Enrollment
309
Elementary
DISTRICT 329 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CEDAR GROVE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340285002030
North End Elementary School
122 Stevens Avenue, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009 · (973) 256-1454 · Essex County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
10.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
35 students
DISTRICT 9% · 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 | 15 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 6% smaller than its 4th grade class (64).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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 Cedar Grove Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
75.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
82.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 82.8% |
| 2023-24 | 72.7% | 75.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 60% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 North End Elementary School
North End Elementary School's state test result (76.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North End Elementary School this school | 309 | 11.3% | 76.6% |
| Millstone Township Elementary School CLARKSBURG | 329 | 10.3% | 60.9% |
| Lafayette Elementary School WAYNE | 321 | 10.9% | 60.8% |
| Heights Elementary School OAKLAND | 343 | 10.8% | 57.7% |
| Fairview Elementary School RED BANK | 291 | 11.7% | 64.3% |
| John Y Dater Elementary School RAMSEY | 325 | 9.2% | 66.7% |
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 North End Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #62 of 1,290 | #10 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #57 of 1,319 ▲ 63 | #12 of 141 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #166 of 1,319 ▲ 32 | #27 of 141 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 309 | #1,070 of 1,562 | #121 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #326 of 1,390 | #15 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.0% | #1,056 of 1,392 | #92 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.3% | #1,221 of 1,481 | #114 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.8% | #102 of 545 | #15 of 61 |
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
309
+31 (+11%) vs 2020
+87% since 1990-91, when it was 165
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 309 | 31 | 10.0:1 | 11% (35) |
| 2023-24 | 307 | 30 | 10.2:1 | 7% (21) |
| 2022-23 | 305 | 30 | 10.2:1 | 6% (18) |
| 2020-21 | 278 | 29 | 9.6:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 258 | 32 | 8.1:1 | 2% (6) |
| 2015-16 | 296 | 28 | 10.6:1 | 5% (14) |
| 2010-11 | 318 | 21 | 15.1:1 | 2% (6) |
| 2000-01 | 374 | 21 | 17.8:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 165 | 11 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North End Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (258 to 309); teachers down 3% (32 to 31).
About North End Elementary School
North End Elementary School is a small elementary school in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, (ZIP code 07009). The school covers pre-K through 4 and reported 309 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey enroll around 405, and this school is 24% below that mark.
North End Elementary School falls under Cedar Grove Township School District, which has 4 schools enrolling 1,547 students.
About 76% of the student body at North End Elementary School is White. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 3% Black. By comparison, Essex County residents are about 30% White. A diversity index of 40% means there is a 40% chance two randomly chosen students at North End Elementary School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.0 students per teacher. The gap from the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 1.5 students per teacher. Roughly 11% of students at North End Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in Essex County is 43 points.
North End Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 94% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations places North End Elementary School in the top 10% of New Jersey schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 16.7 points above it (76.6% actual, 60.0% predicted).
Essex County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $80,789, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 249 public schools in the county, enrolling about 145,473, North End Elementary School among them.
Little Falls Township Public School # 1 is about 0.6 miles from North End Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around North End Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. North End Elementary School comes in 1st of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
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.
An 11% increase took enrollment from 278 in 2020-21 to 309 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about North End Elementary School, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cedar Grove Township School District
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 468 students
- Cedar Grove High SchoolHigh · 421 students
- South End Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
Other schools in Cedar Grove
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 468 students
- Cedar Grove High SchoolHigh · 421 students
- South End Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
Other North End Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named North End Elementary. North End Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- North End ElementaryFall River, MA · 655 students
- North End ElementaryRoxboro, NC · 283 students
Nearby schools
- Little Falls Township Public School # 10.6 mi · 392
- Grandview Elementary School1.0 mi · 420
- Little Falls Township Public School # 31.0 mi · 217
- Passaic Valley Regional High School1.1 mi · 1,093
- Little Falls Township Public School # 21.1 mi · 343
- Memorial Middle School1.5 mi · 468
Frequently asked questions
About North End Elementary SchoolHow many students attend North End Elementary School?
North End Elementary School enrolls approximately 309 students in grades PK-04.
Is North End Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
North End Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does North End Elementary School have?
North End Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
What is the student diversity at North End Elementary School?
Student demographics at North End Elementary School are roughly 76% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees North End Elementary School?
North End Elementary School is overseen by Cedar Grove Township School District in Essex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.