North End Elementary School

North End Elementary School is one of the small primary schools in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, part of Cedar Grove Township School District, with 309 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 24% leaner than the state mean of about 405.

Cedar Grove Township School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,547 students; North End Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, North End Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder looks like 13% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting North End Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Essex County (around 54%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, North End Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 60.0%; North End Elementary School posts 76.6%, +16.7 points above that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Essex County put median household earnings sit near $80,789, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which North End Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Little Falls Township Public School # 1, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North End Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.0%.

North End Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. North End Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 20% since 2018, when it stood at 258 (now 309). Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 13% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 8.1:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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