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.

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