Salome H. Long Memorial School
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Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 62 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Salome H. Long Memorial School
Salome H. Long Memorial School is an elementary campus of tight-knit scale in SADDLE BROOK, New Jersey, operated by Saddle Brook School District, educateing 304 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 25% leaner than the state mean of about 405.
Across the 5 schools in Saddle Brook School District (1,836 students total), Salome H. Long Memorial School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, Salome H. Long Memorial School records that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 28% Hispanic, 10% Asian.
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Salome H. Long Memorial School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 20% of students at Salome H. Long Memorial School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Salome H. Long Memorial School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.4%; this one delivers 57.0%.
Across the wider county, census data for Bergen County shows median household earnings sit near $124,884, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Salome H. Long Memorial School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Helen I. Smith School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Salome H. Long Memorial School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.0%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Looking at the recent track record. Salome H. Long Memorial School's enrollment has ticked up 12% since 2018, when it stood at 272 (now 304). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 82% to 60%. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.
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