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What's one thing Memorial School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOTOWA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341626004952
Memorial School
294 TOTOWA ROAD, TOTOWA, NJ 07512 · (973) 956-0010 · Passaic County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
122 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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→Washington Park School
Based on grade levels within Totowa Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
24.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
33.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
413
+34 (+9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 12.2:1
% White
50%
was 61%
% Hispanic
36%
was 30%
% Black
3%
was 2%
% Asian
8%
was 7%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Memorial School
Located at 294 TOTOWA ROAD, in TOTOWA, New Jersey, Memorial School is a moderately sized K-5 school that teaches 413 students (grades pre-K through 3), part of Totowa Public School District.
Memorial School is one of 2 schools operated by Totowa Public School District, a district that educates 898 students overall.
Demographically, Memorial School shows that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 36% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 30% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Passaic County's rate of about 61%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Memorial School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.0%; actual is 27.1%, a gap of -22.8 points.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Passaic County shows median household earnings sit near $87,522, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Passaic County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), of which Memorial School is one.
The closest other public school is School One, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Memorial School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 32.4%.
Memorial School operates from an outer-ring location.
Five-year trend. Memorial School's enrollment has rose 9% since 2018, when it stood at 379 (now 413). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 61% to 50%. Class-load math has grew: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.
On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Totowa Public School District
- Washington Park SchoolMiddle · 485 students
Other schools in TOTOWA
- Washington Park SchoolMiddle · 485 students
- Passaic Regional SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- School One0.5 mi · 122
- Washington Park School0.6 mi · 485
- John P. Holland Charter School0.8 mi · 787
- Beatrice Gilmore School0.9 mi · 359
- Memorial Middle School1.0 mi · 374
- School 71.0 mi · 250
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Memorial School?
Memorial School enrolls approximately 413 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does Memorial School serve?
Memorial School serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Memorial School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Memorial School is approximately 14.8:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Memorial School?
Student demographics at Memorial School are roughly 50% White, 36% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Memorial School public or private?
Memorial School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Totowa Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.