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What's the biggest difference between Tuscan Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH ORANGE-MAPLEWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341533002444
Tuscan Elementary School
25 HARVARD AVE, MAPLEWOOD, NJ 07040 · (973) 378-5221 · Essex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
38 students
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
79.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
74.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.2% | 74.6% |
| 2023-24 | 79.9% | 69.9% |
% 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
70.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Tuscan Elementary School
Tuscan Elementary School's state test result (70.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuscan Elementary School this school | 531 | 7.2% | 70.6% |
| South Mountain Elementary School S ORANGE | 613 | 5.5% | 63.0% |
| Delia Bolden Elementary School MAPLEWOOD | 518 | 8.5% | 64.5% |
| Marshall Elementary School S ORANGE | 504 | 8.5% | 75.4% |
| Richard L Rice School MARLTON | 492 | 7.7% | 44.7% |
| Hainesport Township School HAINESPORT | 523 | 13.8% | 44.4% |
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 Tuscan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #152 of 1,290 | #19 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #172 of 1,319 ▲ 46 | #22 of 141 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #99 of 1,319 ▼ 14 | #18 of 141 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #333 of 1,562 | #44 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #755 of 1,390 | #34 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #698 of 1,392 | #47 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.2% | #1,311 of 1,481 | #124 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #300 of 798 | #19 of 73 |
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
531
-66 (-11%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 378
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 531 | 46 | 11.5:1 | 7% (38) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 45 | 12.2:1 | 7% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 577 | 46 | 12.5:1 | 7% (39) |
| 2020-21 | 597 | 47 | 12.7:1 | 7% (42) |
| 2017-18 | 616 | 48.4 | 12.7:1 | 8% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 640 | 43 | 14.9:1 | 10% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 616 | 35 | 17.6:1 | 9% (57) |
| 2000-01 | 538 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 14% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 378 | 25 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tuscan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (616 to 531); teachers down 5% (48.4 to 46).
About Tuscan Elementary School
Tuscan Elementary School sits in MAPLEWOOD, New Jersey, and is classified as an elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 531 students. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students.
The 10 schools of South Orange-Maplewood School District, including Tuscan Elementary School, enroll 6,728 students.
At 65%, White students outnumber all other groups at Tuscan Elementary School combined. After that, the student body is 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Essex County, the White share is about 30%. By the diversity index, Tuscan Elementary School comes in at 54%.
A ratio of 11.5:1 comes from the school's 46 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 11.4:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 7% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Essex County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.
Tuscan Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 70.6% and a predicted 62.2%.
In Essex County (population about 863,002), median household income is about $80,789, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 249 public schools operate in Essex County, serving about 145,473 students.
Maplewood Middle School is located about 0.4 miles from Tuscan Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 59.2%, lower than Tuscan Elementary School's 70.6%.
In the federal locale system, Tuscan Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Tuscan Elementary School had 597 students in 2020-21 and 531 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease. The ratio was 12.7:1 in 2020-21 and 11.5:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Tuscan Elementary School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Orange-Maplewood School District
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- Maplewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 762 students
- South Orange Middle SchoolMiddle · 752 students
- South Mountain Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- Clinton Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Delia Bolden Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
Other schools in MAPLEWOOD
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- Maplewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 762 students
- Clinton Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Delia Bolden Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
- Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration SchoolElementary · 423 students
Nearby schools
- Maplewood Middle School0.4 mi · 762
- Jefferson Elementary0.8 mi · 564
- Delia Bolden Elementary School0.8 mi · 518
- Columbia High School0.8 mi · 1,985
- Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School1.0 mi · 423
- Wyoming School1.0 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Tuscan Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tuscan Elementary School?
Tuscan Elementary School enrolls approximately 531 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Tuscan Elementary School serve?
Tuscan Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tuscan Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tuscan Elementary School is approximately 11.5:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tuscan Elementary School?
At Tuscan Elementary School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Tuscan Elementary School?
Tuscan Elementary School is overseen by South Orange-Maplewood School District in Essex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.