Enrollment
325
Elementary
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSELLE PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341431005668
Robert Gordon Elementary School
59 WEST GRANT AVENUE, ROSELLE PARK, NJ 07204 · (908) 245-2285 · Union County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% 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.
- C-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
11.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
161 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 62 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Based on grade levels within Roselle Park Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
44.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
30.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.8% | 30.4% |
| 2023-24 | 47.1% | 28.2% |
% 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
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Gordon Elementary School
Robert Gordon Elementary School's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Gordon Elementary School this school | 325 | 49.5% | 33.0% |
| Netcong Elementary School NETCONG | 295 | 48.8% | 39.2% |
| Alfred Vail School MORRIS PLAINS | 342 | 49.1% | N/A |
| Franklin Elementary School Bloomfield | 352 | 47.7% | 51.0% |
| Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene School ROSELLE PARK | 287 | 53.3% | 38.4% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School RIDGEFIELD PARK | 334 | 48.8% | 46.9% |
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 Robert Gordon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #907 of 1,290 | #48 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #967 of 1,319 ▲ 3 | #49 of 93 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #837 of 1,319 ▼ 92 | #53 of 93 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #1,011 of 1,562 | #75 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #672 of 1,390 | #24 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #581 of 1,392 | #39 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.5% | #591 of 1,481 | #59 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.0% | #109 of 545 | #4 of 42 |
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
325
+23 (+8%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 221
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 325 | 29 | 11.2:1 | 50% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 24.5 | 12.7:1 | 46% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 308 | 29 | 10.6:1 | 38% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 302 | 25 | 12.1:1 | 33% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 273 | 30.9 | 8.8:1 | 42% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 272 | 27 | 10.1:1 | 43% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 263 | 13 | 20.2:1 | 38% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 294 | 19 | 15.5:1 | 14% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 221 | 15 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert Gordon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (273 to 325); teachers down 6% (30.9 to 29).
About Robert Gordon Elementary School
This page covers Robert Gordon Elementary School, a small elementary school in ROSELLE PARK, New Jersey. Its enrollment is 325 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
Roselle Park Public School District enrolls 2,007 students, and its 5 schools include Robert Gordon Elementary School.
The largest group at Robert Gordon Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 57%. Other groups make up 29% White, 8% Black, and 4% Asian. County-wide, 35% of Union County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Robert Gordon Elementary School is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Robert Gordon Elementary School lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.2 students per teacher. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is close to this figure. About 50% of students at Robert Gordon Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Union County is similar, at 52%.
Robert Gordon Elementary School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 20% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Robert Gordon Elementary School would score about 39.0%. It scores 33.0%, 6.1 points below that figure.
For the population of Union County, median household income comes to about $103,202, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Union County counts 180 public schools with about 99,046 students.
Roselle Park Middle School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Robert Gordon Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Robert Gordon Elementary School is 5th among 7 schools close by.
Robert Gordon Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 325, compared with 302 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Robert Gordon Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Roselle Park Public School District
- Roselle Park High SchoolHigh · 593 students
- Roselle Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 438 students
- Sherman Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene SchoolElementary · 287 students
Other schools in ROSELLE PARK
- Roselle Park High SchoolHigh · 593 students
- Roselle Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 438 students
- Sherman Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene SchoolElementary · 287 students
Nearby schools
- Roselle Park Middle School0.0 mi · 438
- Roselle Park High School0.3 mi · 593
- Raymond J. Lesniak Experience Strength & Hope Recovery HS0.4 mi · 10
- Kindergarten Success Academy0.5 mi · 217
- Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene School0.6 mi · 287
- Sherman Elementary School0.7 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About Robert Gordon Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Robert Gordon Elementary School?
Robert Gordon Elementary School enrolls approximately 325 students in grades PK-05.
Is Robert Gordon Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Robert Gordon Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Robert Gordon Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Robert Gordon Elementary School is approximately 11.2:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Robert Gordon Elementary School?
At Robert Gordon Elementary School, the student body is approximately 29% White, 57% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Robert Gordon Elementary School public or private?
Robert Gordon Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Roselle Park Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.