Enrollment
423
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH ORANGE-MAPLEWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341533002440
Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School
274 BOYDEN AVE, MAPLEWOOD, NJ 07040 · (973) 378-5209 · Essex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% 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.
- 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.
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
9.2:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
96 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 101 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 36% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
60.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.1% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.2% | 41.4% |
% 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
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% 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 Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School
Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School this school | 423 | 22.7% | 46.9% |
| Nishuane Elementary School MONTCLAIR | 377 | 17.2% | N/A |
| Clinton Elementary School MAPLEWOOD | 542 | 22.9% | 57.8% |
| Ashbrook Elementary School LUMBERTON | 371 | 29.6% | N/A |
| Gregory Elementary School W ORANGE | 484 | 18.8% | 68.0% |
| Union Valley Elementary School SICKLERVILLE | 530 | 34.3% | 42.9% |
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 Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #595 of 1,290 | #53 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #626 of 1,319 ▲ 91 | #53 of 141 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #483 of 1,319 ▲ 69 | #52 of 141 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #630 of 1,562 | #78 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #163 of 1,390 | #7 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #197 of 1,392 | #8 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.7% | #990 of 1,481 | #96 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #135 of 798 | #12 of 73 |
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
423
-33 (-7%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 375
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 423 | 46 | 9.2:1 | 23% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 46 | 8.5:1 | 23% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 373 | 46 | 8.1:1 | 28% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 46 | 9.9:1 | 36% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 48 | 11.3:1 | 43% (236) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 45 | 11.6:1 | 46% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 32% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 537 | 30 | 17.9:1 | 29% (156) |
| 1990-91 | 375 | 19 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (545 to 423); teachers down 4% (48 to 46).
About Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School
Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in MAPLEWOOD, New Jersey. It enrolled 423 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
South Orange-Maplewood School District has a total of 10 schools and 6,728 students, Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School among them.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School. The largest is White students, at 43%. The remaining shares are 32% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Essex County's population at about 30%. Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.2:1. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey have 11.4:1, compared with 9.2:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School is 23%. That rate is below the 54% average among public schools in Essex County.
The allk12 Grade for Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School is C+. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 36% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 53.7%. Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School scores 46.9%.
Within Essex County, the median household income is $80,789, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. In all, Essex County has 249 public schools and roughly 145,473 students.
The closest other public school is Florence Avenue Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School is 4th of 9 on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 7% from 2020-21, when Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School had 456 students, to 2024-25, when it had 423.
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Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Orange-Maplewood School District
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- Maplewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 762 students
- South Orange Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- South Mountain Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- Clinton Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Tuscan Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
Other schools in MAPLEWOOD
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- Maplewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 762 students
- Clinton Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Tuscan Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Delia Bolden Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
Nearby schools
- Florence Avenue Elementary School0.6 mi · 694
- Chancellor Avenue Elementary School0.6 mi · 455
- Union Avenue Middle School0.9 mi · 735
- Clinton Elementary School0.9 mi · 542
- Tuscan Elementary School1.0 mi · 531
- Franklin Elementary1.1 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School?
Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School enrolls approximately 423 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School serve?
Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School have?
Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School?
Student demographics at Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School are roughly 43% White, 13% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School in?
Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School is part of South Orange-Maplewood School District.
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