Enrollment
261
Elementary
DISTRICT 291 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROXBURY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341434004536
Nixon Elementary School
275 MT ARLINGTON BOULEVARD, LANDING, NJ 07850 · (973) 398-2564 · Morris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL261 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% 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.
- C-Beats 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
9.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
97 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 17 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 20% smaller than its 4th grade class (59).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Based on grade levels within Roxbury Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
39.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
38.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . -5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.1% | 38.7% |
| 2023-24 | 38.9% | 44.3% |
% 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
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Nixon Elementary School
Nixon Elementary School's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nixon Elementary School this school | 261 | 37.2% | 40.3% |
| Durban Avenue Elementary School Hopatcong | 286 | 33.6% | N/A |
| Roosevelt School LYNDHURST | 295 | 34.6% | 44.4% |
| Thomas Jefferson School MORRISTOWN | 285 | 42.1% | 54.9% |
| Franklin Elementary School SOUTH PLAINFIELD | 270 | 33.0% | 49.6% |
| Tulsa Trail Elementary School Hopatcong | 215 | 41.9% | 37.1% |
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 Nixon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #747 of 1,290 | #69 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #829 of 1,319 ▼ 156 | #72 of 77 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #952 of 1,319 ▼ 46 | #73 of 77 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 261 | #1,248 of 1,562 | #79 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #302 of 1,390 | #24 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #446 of 1,392 | #25 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.2% | #756 of 1,481 | #14 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #612 of 798 | #31 of 44 |
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
261
0 (0%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 293
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 261 | 26.5 | 9.9:1 | 37% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 245 | 26.5 | 9.3:1 | 33% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 257 | 25.8 | 10.0:1 | 32% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 261 | 23 | 11.3:1 | 26% (68) |
| 2017-18 | 275 | 28.5 | 9.7:1 | 23% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 289 | 26 | 11.1:1 | 27% (78) |
| 2010-11 | 297 | 15 | 19.8:1 | 24% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 340 | 18 | 18.9:1 | 10% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 293 | 18 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nixon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (275 to 261); teachers down 7% (28.5 to 26.5).
About Nixon Elementary School
Nixon Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in LANDING, New Jersey. The school offers pre-K through 4 and enrolls 261 students. That puts enrollment 36% below the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Nixon Elementary School is a school in Roxbury Township School District. The district has 7 schools and 3,359 students.
The student body at Nixon Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 48%. Enrollment also includes 38% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The school's White share is 20 points below the 68% share among Morris County residents. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at Nixon Elementary School are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Nixon Elementary School totals 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.9:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Federal data show 37% of students (97) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Morris County average 19%.
Nixon Elementary School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 31% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Test results at Nixon Elementary School are 5.5 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (40.3% actual, 45.8% predicted).
Looking at the county, Morris County, median household income comes to about $137,326, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 58% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. The county has 156 public schools and about 72,239 students.
Mount Arlington Public School is about 0.8 miles from Nixon Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 37.4%, lower than Nixon Elementary School's 40.3%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Nixon Elementary School was 261 in 2020-21 and 261 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 9.9:1.
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Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Roxbury Township School District
- Roxbury High SchoolHigh · 1,179 students
- Eisenhower Middle SchoolMiddle · 531 students
- Lincoln/Roosevelt SchoolMiddle · 484 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 281 students
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 277 students
Other Nixon Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Nixon Elementary. Nixon Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Nixon Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 672 students
- Nixon Elementary SchoolEL PASO, TX · 510 students
- Nixon Elementary SchoolMontgomery, AL · 476 students
- Nixon Elementary SchoolHiawatha, IA · 289 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Arlington Public School0.8 mi · 223
- Tulsa Trail Elementary School1.0 mi · 215
- Hopatcong High School1.1 mi · 506
- Hopatcong Middle School1.2 mi · 435
- Durban Avenue Elementary School1.5 mi · 286
- Edith M. Decker Elementary School1.8 mi · 153
Frequently asked questions
About Nixon Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Nixon Elementary School?
Nixon Elementary School enrolls approximately 261 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Nixon Elementary School serve?
Nixon Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Nixon Elementary School?
Approximately 9.9:1 students per teacher at Nixon Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Nixon Elementary School?
Student demographics at Nixon Elementary School are roughly 48% White, 38% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Nixon Elementary School in?
Nixon Elementary School is part of Roxbury Township School District.
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