Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 411 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUSSEX-WANTAGE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341596005412
Wantage Elementary School
815 ROUTE 23, WANTAGE, NJ 07461 · (973) 875-4589 · Sussex County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
139 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 17 | 4% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 30% |
| Grade 4 | 139 | 35% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 31% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Wantage Elementary School→Sussex Middle School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Sussex-Wantage Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
30.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
34.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 34.1% |
| 2023-24 | 28.2% | 32.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Wantage Elementary School
Wantage Elementary School's state test result (29.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wantage Elementary School this school | 396 | 35.1% | 29.1% |
| Clifton E. Lawrence WANTAGE | 426 | 35.2% | N/A |
| Olivet Elementary School PITTSGROVE | 357 | 30.5% | 42.0% |
| Lanoka Harbor Elementary School LANOKA HARBOR | 465 | 31.2% | 40.4% |
| Waterford Elementary School Waterford | 431 | 34.6% | 41.2% |
| Drum Point Road Elementary School BRICK TOWN | 465 | 30.8% | 42.4% |
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 Wantage Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Sussex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #977 of 1,290 | #22 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #896 of 1,319 ▼ 23 | #20 of 22 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #1,107 of 1,319 ▼ 16 | #22 of 22 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #716 of 1,562 | #12 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #385 of 1,390 | #11 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.2% | #1,245 of 1,392 | #23 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #775 of 1,481 | #6 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.1% | #141 of 545 | #7 of 16 |
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
396
+70 (+21%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 534
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 396 | 39 | 10.2:1 | 35% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 39 | 9.1:1 | 27% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 338 | 38 | 8.9:1 | 28% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | 35 | 9.3:1 | 30% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 341 | 39.5 | 8.6:1 | 31% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 39 | 9.2:1 | 30% (106) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | 31 | 16.8:1 | 22% (114) |
| 2000-01 | 572 | 43 | 13.3:1 | 17% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 534 | 33 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wantage Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (341 to 396); teachers down 1% (39.5 to 39).
About Wantage Elementary School
Wantage Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in New Jersey, located in WANTAGE. The school runs grades 3 through 5 and enrolls 396 students.
Sussex-Wantage Regional School District enrolls 1,113 students in 3 schools, including Wantage Elementary School.
White students are 85% of those enrolled at Wantage Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Sussex County, where about 82% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 27, compared with 70 nationally.
Wantage Elementary School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 11.4:1. The school has 35% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 23% average for public schools in Sussex County is 12 points.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Wantage Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10% in New Jersey. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.1%, against a prediction of 47.0%.
In Sussex County, home to about 145,807 people, the median household earns about $116,186 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Wantage Elementary School shares Sussex County with 45 other public schools.
Wantage Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Clifton E. Lawrence, its nearest public school. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Wantage Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Wantage Elementary School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 396, up from 326 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Sussex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
145,807
Census ACS
Median income
$116,186
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
19,579 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sussex-Wantage Regional School District
- Clifton E. LawrenceElementary · 426 students
- Sussex Middle SchoolMiddle · 291 students
Nearby schools
- Clifton E. Lawrence0.5 mi · 426
- Sussex Middle School1.6 mi · 291
- High Point Regional High School District2.6 mi · 791
- Wallkill Valley Regional High School5.5 mi · 581
- Walnut Ridge School5.5 mi · 95
- Glen Meadow Middle School5.7 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About Wantage Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wantage Elementary School?
Wantage Elementary School enrolls approximately 396 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Wantage Elementary School serve?
Wantage Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Wantage Elementary School?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at Wantage Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Wantage Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wantage Elementary School are roughly 85% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Wantage Elementary School?
Wantage Elementary School is overseen by Sussex-Wantage Regional School District in Sussex County.
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