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School No. 4
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 24% |
School pathway
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 64.9% |
| 2023-24 | 63.6% | 60.2% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 61% 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%.
Where School No. 4 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #315 of 1,290 | #72 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #330 of 1,319 | #80 of 149 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #592 of 1,319 | #125 of 149 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 377 | #779 of 1,562 | #54 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #845 of 1,390 | #86 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #187 of 1,392 | #11 of 151 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.4% | #22 of 798 | #5 of 85 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 377 | 31.8 | 11.9:1 | 20% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 31.8 | 12.6:1 | 11% (45) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 31 | 12.9:1 | 10% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 622 | 40.3 | 15.4:1 | 12% (76) |
About School No. 4
School No. 4 is a medium-sized elementary school in FORT LEE, New Jersey, (ZIP code 07024). It educates 377 students in kindergarten through 4.
Fort Lee School District operates 6 schools. Combined enrollment is 4,006 students.
At School No. 4, the largest share of students is Asian, at 41%. The next largest groups are 29% White, 22% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. The school's Asian share is 24 points above the 17% share among Bergen County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at School No. 4 in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.9:1. That is close to the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 20%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For School No. 4, the prediction is 55.3% and the result is 61.0%.
Bergen County has these Census figures: the median household income is $124,884, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. In all, Bergen County has 291 public schools and roughly 133,883 students.
The school nearest to School No. 4 is Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, School No. 4 ranks 3rd in a group of 6 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 245 students since 2017-18, to 377. The share of Hispanic students grew 4 points, from 18% to 22%. Students per teacher fell from 15.4 in 2017-18 to 11.9 in 2024-25.
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