Enrollment
356
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341728004984
Pines Lake Elementary School
511 PINES LAKE DRIVE, WAYNE, NJ 07470 · (973) 633-3175 · Passaic County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL356 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
34 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
63.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
64.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.6% | 64.5% |
| 2023-24 | 65.8% | 62.9% |
% 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
61.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Pines Lake Elementary School
Pines Lake Elementary School's state test result (61.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pines Lake Elementary School this school | 356 | 9.6% | 61.1% |
| James Fallon Elementary School WAYNE | 370 | 10.3% | 63.3% |
| Millington Elementary School Millington | 362 | 9.1% | 58.9% |
| South End Elementary School Cedar Grove | 349 | 7.2% | 72.4% |
| Lafayette Elementary School WAYNE | 321 | 10.9% | 60.8% |
| 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 Pines Lake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #313 of 1,290 | #8 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #340 of 1,319 ▼ 14 | #12 of 87 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #411 of 1,319 ▼ 79 | #14 of 87 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 356 | #875 of 1,562 | #52 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #832 of 1,390 | #51 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.1% | #1,020 of 1,392 | #58 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.6% | #1,259 of 1,481 | #93 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #698 of 798 | #60 of 66 |
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
356
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 319
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 356 | 30.1 | 11.8:1 | 10% (34) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 31.5 | 11.8:1 | 7% (26) |
| 2022-23 | 387 | 31.1 | 12.4:1 | 7% (26) |
| 2020-21 | 359 | 29 | 12.4:1 | 5% (19) |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 29.8 | 12.3:1 | 8% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 367 | 32 | 11.5:1 | 10% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | 25 | 17.0:1 | 4% (19) |
| 2000-01 | 500 | 30 | 16.7:1 | 4% (19) |
| 1990-91 | 319 | 18 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pines Lake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (367 to 356); teachers up 1% (29.8 to 30.1).
About Pines Lake Elementary School
As a medium-sized elementary school, Pines Lake Elementary School serves students in WAYNE, New Jersey. The school counts 356 students across kindergarten through 5.
Pines Lake Elementary School reports to Wayne Township Public School District, which has 15 schools and 7,549 students.
White students are the majority at Pines Lake Elementary School, with 75% of enrollment. The school is also 12% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 41%. Pines Lake Elementary School's diversity index is 41%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Pines Lake Elementary School, 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Roughly 10% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Passaic County is 61%.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Pines Lake Elementary School's results are within a point of predicted: 61.1% against 60.9%.
Among Passaic County residents, the median household income is $87,522, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides Pines Lake Elementary School, Passaic County has 154 other public schools.
The closest public school to Pines Lake Elementary School is Albert Payson Terhune Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. Pines Lake Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Pines Lake Elementary School comes in 4th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Pines Lake Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Pines Lake Elementary School had 359 students in 2020-21 and 356 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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Passaic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
521,012
Census ACS
Median income
$87,522
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
83,237 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wayne Township Public School District
- Wayne Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,201 students
- Wayne Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Schuyler Colfax Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
- Anthony Wayne Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
- George Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 493 students
- Theunis Dey Elementary SchoolElementary · 459 students
Other schools in WAYNE
- Passaic County Technical InstituteHigh · 3,565 students
- Wayne Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,201 students
- Wayne Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Passaic County Technical Institute STEM AcademyHigh · 1,040 students
- Schuyler Colfax Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
- Anthony Wayne Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
Nearby schools
- Albert Payson Terhune Elementary0.9 mi · 347
- Schuyler Colfax Middle School1.1 mi · 650
- Lincoln School1.3 mi · 344
- Theunis Dey Elementary School1.5 mi · 459
- Wayne Hills High School1.5 mi · 1,162
- Lakeside School1.9 mi · 370
Frequently asked questions
About Pines Lake Elementary SchoolHow large is Pines Lake Elementary School?
Pines Lake Elementary School enrolls approximately 356 students in grades KG-05.
Is Pines Lake Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pines Lake Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Pines Lake Elementary School have?
Pines Lake Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pines Lake Elementary School?
At Pines Lake Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Pines Lake Elementary School?
Pines Lake Elementary School is overseen by Wayne Township Public School District in Passaic County.
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