The bulletin board for America's public schools. Parents, teachers, students, and staff. One community per school.
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVER VALE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341395000800

Roberge Elementary School

617 WESTWOOD AVE, RIVER VALE, NJ 07675 · (201) 358-4006 · Bergen County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL338 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% 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

Enrollment
338
Elementary
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 405
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
4 students
DISTRICT 1% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K247%
Kindergarten5617%
Grade 15617%
Grade 25115%
Grade 34914%
Grade 45316%
Grade 54914%

This year's kindergarten class (56) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (49).

Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
24272%
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 37% · US 43%
Hispanic
319%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 35% · US 30%
Black
51%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
3410%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
268%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 3% · US 5%
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
Male
16950%
Female
16950%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Roberge Elementary School→Holdrum Middle School
Based on grade levels within River Vale Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

Discussions

+ POST
QUIET COMMUNITY
Be the first to start a discussion at Roberge Elementary School.
START A DISCUSSION

Test scores

NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations
English Language Arts
82.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
77.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.5pp since 2023

What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 83 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 down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.

NJSLA results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2582.5%77.1%
2023-2484.0%71.6%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
72.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Roberge Elementary School

Roberge Elementary School's state test result (72.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Roberge Elementary School this school3381.2%72.1%
Stonybrook Elementary School
KINNELON
3583.6%69.1%
Washington Elementary School
Westfield
3001.0%79.0%
Meadowbrook
HILLSDALE
3183.5%84.7%
Franklin Elementary School
SUMMIT
3692.7%84.0%
Brooklake School
FLORHAM PARK
3061.0%63.9%
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 Roberge Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New JerseyIn Bergen County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
72.1%#129 of 1,290#39 of 137
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
77.1%#129 of 1,319
▲ 53
#40 of 149
▲ 13
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
82.5%#65 of 1,319
▼ 17
#20 of 149
▼ 8
Enrollment
ranked largest first
338#954 of 1,562#87 of 173
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
9.5:1#235 of 1,390#20 of 151
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
46.3%#910 of 1,392#122 of 151
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
1.2%#1,446 of 1,481#142 of 154
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-11.3%#377 of 798#37 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 2024-25
Enrollment
338
+36 (+12%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 342
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 8.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2533835.69.5:11% (4)
2023-2432136.68.8:11% (3)
2022-2331635.68.9:11% (3)
2020-21302348.9:11% (3)
2017-1838134.111.2:11% (3)
2015-163833311.6:11% (3)
2010-114492816.0:11% (4)
2000-014022913.9:10% (1)
1990-913422613.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roberge Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 11% (381 to 338); teachers up 4% (34.1 to 35.6).

About Roberge Elementary School

Roberge Elementary School is a small elementary school in RIVER VALE, New Jersey. The school's 338 students are in pre-K through 5.

River Vale Public School District (3 schools, 1,011 students) runs Roberge Elementary School.

Roughly 72% of students at Roberge Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 10% Asian, 9% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Among people living in Bergen County, the White share is about 55%. The school's diversity index is 46%, meaning two students picked at random have a 46% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Roberge Elementary School employs 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 9.5:1. This ratio sits 1.9 below the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 1% in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Bergen County averages 28%, higher than here.

Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Roberge Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 65.5%. Roberge Elementary School scores 72.1%.

Census estimates describe Bergen County this way: the median household income is $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Roberge Elementary School, Bergen County has 290 other public schools.

The closest public school to Roberge Elementary School is Berkeley Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Roberge Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.

NCES describes the area around Roberge Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Roberge Elementary School's enrollment grew from 302 in 2020-21 to 338 in 2024-25.

Community posts for Roberge Elementary School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.

Bergen County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
Roberge Elementary School
District
River Vale Public School District
Address
617 WESTWOOD AVE, RIVER VALE, NJ 07675
Phone
(201) 358-4006
County
Bergen County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
338
Teachers (FTE)
36
Student–teacher ratio
9.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
4 (1%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
341395000800
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in River Vale Public School District
Other schools in RIVER VALE
Nearby schools

Frequently asked questions

About Roberge Elementary School
What is the total enrollment at Roberge Elementary School?
Roberge Elementary School enrolls approximately 338 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Roberge Elementary School serve?
Roberge Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Roberge Elementary School have?
Roberge Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Roberge Elementary School?
At Roberge Elementary School, the student body is approximately 72% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Roberge Elementary School public or private?
Roberge Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by River Vale Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
+ Post