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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
D
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Scored higher than 7% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 67 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 22% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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→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.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.4% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.6% | 29.6% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like Memorial School
Memorial School's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial School this school | 413 | 29.5% | 27.1% |
| Helen I. Smith School SADDLE BROOK | 340 | 29.1% | 45.3% |
| Catherine A Dwyer Elementary School WHARTON | 346 | 27.5% | 54.5% |
| Aaron Decker School BUTLER | 383 | 26.9% | 49.5% |
| Newbury Early Learning Center HOWELL | 365 | 28.8% | 47.0% |
| Aldrich Elementary School HOWELL | 470 | 34.0% | 44.0% |
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 Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #1,019 of 1,290 | #47 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #912 of 1,319 ▲ 29 | #42 of 87 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #1,183 of 1,319 ▲ 8 | #68 of 87 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #660 of 1,562 | #39 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,294 of 1,390 | #82 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #470 of 1,392 | #10 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.5% | #866 of 1,481 | #76 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.0% | #280 of 545 | #11 of 18 |
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
413
+126 (+44%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 358
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 413 | 28 | 14.8:1 | 30% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 28 | 15.2:1 | 19% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 28.5 | 14.6:1 | 17% (69) |
| 2020-21 | 287 | 24 | 12.0:1 | 16% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 31 | 12.2:1 | 20% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 396 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 17% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 327 | 20 | 16.4:1 | 16% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 410 | 29 | 14.1:1 | 3% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 358 | 28 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (379 to 413); teachers down 10% (31 to 28).
About Memorial School
Students in TOTOWA, New Jersey, attend Memorial School, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 413 students, in pre-K through 3.
Within Totowa Public School District, Memorial School is one of 2 schools. The district enrolls 898 students.
By race and ethnicity, Memorial School is 50% White. It is also 36% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Passaic County is roughly 41% White. Memorial School has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 28 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 14.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 30%. The average for public schools in Passaic County is 61%.
allk12 grades Memorial School a D. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Memorial School is 50.0%. It actually posts 27.1%, which is 22.8 points lower and in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Passaic County show that median household income is about $87,522, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 155 public schools operate in Passaic County, serving about 83,237 students.
School One is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. Memorial School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Memorial School ranks 5th on proficiency.
Memorial School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The school's enrollment figures are 287 for 2020-21 and 413 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. The number of students per teacher rose from 12.0 to 14.8 over 4 years.
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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
Other Memorial schools
18 other US public schools in 6 states are named Memorial. Memorial School is the 9th largest of the 19.
- Memorial SchoolUNION BEACH, NJ · 630 students
- Memorial SchoolMAYWOOD, NJ · 415 students
- Memorial SchoolEmerson, NJ · 374 students
- Memorial SchoolSOUTH HACKENSACK, NJ · 222 students
- Memorial SchoolLyndhurst, NJ · 94 students
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.