Enrollment
250
Elementary
DISTRICT 260 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST MILFORD TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341752005010
Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School
41 HENRY ROAD, HEWITT, NJ 07421 · (973) 697-1707 · Passaic County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL250 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
78 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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 West Milford Township 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
57.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
54.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . -7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 down about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.8% | 54.2% |
| 2023-24 | 58.7% | 61.6% |
% 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
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School
Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School this school | 250 | 31.2% | 54.5% |
| Lillian Drive School HAZLET | 260 | 30.8% | 41.4% |
| Ocean City Primary School OCEAN CITY | 271 | 31.7% | 56.2% |
| Oaklyn Public School OAKLYN | 273 | 29.7% | 40.7% |
| Southampton Township School #2 SOUTHAMPTON | 222 | 29.7% | 39.3% |
| Apshawa Elementary School WEST MILFORD | 266 | 25.9% | 55.8% |
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 Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #437 of 1,290 | #20 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #510 of 1,319 ▼ 161 | #21 of 87 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #536 of 1,319 ▼ 50 | #21 of 87 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 250 | #1,294 of 1,562 | #81 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #800 of 1,390 | #48 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.2% | #1,069 of 1,392 | #60 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.2% | #836 of 1,481 | #72 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #181 of 798 | #23 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
250
+53 (+27%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 461
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 250 | 21.5 | 11.7:1 | 31% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 21.2 | 12.4:1 | 20% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 197 | 21.3 | 9.3:1 | 23% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 197 | 20 | 9.8:1 | 18% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 309 | 24.6 | 12.6:1 | 25% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 302 | 25 | 12.1:1 | 24% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 313 | 15 | 20.9:1 | 10% (32) |
| 2000-01 | 452 | 26 | 17.4:1 | 12% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 461 | 27 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (309 to 250); teachers down 13% (24.6 to 21.5).
About Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School
Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School is a small elementary school based in HEWITT, New Jersey. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 250 students. Elementary schools in New Jersey have about 405 students on average; enrollment here is 38% lower.
The district, West Milford Township Public School District, has 2,920 students enrolled across 7 schools.
The share of White students at Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School is 75%, a majority. The school is also 20% Hispanic. That is higher than the 41% White share among all Passaic County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 39%.
On staff are 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is similar, at 11.4:1. Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 31%. Public schools in Passaic County average 61%.
Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 68% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 54.5% and a predicted 49.1%.
Looking at the county, Passaic County, median household income comes to about $87,522, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 155 public schools and about 83,237 students.
Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School is about 3.9 miles from Marshall Hill Elementary School, its nearest public school. Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School has 5 other public schools within five miles. Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School's average proficiency of 54.5% compares with 61.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's student count increased 27% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio increased from 9.8:1 to 11.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 West Milford Township Public School District
- West Milford High SchoolHigh · 947 students
- Macopin Middle SchoolMiddle · 675 students
- Maple Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Marshall Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 283 students
- Apshawa Elementary SchoolElementary · 266 students
- Paradise Knoll Elementary SchoolElementary · 196 students
Nearby schools
- Marshall Hill Elementary School3.9 mi · 283
- SANFORDVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.1 mi · 791
- WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL4.7 mi · 1,314
- WARWICK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL4.8 mi · 1,069
- PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.0 mi · 456
- GREENWOOD LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.5 mi · 191
Frequently asked questions
About Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School?
Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School enrolls approximately 250 students in grades KG-05.
Is Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School have?
Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School?
Student demographics at Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School are roughly 75% White, 20% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School public or private?
Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by West Milford Township Public School District.
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