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If you could change one rule at Robert Fulton Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
938
Elementary
DISTRICT 672 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH BERGEN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341146002894
Robert Fulton Elementary School
7407 HUDSON AVE, NORTH BERGEN, NJ 07047 · (201) 295-2900 · Hudson County
GRADES 01–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL938 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
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
13.1:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
626 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 131 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 128 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 102 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 100 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 131 | 14% |
This year's 1st grade class (131) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (131).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
45.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.6% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.7% | 33.6% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Robert Fulton Elementary School
Robert Fulton Elementary School's state test result (35.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Fulton Elementary School this school | 938 | 66.7% | 35.3% |
| Horace Mann Elementary School NORTH BERGEN | 978 | 72.1% | 29.5% |
| School 16 PATERSON | 813 | 70.6% | 17.4% |
| Hudson Arts and Science Charter School Kearny | 848 | 70.5% | 37.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary School NORTH BERGEN | 1,193 | 72.8% | 34.5% |
| Rose M. Lopez Elementary School Perth Amboy | 793 | 75.3% | 29.5% |
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 Robert Fulton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #851 of 1,290 | #43 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #956 of 1,319 ▼ 99 | #57 of 84 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #820 of 1,319 ▼ 42 | #48 of 84 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 938 | #22 of 1,562 | #8 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #1,113 of 1,390 | #64 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.0% | #1,315 of 1,392 | #69 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.7% | #393 of 1,481 | #57 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #154 of 798 | #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
938
-23 (-2%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 841
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 938 | 71.4 | 13.1:1 | 67% (626) |
| 2023-24 | 885 | 72.7 | 12.2:1 | 68% (599) |
| 2022-23 | 880 | 74.7 | 11.8:1 | 52% (461) |
| 2020-21 | 961 | 75 | 12.8:1 | 48% (460) |
| 2017-18 | 1,192 | 98.3 | 12.1:1 | 55% (650) |
| 2015-16 | 1,221 | 91 | 13.4:1 | 62% (754) |
| 2010-11 | 1,205 | 76 | 15.9:1 | 55% (660) |
| 2000-01 | 1,117 | 60 | 18.6:1 | 52% (577) |
| 1990-91 | 841 | 52 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert Fulton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (1,192 to 938); teachers down 27% (98.3 to 71.4).
About Robert Fulton Elementary School
Robert Fulton Elementary School sits in NORTH BERGEN, New Jersey, and is classified as an elementary school. It has an enrollment of 938 students in grades 1 through 8. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average enrollment is about 405.
North Bergen School District runs Robert Fulton Elementary School along with 7 other schools, enrolling 7,031 students in total.
The share of Hispanic students at Robert Fulton Elementary School is 90%. Next come 7% White. The county population is about 41% Hispanic. The diversity index for Robert Fulton Elementary School is 19%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 71.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Robert Fulton Elementary School, giving a ratio of 13.1:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey have an average ratio of 11.4:1. By family income, 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Hudson County is close, at 68%.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Robert Fulton Elementary School outscored 45%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Robert Fulton Elementary School is +5.7 points: 35.3% actual, 29.6% predicted.
Census data for Hudson County show median household income comes to about $91,795, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 130 public schools in the county, enrolling about 86,216, Robert Fulton Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Robert Fulton Elementary School is closest to Anna L. Klein, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Robert Fulton Elementary School ranks 1st of 9 nearby schools, at 35.3% versus a 27.1% average.
NCES assigns Robert Fulton Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 961 in 2020-21 and 938 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Bergen School District
- North Bergen High SchoolHigh · 2,328 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,193 students
- Horace Mann Elementary SchoolElementary · 978 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 296 students
Other schools in NORTH BERGEN
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,193 students
- Horace Mann Elementary SchoolElementary · 978 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 296 students
- Polk Street SchoolElementary · 213 students
Nearby schools
- Anna L. Klein0.3 mi · 977
- Polk Street School0.3 mi · 213
- Albio Sires Elementary School0.4 mi · 518
- North Bergen High School0.5 mi · 2,328
- Harry L Bain0.6 mi · 599
- Public School Number One0.7 mi · 758
Frequently asked questions
About Robert Fulton Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Robert Fulton Elementary School?
Robert Fulton Elementary School enrolls approximately 938 students in grades 01-08.
What grades does Robert Fulton Elementary School serve?
Robert Fulton Elementary School serves grades 01-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Robert Fulton Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Robert Fulton Elementary School is approximately 13.1:1 (71 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Robert Fulton Elementary School?
At Robert Fulton Elementary School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 90% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Robert Fulton Elementary School public or private?
Robert Fulton Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by North Bergen School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.