Oak View Elementary School

Oak View Elementary School is a K-5 school of reasonably sized scale in Bloomfield, New Jersey, run under Bloomfield Township School District, hosting 399 students in grades K through 6.

Bloomfield Township School District runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 6,400 students. Oak View Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Oak View Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 30% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 8% Black, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Oak View Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 15% 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 meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Oak View 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 58.2%; Oak View Elementary School posts 77.0%, +18.8 points above that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Essex County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,789 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Oak View Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Brookdale Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Oak View Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 53.6%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Oak View Elementary School's enrollment has increased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 384 (now 399). Over the same period, the White share declined from 59% to 42%.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.