Enrollment
351
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341728004986
Randall Carter Elementary School
531 ALPS ROAD, WAYNE, NJ 07470 · (973) 633-3145 · Passaic County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL351 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
53 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 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
48%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
70.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
66.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.2% | 66.1% |
| 2023-24 | 64.5% | 59.3% |
% 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
60.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Randall Carter Elementary School
Randall Carter Elementary School's state test result (60.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randall Carter Elementary School this school | 351 | 15.1% | 60.8% |
| Sycamore Drive Early Childhood Learning Center HAZLET | 341 | 16.1% | N/A |
| Hardyston Township Elementary School FRANKLIN | 358 | 13.7% | 55.1% |
| Brookside Elementary School WESTWOOD | 390 | 12.6% | 65.2% |
| Barley Sheaf Elementary School FLEMINGTON | 376 | 17.6% | 61.5% |
| Wesley D Tisdale Elementary School RAMSEY | 302 | 15.6% | 71.2% |
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 Randall Carter Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #319 of 1,290 | #10 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #314 of 1,319 ▲ 79 | #7 of 87 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #262 of 1,319 ▲ 91 | #7 of 87 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 351 | #893 of 1,562 | #56 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #1,041 of 1,390 | #64 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #874 of 1,392 | #38 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.1% | #1,135 of 1,481 | #87 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.0% | #130 of 545 | #3 of 18 |
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
351
+29 (+9%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 335
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 351 | 27.5 | 12.8:1 | 15% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 26.1 | 12.6:1 | 12% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 24.8 | 12.5:1 | 11% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 322 | 23 | 14.0:1 | 7% (24) |
| 2017-18 | 300 | 21.7 | 13.8:1 | 12% (36) |
| 2015-16 | 320 | 23 | 13.9:1 | 10% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 354 | 20 | 17.7:1 | 8% (28) |
| 2000-01 | 356 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 4% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 335 | 20 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Randall Carter Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (300 to 351); teachers up 27% (21.7 to 27.5).
About Randall Carter Elementary School
Randall Carter Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school based in WAYNE, New Jersey. It enrolls 351 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
Across its 15 schools, Wayne Township Public School District enrolls 7,549 students. Randall Carter Elementary School is one of those schools.
At Randall Carter Elementary School, 69% of students are White. Smaller groups are 21% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Passaic County is roughly 41% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Randall Carter Elementary School scores 48%.
Randall Carter Elementary School lists 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.8 students per teacher. The school's 12.8:1 compares with an average of 11.4:1 for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 15% of the student body. That rate is below the 61% average among public schools in Passaic County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Randall Carter Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools: 60.8% actual against 57.9% predicted.
The county, Passaic County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $87,522, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 155 public schools and about 83,237 students.
James Fallon Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Randall Carter Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Randall Carter Elementary School is 4th among 9 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 322 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 351 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 14.0 to 12.8 over 4 years.
Randall Carter Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- James Fallon Elementary School0.7 mi · 370
- Wayne Valley High School0.9 mi · 1,201
- Ryerson Elementary School1.2 mi · 250
- George Washington Middle School1.4 mi · 493
- Lafayette Elementary School1.6 mi · 321
- Packanack Elementary School1.6 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About Randall Carter Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Randall Carter Elementary School?
Randall Carter Elementary School enrolls approximately 351 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Randall Carter Elementary School serve?
Randall Carter Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Randall Carter Elementary School have?
Randall Carter Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Randall Carter Elementary School?
Student demographics at Randall Carter Elementary School are roughly 69% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Randall Carter Elementary School?
Randall Carter Elementary School is overseen by Wayne Township Public School District in Passaic County.
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