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Enrollment
667
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELIZABETH PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340459005526
Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23
631-657 Westminster Avenue, ELIZABETH, NJ 07208 · (908) 436-5900 · Union County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL667 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
12.0:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
561 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 62 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 26% larger than its 8th grade class (74).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
23.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
15.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.3pp 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 16 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.8% | 15.9% |
| 2023-24 | 24.8% | 12.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
16.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23
Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23's state test result (16.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23 this school | 667 | 84.1% | 16.3% |
| Alexander D. Sullivan School JERSEY CITY | 638 | 81.3% | 15.3% |
| George Washington Academy School No. 1 ELIZABETH | 595 | 87.6% | 23.8% |
| Robert Treat Academy Charter School NEWARK | 702 | 79.1% | 51.5% |
| Louise A. Spencer Elementary School NEWARK | 774 | 86.2% | 21.4% |
| Winfield Scott School No. 2 ELIZABETH | 630 | 82.4% | 16.0% |
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 Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #1,179 of 1,290 | #86 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #1,203 of 1,319 ▲ 15 | #90 of 93 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #1,186 of 1,319 ▼ 36 | #86 of 93 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 667 | #145 of 1,562 | #17 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #889 of 1,390 | #45 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #704 of 1,392 | #46 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.1% | #145 of 1,481 | #20 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #267 of 798 | #10 of 58 |
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
667
-83 (-11%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 556
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 667 | 55.5 | 12.0:1 | 84% (561) |
| 2023-24 | 605 | 56.5 | 10.7:1 | 81% (491) |
| 2022-23 | 600 | 55 | 10.9:1 | 84% (504) |
| 2020-21 | 750 | 61 | 12.3:1 | 82% (612) |
| 2017-18 | 789 | 68 | 11.6:1 | 83% (658) |
| 2015-16 | 772 | 63 | 12.3:1 | 88% (683) |
| 2010-11 | 725 | 60 | 12.1:1 | 89% (647) |
| 2000-01 | 918 | 63 | 14.6:1 | 81% (740) |
| 1990-91 | 556 | 30 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (789 to 667); teachers down 18% (68 to 55.5).
About Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23
Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23 is a large elementary school in New Jersey, located in ELIZABETH. The school counted 667 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 8. It has 65% more students than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey (about 405).
Elizabeth Public Schools operates 37 schools. Combined enrollment is 27,580 students.
Federal enrollment data show Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23 is 62% Hispanic. Next come 28% Black, 7% White, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 35% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
Its ratio of 12.0:1 is based on 55.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 11.4:1. In all, 84% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Union County average 52%.
On the allk12 Grade, Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23 lands at D, ahead of 10% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23 posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 16.3%, compared with a predicted 20.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Union County, the median household earns about $103,202 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Union County has 180 public schools with about 99,046 students, including Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23.
About 0.2 miles separate Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23 from the closest public school, Joseph Battin School No 4. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23 places 8th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23 enrolled 750 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 667.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
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- Terence C. Reilly School No 7Middle · 1,130 students
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- Joseph Battin School No 40.2 mi · 757
- Donald Stewart Early Childhood Center No 510.4 mi · 310
- Robert Morris School No. 180.5 mi · 471
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Frequently asked questions
About Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23How large is Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23?
Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23 enrolls approximately 667 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23 serve?
Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23 serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23 is approximately 12.0:1 (56 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23?
Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23 reports a student body of 7% White, 62% Hispanic, 28% Black, 4% Asian.
Who oversees Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23?
Nicholas Murray Butler Academy School No. 23 is overseen by Elizabeth Public Schools in Union County.
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