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Enrollment
535
Elementary
DISTRICT 441 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUMONT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340399000348
Selzer Elementary\Middle School
435 PROSPECT AVE, DUMONT, NJ 07628 · (201) 387-3030 · Bergen County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B+Test 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
12.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
69 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 38% smaller than its 8th grade class (63).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Selzer Elementary\Middle School→Dumont High School
Based on grade levels within Dumont Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
67.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
52.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.6% | 52.5% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 46.6% |
% 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
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Selzer Elementary\Middle School
Selzer Elementary\Middle School's state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selzer Elementary\Middle School this school | 535 | 12.9% | 56.2% |
| Grant Elementary School DUMONT | 432 | 17.4% | 63.0% |
| Honiss Elementary\Middle School DUMONT | 624 | 19.7% | 55.9% |
| Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary School NEW MILFORD | 476 | 21.0% | 61.7% |
| Washington School NUTLEY | 534 | 23.4% | 59.7% |
| Oak View Elementary School Bloomfield | 399 | 14.5% | 77.0% |
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 Selzer Elementary\Middle School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #406 of 1,290 | #86 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #546 of 1,319 ▲ 76 | #111 of 149 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #322 of 1,319 ▲ 66 | #84 of 149 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #329 of 1,562 | #15 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #980 of 1,390 | #104 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #219 of 1,392 | #15 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.9% | #1,185 of 1,481 | #99 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #449 of 545 | #53 of 64 |
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
535
+35 (+7%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 535 | 43.2 | 12.4:1 | 13% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 43 | 11.9:1 | 8% (42) |
| 2022-23 | 497 | 42 | 11.8:1 | 4% (22) |
| 2020-21 | 500 | 44 | 11.4:1 | 7% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 520 | 40.3 | 12.9:1 | 9% (45) |
| 2015-16 | 546 | 41 | 13.3:1 | 8% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 37 | 14.5:1 | 7% (38) |
| 2000-01 | 533 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 3% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 427 | 30 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Selzer Elementary\Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (520 to 535); teachers up 7% (40.3 to 43.2).
About Selzer Elementary\Middle School
Selzer Elementary\Middle School sits in DUMONT, New Jersey, and is classified as an elementary school. It enrolls 535 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 8. That is 32% larger than the average of about 405 students for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Selzer Elementary\Middle School reports to Dumont Public School District, which has 5 schools and 2,467 students.
Of every 100 students at Selzer Elementary\Middle School, about 39 are Hispanic, the largest group. It is also 38% White, 15% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Bergen County is roughly 23% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 68, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 43.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Selzer Elementary\Middle School, giving a ratio of 12.4:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey have an average ratio of 11.4:1. By family income, 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 28% average among public schools in Bergen County.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Selzer Elementary\Middle School outscored 54%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Selzer Elementary\Middle School would score about 59.1%. It scores 56.2%, 2.9 points below that figure.
Bergen County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bergen County's 291 public schools enroll about 133,883 students and include Selzer Elementary\Middle School.
Dumont High School is the nearest public school to Selzer Elementary\Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 56.2% is above the 55.9% average for nearby schools.
Selzer Elementary\Middle 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.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 7%, from 500 to 535. Students per teacher increased from 11.4 in 2020-21 to 12.4 in 2024-25.
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Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dumont Public School District
- Dumont High SchoolHigh · 704 students
- Honiss Elementary\Middle SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 172 students
Other schools in DUMONT
- Dumont High SchoolHigh · 704 students
- Honiss Elementary\Middle SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 172 students
Nearby schools
- Dumont High School0.5 mi · 704
- Lincoln Elementary School0.6 mi · 172
- Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary School0.6 mi · 476
- Grant Elementary School0.9 mi · 432
- David E. Owens Middle School1.0 mi · 523
- Honiss Elementary\Middle School1.1 mi · 624
Frequently asked questions
About Selzer Elementary\Middle SchoolHow many students attend Selzer Elementary\Middle School?
Selzer Elementary\Middle School enrolls approximately 535 students in grades PK-08.
Is Selzer Elementary\Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Selzer Elementary\Middle School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Selzer Elementary\Middle School have?
Selzer Elementary\Middle School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Selzer Elementary\Middle School?
At Selzer Elementary\Middle School, the student body is approximately 38% White, 39% Hispanic, 3% Black, 15% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Selzer Elementary\Middle School?
Selzer Elementary\Middle School is overseen by Dumont Public School District in Bergen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.