Enrollment
164
Elementary
DISTRICT 232 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH ARLINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341143000638
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
100 Prospect Avenue, North Arlington, NJ 07031 · (201) 991-6800 · Bergen County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL164 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% 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.
- A-Beats 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
12.2:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
72 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 19 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (28).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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 North Arlington School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
68.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -4.6pp since 2023
Math
57.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.1pp 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 58 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 56.8% |
% 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
55.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School this school | 164 | 43.9% | 55.9% |
| Franklin School LYNDHURST | 196 | 39.8% | N/A |
| Garfield Early Childhood Learning Center GARFIELD | 204 | 48.0% | N/A |
| School One Woodland Park | 122 | 46.7% | N/A |
| Tulsa Trail Elementary School Hopatcong | 215 | 41.9% | 37.1% |
| Franklin D Roosevelt Elementary School North Arlington | 132 | 33.3% | 44.6% |
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 Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #410 of 1,290 | #88 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #444 of 1,319 ▼ 10 | #96 of 149 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #303 of 1,319 ▼ 110 | #81 of 149 ▼ 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 164 | #1,442 of 1,562 | #159 of 173 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.9% | #677 of 1,481 | #48 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.6% | #16 of 798 | #2 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
164
-8 (-5%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 240
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 164 | 13.5 | 12.2:1 | 44% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 169 | 15.9 | 10.6:1 | 34% (57) |
| 2022-23 | 179 | 12.9 | 13.9:1 | 36% (64) |
| 2020-21 | 172 | 12 | 14.3:1 | 25% (43) |
| 2017-18 | 291 | 16.8 | 17.3:1 | 24% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 318 | 16 | 19.9:1 | 23% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 315 | 15 | 21.0:1 | 27% (85) |
| 2000-01 | 317 | 14 | 22.6:1 | 11% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 240 | 12 | 20.0:1 | 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 44% (291 to 164); teachers down 20% (16.8 to 13.5).
About Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
Federal records list Thomas Jefferson Elementary School as an elementary school in North Arlington, New Jersey. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 164 students. Against the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey, enrollment here is 60% lower.
North Arlington School District runs Thomas Jefferson Elementary School along with 5 other schools, enrolling 1,988 students in total.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, 48% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 46% White and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Bergen County's population at about 23%. By the diversity index, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School comes in at 56%.
The school employs the equivalent of 13.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is 44%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bergen County is 28%.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 78% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 55.9%; the prediction is 42.1%.
Bergen County census figures show that median household income is about $124,884, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. A total of 291 public schools operate in Bergen County, serving about 133,883 students.
The nearest public school is Hornblower Early Childhood Center, at about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School ranks 1st in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 164 was 5% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 172. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 14.3:1 to 12.2:1.
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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 North Arlington School District
- North Arlington High SchoolHigh · 634 students
- Veterans Middle SchoolMiddle · 426 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 335 students
- Susan B. Anthony Elementary SchoolElementary · 297 students
- Franklin D Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 132 students
Other schools in North Arlington
- North Arlington High SchoolHigh · 634 students
- Veterans Middle SchoolMiddle · 426 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 335 students
- Susan B. Anthony Elementary SchoolElementary · 297 students
- Franklin D Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 132 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 28th largest of the 28.
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolTURNERSVILLE, NJ · 511 students
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolHAWTHORNE, NJ · 264 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryGlendale, CA · 815 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryBurbank, CA · 758 students
- Thomas Jefferson ElementaryLouisa, VA · 672 students
Nearby schools
- Hornblower Early Childhood Center0.5 mi · 245
- Susan B. Anthony Elementary School0.5 mi · 297
- North Arlington High School0.5 mi · 634
- Veterans Middle School0.5 mi · 426
- George Washington Elementary School0.6 mi · 335
- Roosevelt Elementary School0.7 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Thomas Jefferson Elementary School?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School enrolls approximately 164 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Thomas Jefferson Elementary School serve?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Thomas Jefferson Elementary School have?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
How diverse is Thomas Jefferson Elementary School?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School reports a student body of 46% White, 48% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in?
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is part of North Arlington School District.
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