Enrollment
130
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANDYSTON-WALPACK CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341461005392
Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School
100 ROUTE 560, LAYTON, NJ 07851 · (973) 948-4450 · Sussex County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL130 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
10.3:1
13 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
30 students
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 | 12 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 12 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 15 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 14 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 13 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (12) is 8% smaller than its 6th grade class (13).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
55.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
49.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.8% | 49.4% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 47.7% |
% 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
49.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School
Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School's state test result (49.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School this school | 130 | 23.1% | 49.2% |
| Clyde S. Jennings Elementary School OAKLYN | 123 | 21.1% | 48.1% |
| Lavallette Elementary School Lavallette | 142 | 18.3% | 45.9% |
| William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center Pilesgrove | 113 | 22.1% | N/A |
| Ridge and Valley Charter School Frelinghuysen | 134 | 27.6% | 43.3% |
| Deal Elementary School DEAL | 160 | 26.3% | 37.8% |
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 Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Sussex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #538 of 1,290 | #10 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #597 of 1,319 ▼ 5 | #9 of 22 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #583 of 1,319 ▼ 128 | #12 of 22 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 130 | #1,484 of 1,562 | #26 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.1% | #981 of 1,481 | #14 of 26 |
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
130
+14 (+12%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 162
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 8.9:1
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 | 130 | 12.6 | 10.3:1 | 23% (30) |
| 2023-24 | 128 | 13.1 | 9.8:1 | 13% (17) |
| 2022-23 | 120 | 14.8 | 8.1:1 | 11% (13) |
| 2020-21 | 116 | 13 | 8.9:1 | 6% (7) |
| 2017-18 | 141 | 17 | 8.3:1 | 4% (6) |
| 2015-16 | 146 | 16 | 9.1:1 | 10% (14) |
| 2010-11 | 156 | 13 | 12.0:1 | 6% (9) |
| 2000-01 | 190 | 18 | 10.6:1 | 6% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 162 | 11 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (141 to 130); teachers down 26% (17 to 12.6).
About Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School
This page covers Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School, a very small elementary school in LAYTON, New Jersey. The school counted 130 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 6. That puts enrollment 68% below the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School is listed under Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District in federal data.
At Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School, 82% of students are White. Smaller groups are 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put Sussex County at about 82% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School scores 31%.
Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1, with 12.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. The school has 23% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Sussex County is similar, at 23%.
Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 45% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School is 4.3 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Sussex County show that median household income comes to about $116,186, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 46, with about 19,579 students.
About 5.2 miles separate Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School from the closest public school, Montague Township School. A ten-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School at 4th of 8.
In the federal locale system, Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 116 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 130 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 8.9 to 10.3 over 4 years.
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Sussex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
145,807
Census ACS
Median income
$116,186
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
19,579 students
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- Montague Township School5.2 mi · 329
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- Dingman-Delaware Primary School8.5 mi · 493
- Dingman-Delaware Middle School8.6 mi · 532
Frequently asked questions
About Sandyston Walpack Consolidated SchoolHow large is Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School?
Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School enrolls approximately 130 students in grades PK-06.
Is Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School is approximately 10.3:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School?
At Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School public or private?
Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sandyston-Walpack Consolidated School District.
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