School is a public elementary school in MAYWOOD, New Jersey. Students in pre-K through 3 attend, and enrollment is 415 students.
Maywood School District oversees Memorial School and 1 other school, with 976 students in total.
Memorial School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 42%. Smaller groups are 31% White, 16% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. County-wide, 23% of Bergen County residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Memorial School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 70%.
Teachers at the school number 34.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.9:1. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is about 11.4:1. Roughly 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
Memorial School sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 61.1% and a predicted 53.6%.
County data help place the school in context: in Bergen County, median household income is about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of Bergen County number 291 and enroll about 133,883.
Maywood Avenue School is located about 0.8 miles from Memorial School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Memorial School is 4th of 8 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 415, 6% above the 391 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 14.0 in 2020-21 to 11.9 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Memorial School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 MAYWOOD
- Maywood Avenue SchoolMiddle · 561 students
- Maywood CampusElementary · 206 students
Other Memorial schools
18 other US public schools in 6 states are named Memorial. Memorial School is the 8th largest of the 19.
- Memorial SchoolUNION BEACH, NJ · 630 students
- Memorial SchoolTOTOWA, NJ · 413 students
- Memorial SchoolEmerson, NJ · 374 students
- Memorial SchoolSOUTH HACKENSACK, NJ · 222 students
- Memorial SchoolLyndhurst, NJ · 94 students
Nearby schools
- Maywood Avenue School0.8 mi · 561
- Maywood Campus0.8 mi · 206
- Midland School #10.9 mi · 458
- Fairmount1.2 mi · 621
- Paramus High School1.2 mi · 1,153
- Nellie K. Parker1.2 mi · 589
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial SchoolHow large is Memorial School?
Memorial School enrolls approximately 415 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 11.9:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Memorial School?
Student demographics at Memorial School are roughly 31% White, 42% Hispanic, 5% Black, 16% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Memorial School in?
Memorial School is part of Maywood School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.