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What's something Warren G. Harding Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
659
Elementary
DISTRICT 717 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENILWORTH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340792005552
Warren G. Harding Elementary School
426 Boulevard, Kenilworth, NJ 07033 · (908) 276-5936 · Union County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL659 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% 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.
- DBeats 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
10.7:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
154 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 44 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 96 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 16% smaller than its 6th grade class (96).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Warren G. Harding Elementary School→David Brearley Middle/High School
Based on grade levels within Kenilworth School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
47.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
41.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . -5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.8% | 41.5% |
| 2023-24 | 50.6% | 47.1% |
% 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Warren G. Harding Elementary School
Warren G. Harding Elementary School's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren G. Harding Elementary School this school | 659 | 23.4% | 43.9% |
| Wanaque Elementary School WANAQUE | 506 | 21.3% | 51.8% |
| Wallace Elementary School HOBOKEN | 649 | 28.5% | 55.5% |
| Lincoln Park Elementary School LINCOLN PARK | 500 | 24.8% | 64.7% |
| Land O'Pines Elementary School HOWELL | 530 | 30.2% | 40.5% |
| Mountain View Elementary School FLANDERS | 565 | 21.2% | 54.4% |
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 Warren G. Harding Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #660 of 1,290 | #35 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #761 of 1,319 ▼ 146 | #36 of 93 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #769 of 1,319 ▼ 110 | #45 of 93 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 659 | #151 of 1,562 | #18 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #542 of 1,390 | #18 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #583 of 1,392 | #40 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.4% | #973 of 1,481 | #71 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #578 of 798 | #36 of 58 |
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
659
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 578
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 659 | 61.5 | 10.7:1 | 23% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 656 | 62.5 | 10.5:1 | 20% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 681 | 60.5 | 11.3:1 | 14% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 663 | 61 | 10.9:1 | 17% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 700 | 62 | 11.3:1 | 22% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 685 | 60 | 11.4:1 | 24% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 683 | 45 | 15.2:1 | 18% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 630 | 38 | 16.6:1 | 13% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 578 | 48 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Warren G. Harding Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (700 to 659); teachers down 1% (62 to 61.5).
About Warren G. Harding Elementary School
Warren G. Harding Elementary School is a large elementary school that serves part of Kenilworth, New Jersey. Students in pre-K through 6 attend the school, which enrolls 659 students. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students.
The district, Kenilworth School District, has 1,433 students enrolled across 2 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Warren G. Harding Elementary School is 53% White. Other reported shares: 37% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 39% White among all Union County residents. Warren G. Harding Elementary School has a diversity index of 58%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Warren G. Harding Elementary School employs 61.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, higher than at this school. Warren G. Harding Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 23%. The 52% average for public schools in Union County is 29 points higher.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Warren G. Harding Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Warren G. Harding Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 43.9% is 9.4 points below the 53.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Warren G. Harding Elementary School is located in Union County, where median household income is about $103,202, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Warren G. Harding Elementary School is one of 180 public schools in Union County, which together enroll about 99,046 students.
Nearby, David Brearley Middle/High School is about 0.2 miles away. Warren G. Harding Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Warren G. Harding Elementary School ranks 3rd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 43.9% against a local average of 42.9%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 663 to 659.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kenilworth School District
- David Brearley Middle/High SchoolHigh · 774 students
Nearby schools
- David Brearley Middle/High School0.2 mi · 774
- Orange Avenue School0.4 mi · 750
- Bloomingdale Avenue School0.9 mi · 226
- Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene School1.2 mi · 287
- Cranford High School1.4 mi · 1,116
- Brookside Place School1.4 mi · 364
Frequently asked questions
About Warren G. Harding Elementary SchoolHow large is Warren G. Harding Elementary School?
Warren G. Harding Elementary School enrolls approximately 659 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Warren G. Harding Elementary School serve?
Warren G. Harding Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Warren G. Harding Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Warren G. Harding Elementary School is approximately 10.7:1 (62 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Warren G. Harding Elementary School?
At Warren G. Harding Elementary School, the student body is approximately 53% White, 37% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Warren G. Harding Elementary School public or private?
Warren G. Harding Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kenilworth School District.
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