Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIR LAWN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340498000422
Radburn Elementary School
18-00 RADBURN RD, FAIR LAWN, NJ 07410 · (201) 794-5480 · Bergen County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
13.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
51 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 16% smaller than its 4th grade class (92).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
83.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.7pp since 2023
Math
88.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.5% | 88.5% |
| 2023-24 | 87.2% | 86.7% |
% 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
86.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% 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 27 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 Radburn Elementary School
Radburn Elementary School's state test result (86.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radburn Elementary School this school | 445 | 11.5% | 86.5% |
| Crim Primary School Bridgewater | 396 | 10.6% | 69.5% |
| Joyce Kilmer School MAHWAH | 394 | 12.2% | 61.2% |
| John F. Kennedy Elementary School WAYNE | 387 | 14.2% | 64.4% |
| Memorial Elementary School Montvale | 532 | 7.1% | 74.7% |
| Asher Holmes Elementary School MORGANVILLE | 444 | 13.3% | 70.8% |
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 Radburn Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.5% | #6 of 1,290 | #1 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.5% | #15 of 1,319 ▲ 5 | #2 of 149 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #58 of 1,319 ▼ 36 | #17 of 149 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #554 of 1,562 | #32 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #1,144 of 1,390 | #128 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #500 of 1,392 | #66 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.5% | #1,215 of 1,481 | #102 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #725 of 798 | #80 of 85 |
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
445
+95 (+27%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 367
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 445 | 33.4 | 13.3:1 | 11% (51) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 34.6 | 12.2:1 | 9% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 32.4 | 12.1:1 | 8% (33) |
| 2020-21 | 350 | 27 | 13.0:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 31.5 | 14.5:1 | 3% (15) |
| 2015-16 | 458 | 31 | 14.8:1 | 8% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 345 | 21 | 16.4:1 | 6% (22) |
| 2000-01 | 370 | 19 | 19.5:1 | 2% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 367 | 18 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Radburn Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (456 to 445); teachers up 6% (31.5 to 33.4).
About Radburn Elementary School
Radburn Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in FAIR LAWN, New Jersey, under Fair Lawn Public School District. It educates 445 students in kindergarten through 4.
Radburn Elementary School falls under Fair Lawn Public School District, which has 9 schools enrolling 5,472 students.
Radburn Elementary School's enrollment is 58% White. Other groups make up 22% Asian, 12% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 55% White, within a few points of the school. Radburn Elementary School has a diversity index of 60%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Radburn Elementary School, 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Roughly 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 28% average among public schools in Bergen County.
Radburn Elementary School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 99% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Radburn Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 86.5%. Predicted: 59.9%. Difference: 26.6 points.
Among Bergen County residents, median household income is about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 291 public schools in Bergen County, with a combined enrollment of about 133,883.
The nearest public school is Glen Rock Middle School, at about 0.7 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Radburn Elementary School is 1st on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 350 in 2020-21 and 445 in 2024-25, a rise of 95 students.
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Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fair Lawn Public School District
- Fair Lawn High SchoolHigh · 1,687 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,100 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 655 students
- Henry B. Milnes Elementary SchoolElementary · 392 students
- Warren Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
- Westmoreland Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
Other schools in FAIR LAWN
- Fair Lawn High SchoolHigh · 1,687 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,100 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 655 students
- Henry B. Milnes Elementary SchoolElementary · 392 students
- Warren Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
- Westmoreland Elementary SchoolElementary · 359 students
Nearby schools
- Glen Rock Middle School0.7 mi · 642
- Glen Rock High School0.8 mi · 722
- Clara E Coleman School0.8 mi · 322
- Alexander Hamilton School0.8 mi · 300
- Henry B. Milnes Elementary School0.9 mi · 392
- Westmoreland Elementary School1.0 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About Radburn Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Radburn Elementary School?
Radburn Elementary School enrolls approximately 445 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Radburn Elementary School serve?
Radburn Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Radburn Elementary School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Radburn Elementary School.
How diverse is Radburn Elementary School?
Radburn Elementary School reports a student body of 58% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black, 22% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Radburn Elementary School?
Radburn Elementary School is overseen by Fair Lawn Public School District in Bergen County.
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