Enrollment
334
Elementary
DISTRICT 322 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEQUANNOCK TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341290004482
Stephen J. Gerace School
59 Boulevard, Pequannock, NJ 07440 · (973) 305-5615 · Morris County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL334 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% 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.
- B-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
13.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
13 students
DISTRICT 5% · 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 | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 35% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
Based on grade levels within Pequannock Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
70.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
68.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 down about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.8% | 68.4% |
| 2023-24 | 75.1% | 72.3% |
% 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Stephen J. Gerace School
Stephen J. Gerace School's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen J. Gerace School this school | 334 | 3.9% | 65.5% |
| North Boulevard School Pompton Plains | 326 | 4.0% | 62.9% |
| Mary A. Hubbard Elementary School RAMSEY | 331 | 5.4% | 65.5% |
| Hillview School Pompton Plains | 306 | 5.2% | 66.3% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary School WYCKOFF | 354 | 0.8% | 62.0% |
| Taunton Forge Elementary School MEDFORD | 318 | 5.3% | 59.2% |
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 Stephen J. Gerace School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #226 of 1,290 | #28 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #267 of 1,319 ▼ 95 | #34 of 77 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #247 of 1,319 ▼ 90 | #29 of 77 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 334 | #965 of 1,562 | #47 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,210 of 1,390 | #88 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.8% | #1,157 of 1,392 | #80 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.9% | #1,368 of 1,481 | #69 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.8% | #133 of 545 | #15 of 40 |
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
334
+56 (+20%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 258
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 334 | 24.2 | 13.8:1 | 4% (13) |
| 2023-24 | 330 | 22.2 | 14.9:1 | 5% (15) |
| 2022-23 | 303 | 22.4 | 13.6:1 | 3% (9) |
| 2020-21 | 278 | 21 | 13.2:1 | 2% (6) |
| 2017-18 | 286 | 19.8 | 14.5:1 | 7% (19) |
| 2015-16 | 281 | 20 | 14.1:1 | 7% (20) |
| 2010-11 | 301 | 17 | 17.7:1 | 4% (11) |
| 2000-01 | 341 | 17 | 20.1:1 | 2% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 258 | 15 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stephen J. Gerace School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (286 to 334); teachers up 22% (19.8 to 24.2).
About Stephen J. Gerace School
As a small elementary school, Stephen J. Gerace School serves students in Pequannock, New Jersey. There are 334 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5.
Besides Stephen J. Gerace School, Pequannock Township School District runs 4 other schools. The district enrolls 2,097 students.
White students are 79% of those enrolled at Stephen J. Gerace School. The remaining shares are 15% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Morris County's population at about 68%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 35%.
There are about 13.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Stephen J. Gerace School, which has 24.2. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Stephen J. Gerace School is about 4%. The gap from the 19% average for public schools in Morris County is 15 points.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Stephen J. Gerace School outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Stephen J. Gerace School is 1.5 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (65.5% versus 64.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
For Morris County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $137,326, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. There are 156 public schools in the county, enrolling about 72,239, Stephen J. Gerace School among them.
Lincoln Park Middle School is about 0.8 miles from Stephen J. Gerace School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Stephen J. Gerace School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 334, up from 278 in 2020-21.
The Stephen J. Gerace School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pequannock Township School District
- Pequannock Township High SchoolHigh · 655 students
- Pequannock Valley SchoolMiddle · 476 students
- North Boulevard SchoolElementary · 326 students
- Hillview SchoolElementary · 306 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Park Middle School0.8 mi · 368
- Hillview School0.9 mi · 306
- Pequannock Valley School1.0 mi · 476
- Pequannock Township High School1.1 mi · 655
- George Washington Middle School1.7 mi · 493
- Ryerson Elementary School1.9 mi · 250
Frequently asked questions
About Stephen J. Gerace SchoolHow large is Stephen J. Gerace School?
Stephen J. Gerace School enrolls approximately 334 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Stephen J. Gerace School serve?
Stephen J. Gerace School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Stephen J. Gerace School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Stephen J. Gerace School is approximately 13.8:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Stephen J. Gerace School?
At Stephen J. Gerace School, the student body is approximately 79% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Stephen J. Gerace School?
Stephen J. Gerace School is overseen by Pequannock Township School District in Morris County.
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