Enrollment
394
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIDGEWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341383000776
Somerville Elementary School
45 SOUTH PLEASANT AVE, RIDGEWOOD, NJ 07451 · (201) 670-2750 · Bergen County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
15 students
DISTRICT 3% · 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 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
89.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
86.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.1% | 86.6% |
| 2023-24 | 88.3% | 82.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 Somerville Elementary School
Somerville Elementary School's state test result (80.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somerville Elementary School this school | 394 | 3.8% | 80.8% |
| South Valley Elementary School MOORESTOWN | 400 | 2.8% | 78.3% |
| Edith A. Bogert Elementary School UPPER SADDLE RIVER | 368 | 0.8% | 76.2% |
| Mt. Horeb School Warren | 331 | 4.5% | 66.3% |
| Orchard Elementary School RIDGEWOOD | 348 | 5.2% | 82.4% |
| Oak Street School Basking Ridge | 427 | 2.6% | 77.9% |
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 Somerville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #28 of 1,290 | #6 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.6% | #25 of 1,319 ▲ 16 | #5 of 149 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.1% | #19 of 1,319 ▼ 2 | #4 of 149 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #726 of 1,562 | #45 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #904 of 1,390 | #94 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #503 of 1,392 | #67 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.8% | #1,372 of 1,481 | #123 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #605 of 798 | #66 of 85 |
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
394
+11 (+3%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 382
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 394 | 32.6 | 12.1:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2023-24 | 385 | 29.3 | 13.2:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 27.1 | 13.5:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | 27 | 14.2:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 416 | 27.6 | 15.1:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 429 | 32 | 13.4:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 501 | 27 | 18.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 444 | 26 | 17.1:1 | 1% (5) |
| 1990-91 | 382 | 21 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Somerville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (416 to 394); teachers up 18% (27.6 to 32.6).
About Somerville Elementary School
Somerville Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Ridgewood Public School District, located in RIDGEWOOD, New Jersey. Enrolled students number 394 students, in kindergarten through 5.
Somerville Elementary School is part of Ridgewood Public School District, where 10 schools serve 5,419 students.
Somerville Elementary School's enrollment is 58% White. Enrollment also includes 21% Asian, 12% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. The county population is about 55% White, within a few points of the school. Somerville Elementary School has a diversity index of 60%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 32.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.1:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 11.4:1, a similar figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 4%. For comparison, public schools in Bergen County average 28%.
allk12 grades Somerville Elementary School an A+. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Somerville Elementary School would score about 64.1%. It scores 80.8%, a top-10% result among New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among Bergen County residents, median household income is about $124,884, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Somerville Elementary School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County, which together enroll about 133,883 students.
The nearest other public school, Ridgewood High School, is about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Somerville Elementary School. By average proficiency, Somerville Elementary School is 1st among 8 schools close by.
Somerville Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 394, 3% above the 383 of 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 14.2:1 to 12.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Ridgewood Public School District
- Ridgewood High SchoolHigh · 1,740 students
- George Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 644 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 627 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Willard Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Hawes Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
Other schools in RIDGEWOOD
- Ridgewood High SchoolHigh · 1,740 students
- George Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 644 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 627 students
- Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Willard Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Hawes Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
Other Somerville Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Somerville Elementary. Somerville Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Somerville Elementary SchoolSOMERVILLE, TX · 200 students
- Somerville Elementary SchoolSomerville, ME · 32 students
Nearby schools
- Ridgewood High School0.4 mi · 1,740
- Stony Lane Elementary School0.6 mi · 223
- Benjamin Franklin Middle School0.9 mi · 627
- Travell Elementary School0.9 mi · 295
- Midland Elementary School1.0 mi · 200
- Hawes Elementary School1.0 mi · 357
Frequently asked questions
About Somerville Elementary SchoolHow large is Somerville Elementary School?
Somerville Elementary School enrolls approximately 394 students in grades KG-05.
Is Somerville Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Somerville Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Somerville Elementary School have?
Somerville Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
How diverse is Somerville Elementary School?
Somerville Elementary School reports a student body of 58% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 21% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Somerville Elementary School?
Somerville Elementary School is overseen by Ridgewood Public School District in Bergen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.