Wesley D Tisdale Elementary School

Located at 200 ISLAND AVENUE, in RAMSEY, New Jersey, Wesley D Tisdale Elementary School is a cozy elementary-level community that hosts 302 students (grades pre-K through 3), operated by Ramsey School District. That puts it 25% smaller than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Within Ramsey School District, which oversees 5 schools and 2,310 students, Wesley D Tisdale Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Wesley D Tisdale Elementary School logs that 70% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 20% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Wesley D Tisdale Elementary School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 16% of students at Wesley D Tisdale Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Wesley D Tisdale Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.6%; this one delivers 71.2%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bergen County put median household income runs about $124,884, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Bergen County runs 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), of which Wesley D Tisdale Elementary School is one.

Ramsey High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wesley D Tisdale Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 68.3%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Wesley D Tisdale Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 26% since 2018, when it stood at 406 (now 302). Asian enrollment moved from 12% to 6% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 today.

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