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How has Prospect Park School No. 1 changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
620
Elementary
DISTRICT 382 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PROSPECT PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341347004938
Prospect Park School No. 1
94 BROWN AVENUE, PROSPECT PARK, NJ 07508 · (973) 790-7909 · Passaic County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL620 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
8.4:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
187 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 92 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 73 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 5% smaller than its 6th grade class (73).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Prospect Park School No. 1→Prospect Park Middle School
Based on grade levels within Prospect Park Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
10.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -5.2pp since 2023
Math
7.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.6% | 7.8% |
| 2023-24 | 15.8% | 9.2% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
10.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-39.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Prospect Park School No. 1
Prospect Park School No. 1's state test result (10.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Park School No. 1 this school | 620 | 30.2% | 10.3% |
| Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School CAMDEN | 515 | 44.5% | 10.5% |
| Demarest Elementary School Bloomfield | 482 | 34.4% | 49.7% |
| Veterans Memorial Family School CAMDEN | 474 | 47.3% | 5.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary School BERGENFIELD | 443 | 37.9% | 66.7% |
| Victor Mravlag School No. 21 ELIZABETH | 634 | 51.4% | 48.0% |
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 Prospect Park School No. 1 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.3% | #1,252 of 1,290 | #77 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.8% | #1,285 of 1,319 ▼ 18 | #74 of 87 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.6% | #1,298 of 1,319 ▼ 43 | #83 of 87 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 620 | #201 of 1,562 | #15 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.4:1 | #72 of 1,390 | #4 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #982 of 1,392 | #52 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.2% | #854 of 1,481 | #73 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.2% | #35 of 798 | #7 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
620
-196 (-24%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 468
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
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 | 620 | 73.7 | 8.4:1 | 30% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 652 | 68.7 | 9.5:1 | 38% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 761 | N/A | N/A | 57% (434) |
| 2020-21 | 816 | 66 | 12.4:1 | 58% (477) |
| 2017-18 | 942 | 63 | 14.9:1 | 68% (639) |
| 2015-16 | 914 | 73 | 12.5:1 | 59% (543) |
| 2010-11 | 858 | 59 | 14.5:1 | 76% (656) |
| 2000-01 | 735 | 43 | 17.1:1 | 44% (327) |
| 1990-91 | 468 | 31 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prospect Park School No. 1.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (942 to 620); teachers up 17% (63 to 73.7).
About Prospect Park School No. 1
Prospect Park School No. 1 is a high-enrollment elementary school for students in PROSPECT PARK, New Jersey. The school's enrollment of 620 students covers pre-K through 6. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students each.
Prospect Park Public School District has 763 students spread across 2 schools.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Prospect Park School No. 1, at 74%. Next come 11% Black, 8% Asian, and 6% White. That compares with about 44% Hispanic among all Passaic County residents. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 73.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 8.4:1. That is 3.0 students per teacher below the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 30%. The gap from the 61% average for public schools in Passaic County is 31 points.
The allk12 Grade for Prospect Park School No. 1 is F. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 0% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Prospect Park School No. 1 ranks in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 10.3%. Predicted: 49.6%. Difference: 39.3 points.
Census estimates describe Passaic County this way: the median household income is $87,522, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. In all, Passaic County has 155 public schools and roughly 83,237 students.
Prospect Park Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Local comparison: Prospect Park School No. 1 ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 10.3% versus a 26.8% average.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 24% from 2020-21, when Prospect Park School No. 1 had 816 students, to 2024-25, when it had 620. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 8.4:1, from 12.4:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Prospect Park School No. 1. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Prospect Park Public School District
- Prospect Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 143 students
Other schools in PROSPECT PARK
- Prospect Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 143 students
Nearby schools
- Prospect Park Middle School0.3 mi · 143
- School 120.3 mi · 474
- Washington Elementary School0.6 mi · 253
- Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School0.6 mi · 803
- Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School0.7 mi · 491
- School 280.8 mi · 463
Frequently asked questions
About Prospect Park School No. 1What is the total enrollment at Prospect Park School No. 1?
Prospect Park School No. 1 enrolls approximately 620 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Prospect Park School No. 1 serve?
Prospect Park School No. 1 serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Prospect Park School No. 1?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Prospect Park School No. 1 is approximately 8.4:1 (74 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Prospect Park School No. 1?
Student demographics at Prospect Park School No. 1 are roughly 6% White, 74% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Prospect Park School No. 1 in?
Prospect Park School No. 1 is part of Prospect Park Public School District.
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