Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TENAFLY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341611000874
Walter Stillman School
75 TENAFLY ROAD, TENAFLY, NJ 07670 · (201) 816-7710 · Bergen County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
10 students
DISTRICT 3% · 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 | 18 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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 Tenafly Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
84.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
83.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.5% | 83.5% |
| 2023-24 | 80.5% | 80.0% |
% 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
79.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% 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 15 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 Walter Stillman School
Walter Stillman School's state test result (79.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Stillman School this school | 314 | 3.2% | 79.3% |
| Hilldale School PINE BROOK | 327 | 1.5% | 85.3% |
| Malcolm S Mackay School TENAFLY | 349 | 0.9% | 72.1% |
| T. Baldwin Demarest Elementary School OLD TAPPAN | 374 | 0.8% | 71.6% |
| Hartshorn School SHORT HILLS | 392 | 0.8% | 83.5% |
| Hawes Elementary School RIDGEWOOD | 357 | 5.0% | 72.7% |
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 Walter Stillman School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #40 of 1,290 | #9 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #52 of 1,319 ▲ 9 | #15 of 149 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #47 of 1,319 ▲ 27 | #12 of 149 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #1,051 of 1,562 | #107 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #659 of 1,390 | #68 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.8% | #422 of 1,392 | #50 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.2% | #1,387 of 1,481 | #126 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.1% | #166 of 798 | #21 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
314
-20 (-6%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 286
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 314 | 28.1 | 11.2:1 | 3% (10) |
| 2023-24 | 325 | 30.4 | 10.7:1 | 3% (9) |
| 2022-23 | 347 | 30.6 | 11.4:1 | 3% (11) |
| 2020-21 | 334 | 31 | 10.8:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 393 | 30.3 | 13.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2015-16 | 390 | 29 | 13.4:1 | 3% (10) |
| 2010-11 | 368 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2000-01 | 330 | 18 | 18.3:1 | 1% (2) |
| 1990-91 | 286 | 14 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walter Stillman School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (393 to 314); teachers down 7% (30.3 to 28.1).
About Walter Stillman School
The public elementary school Walter Stillman School is located in TENAFLY, New Jersey. The student body numbers 314 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405, so this school runs 22% smaller than that.
Tenafly Public School District counts 6 schools and 3,404 students, including Walter Stillman School.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Walter Stillman School, at 43%. The rest of enrollment is 43% Asian, 7% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Bergen County, the White share is about 55%. Walter Stillman School's diversity index is 62%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Walter Stillman School and a ratio of 11.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 3% of students. The rate at public schools in Bergen County averages 28%, higher than here.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Walter Stillman School 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.
Walter Stillman School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 79.3%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in New Jersey are predicted to post 64.4%, so the school is 14.9 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
Census Bureau estimates for Bergen County show that the median household income is $124,884, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Walter Stillman School is one of 291 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Walter Stillman School is Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 79.3% is above the 48.2% average for nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment dropped 6% from its 2020-21 level of 334.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Tenafly Public School District
- Tenafly High SchoolHigh · 1,141 students
- Tenafly Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
- Ralph S Maugham SchoolElementary · 358 students
- Malcolm S Mackay SchoolElementary · 349 students
- J Spencer Smith SchoolElementary · 326 students
Other schools in TENAFLY
- Tenafly High SchoolHigh · 1,141 students
- Tenafly Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
- Ralph S Maugham SchoolElementary · 358 students
- Malcolm S Mackay SchoolElementary · 349 students
- J Spencer Smith SchoolElementary · 326 students
Nearby schools
- Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School0.6 mi · 489
- Dr. John Grieco Elementary School0.8 mi · 499
- J Spencer Smith School0.8 mi · 326
- Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@Englewood0.8 mi · 1,083
- Donald A. Quarles Early Childhood Center1.0 mi · 434
- Janis E. Dismus Middle School1.0 mi · 342
Frequently asked questions
About Walter Stillman SchoolHow large is Walter Stillman School?
Walter Stillman School enrolls approximately 314 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Walter Stillman School serve?
Walter Stillman School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Walter Stillman School?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Walter Stillman School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Walter Stillman School?
At Walter Stillman School, the student body is approximately 43% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 43% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Walter Stillman School?
Walter Stillman School is overseen by Tenafly Public School District in Bergen County.
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