Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 281 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340576003443
Thomas Jefferson School #9
62 Alpine Street, Garfield, NJ 07026 · (973) 340-5039 · Bergen County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% 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
10.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
221 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
58%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 Garfield Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
67.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -6.3pp since 2023
Math
59.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.4pp 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 59 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.8% | 59.4% |
| 2023-24 | 74.1% | 55.0% |
% 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
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% 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 23 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 Thomas Jefferson School #9
Thomas Jefferson School #9's state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson School #9 this school | 368 | 60.1% | 56.2% |
| Christopher Columbus School #8 GARFIELD | 366 | 58.5% | 43.4% |
| Washington Irving School #4 GARFIELD | 441 | 57.4% | 56.8% |
| Belmar Elementary BELMAR | 400 | 56.0% | 46.3% |
| Merriam Avenue School NEWTON | 483 | 55.7% | 33.4% |
| Ridgeway Elementary School MANCHESTER | 476 | 57.4% | 33.1% |
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 School #9 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #407 of 1,290 | #87 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #416 of 1,319 ▲ 50 | #90 of 149 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #317 of 1,319 ▼ 138 | #83 of 149 ▼ 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #814 of 1,562 | #59 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #377 of 1,390 | #37 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #591 of 1,392 | #78 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #459 of 1,481 | #20 of 154 |
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
368
+73 (+25%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 9.2:1
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 | 368 | 36.4 | 10.1:1 | 60% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 369 | 38.2 | 9.7:1 | 57% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 328 | 35.4 | 9.3:1 | 44% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 295 | 32 | 9.2:1 | 49% (146) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Jefferson School #9.
About Thomas Jefferson School #9
Thomas Jefferson School #9 is a medium-sized elementary school located in Garfield, New Jersey. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 368 students.
Garfield Public School District counts 11 schools and 4,762 students, including Thomas Jefferson School #9.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Thomas Jefferson School #9, at 47%. The rest of enrollment is 45% White, 5% Black, and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Bergen County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. Thomas Jefferson School #9's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.
Thomas Jefferson School #9 operates with 36.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.1:1. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey have 11.4:1, compared with 10.1:1 here. Thomas Jefferson School #9 reports 60% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 28% average for public schools in Bergen County is 32 points.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Thomas Jefferson School #9 receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school in New Jersey with Thomas Jefferson School #9's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 33.3%. Thomas Jefferson School #9 scores 56.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Bergen County show that the median household income is $124,884, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Besides Thomas Jefferson School #9, Bergen County has 290 other public schools.
The school nearest to Thomas Jefferson School #9 is Garfield Public Preschool 3 at Headstart, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Thomas Jefferson School #9 ranks 2nd of 6 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has grown by 73 students since 2020-21, to 368.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Thomas Jefferson School #9. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Garfield Public School District
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,258 students
- Garfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 971 students
- Washington Irving School #4Elementary · 441 students
- Abraham Lincoln School #6Elementary · 385 students
- Christopher Columbus School #8Elementary · 366 students
- Roosevelt School #7Elementary · 282 students
Other schools in Garfield
- Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter SchoolCombined · 1,276 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,258 students
- Garfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 971 students
- Washington Irving School #4Elementary · 441 students
- Abraham Lincoln School #6Elementary · 385 students
- Christopher Columbus School #8Elementary · 366 students
Nearby schools
- Garfield Public Preschool 3 at Headstart0.5 mi · 102
- Franklin School0.5 mi · 328
- Garfield Public Preschool Annex0.6 mi · 105
- Garfield High School0.7 mi · 1,258
- Garfield Early Childhood Learning Center0.8 mi · 204
- Garfield Middle School0.8 mi · 971
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Jefferson School #9What is the total enrollment at Thomas Jefferson School #9?
Thomas Jefferson School #9 enrolls approximately 368 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Thomas Jefferson School #9 serve?
Thomas Jefferson School #9 serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thomas Jefferson School #9?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thomas Jefferson School #9 is approximately 10.1:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thomas Jefferson School #9?
At Thomas Jefferson School #9, the student body is approximately 45% White, 47% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Thomas Jefferson School #9 public or private?
Thomas Jefferson School #9 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Garfield Public School District.
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