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Enrollment
477
Elementary
DISTRICT 458 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVINGSTON BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340882002142
Riker Hill Elementary School
31 BLACKSTONE DR, LIVINGSTON, NJ 07039 · (973) 535-8000 · Essex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL477 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
12.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
19 students
DISTRICT 2% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
61%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Riker Hill Elementary School→Mount Pleasant Middle School→Heritage Middle School→Livingston High School
Based on grade levels within Livingston Board of Education School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
79.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
76.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 76.6% |
| 2023-24 | 76.2% | 69.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
72.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Riker Hill Elementary School
Riker Hill Elementary School's state test result (72.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riker Hill Elementary School this school | 477 | 4.0% | 72.6% |
| Hillside Elementary School LIVINGSTON | 476 | 2.7% | 80.2% |
| Princeton Charter School PRINCETON | 423 | 7.8% | 89.1% |
| Hartshorn School SHORT HILLS | 392 | 0.8% | 83.5% |
| Mount Pleasant Elementary School LIVINGSTON | 407 | 0.7% | 80.3% |
| Brookside Elementary School MONROE TOWNSHIP | 431 | 10.2% | 59.3% |
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 Riker Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #123 of 1,290 | #16 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #138 of 1,319 ▲ 82 | #17 of 141 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #101 of 1,319 ▲ 35 | #19 of 141 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 477 | #461 of 1,562 | #60 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #1,008 of 1,390 | #57 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #465 of 1,392 | #32 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.0% | #1,363 of 1,481 | #128 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.5% | #107 of 545 | #17 of 61 |
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
477
+72 (+18%) vs 2020
+92% since 1990-91, when it was 249
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 477 | 38 | 12.6:1 | 4% (19) |
| 2023-24 | 487 | 36 | 13.5:1 | 3% (17) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 35 | 13.7:1 | 3% (12) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 3% (12) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 25.7 | 15.5:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2015-16 | 395 | 26 | 15.2:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 419 | 20 | 20.9:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2000-01 | 350 | 21 | 16.7:1 | 1% (5) |
| 1990-91 | 249 | 18 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riker Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (399 to 477); teachers up 48% (25.7 to 38).
About Riker Hill Elementary School
Riker Hill Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in New Jersey, with an address in LIVINGSTON. The school's enrollment of 477 students covers kindergarten through 5.
Livingston Board of Education School District (9 schools, 6,352 students) runs Riker Hill Elementary School.
Asian students account for 51% of enrollment at Riker Hill Elementary School. Other groups include 36% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 4% Black. The county population is about 6% Asian. By the diversity index, Riker Hill Elementary School comes in at 61%.
Riker Hill Elementary School employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.6:1. That ratio is over the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 4% in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Essex County report 54%.
Riker Hill Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 86% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Riker Hill Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 72.6% is 8.6 points above the 64.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Within Essex County, median household income is about $80,789, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Essex County number 249 and enroll about 145,473.
The nearest other public school, Hillside Elementary School, is about 0.8 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Riker Hill Elementary School. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Riker Hill Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Riker Hill Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 405 in 2020-21 and 477 in 2024-25, a gain of 72 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.6:1) than in 2020-21 (14.5:1).
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Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Livingston Board of Education School District
- Livingston High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 994 students
- Mount Pleasant Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Collins Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
Other schools in LIVINGSTON
- Livingston High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 994 students
- Mount Pleasant Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Collins Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
Nearby schools
- Hillside Elementary School0.8 mi · 476
- Harrison Elementary School1.0 mi · 522
- Heritage Middle School1.2 mi · 994
- Frank J Smith Elementary1.3 mi · 239
- Livingston High School1.3 mi · 2,081
- Mount Pleasant Elementary School1.5 mi · 407
Frequently asked questions
About Riker Hill Elementary SchoolHow large is Riker Hill Elementary School?
Riker Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 477 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Riker Hill Elementary School serve?
Riker Hill Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Riker Hill Elementary School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Riker Hill Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Riker Hill Elementary School?
Student demographics at Riker Hill Elementary School are roughly 36% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 51% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Riker Hill Elementary School in?
Riker Hill Elementary School is part of Livingston Board of Education School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.