Enrollment
264
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAWTHORNE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340699004814
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
233 GOFFLE HILL ROAD, HAWTHORNE, NJ 07507 · (973) 423-6480 · Passaic County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL264 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% 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.
- 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
10.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
63 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 44 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Hawthorne Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
61.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
68.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 62 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 up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.7% | 68.2% |
| 2023-24 | 56.8% | 60.8% |
% 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School this school | 264 | 23.9% | 55.3% |
| Franklin Elementary School SUCCASUNNA | 281 | 23.1% | 36.5% |
| Riverdale School RIVERDALE | 273 | 22.3% | 51.6% |
| Birchwood Elementary School DOVER | 314 | 21.0% | 53.8% |
| Lincoln Elementary School ROCKAWAY | 272 | 27.9% | 47.5% |
| Cambridge Park Elementary School Aberdeen | 286 | 19.6% | N/A |
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 Thomas Jefferson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #422 of 1,290 | #18 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #270 of 1,319 ▲ 95 | #4 of 87 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #446 of 1,319 ▲ 84 | #16 of 87 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 264 | #1,241 of 1,562 | #73 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #556 of 1,390 | #28 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #492 of 1,392 | #12 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.9% | #961 of 1,481 | #82 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #683 of 798 | #57 of 66 |
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
264
+12 (+5%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 308
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
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 | 264 | 24.5 | 10.8:1 | 24% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 277 | 26.5 | 10.4:1 | 19% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 266 | 24.5 | 10.9:1 | 15% (39) |
| 2020-21 | 252 | 22 | 11.4:1 | 15% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 273 | 25.4 | 10.7:1 | 17% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 268 | 21 | 12.8:1 | 14% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 250 | 12 | 20.8:1 | 13% (32) |
| 2000-01 | 335 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 2% (6) |
| 1990-91 | 308 | 17 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Jefferson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (273 to 264); teachers down 4% (25.4 to 24.5).
About Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
Families in HAWTHORNE, New Jersey, are served by Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, a small elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 264 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405 students.
Within Hawthorne Public School District, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is one of 5 schools. The district enrolls 2,129 students.
White students account for 53% of enrollment at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School. Enrollment also includes 33% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. The school's White share is 12 points above the 41% share among Passaic County residents. By the diversity index, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School comes in at 60%.
Teachers at the school number 24.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.8:1. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is about 11.4:1. The school's lunch program data list 24% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Passaic County is 61%.
allk12 grades Thomas Jefferson Elementary School a B. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.1% for Thomas Jefferson Elementary School. The school posts 55.3%, 2.2 points above the prediction.
Among Passaic County residents, median household income is about $87,522, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is one of 155 public schools in Passaic County, which together enroll about 83,237 students.
The closest public school, Roosevelt Elementary School, is about 0.4 miles from Thomas Jefferson Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is 2nd on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 264 was 5% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 252.
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Passaic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
521,012
Census ACS
Median income
$87,522
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
83,237 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hawthorne Public School District
- Hawthorne High SchoolHigh · 569 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 522 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 253 students
Other schools in HAWTHORNE
- Hawthorne High SchoolHigh · 569 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 522 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 253 students
Other Thomas Jefferson Elementary schools
27 other US public schools in 15 states are named Thomas Jefferson Elementary. Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is the 24th largest of the 28.
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolTURNERSVILLE, NJ · 511 students
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolNorth Arlington, NJ · 164 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryGlendale, CA · 815 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryBurbank, CA · 758 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryLouisa, VA · 672 students
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt Elementary School0.4 mi · 521
- Calvin Coolidge Elementary School1.0 mi · 316
- Hawthorne High School1.2 mi · 569
- Memorial Elementary School1.3 mi · 349
- Sicomac Elementary School1.4 mi · 369
- Richard E Byrd School1.4 mi · 246
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Thomas Jefferson Elementary School?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 264 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Thomas Jefferson Elementary School serve?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School.
How diverse is Thomas Jefferson Elementary School?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School reports a student body of 53% White, 33% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Thomas Jefferson Elementary School?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is overseen by Hawthorne Public School District in Passaic County.
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