Yantacaw School

Yantacaw School, a mid-sized K-5 school in NUTLEY, New Jersey, operated by Nutley Public School District, instructs 512 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 26% above typical.

Nutley Public School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,299 students. Yantacaw School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Yantacaw School shows that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 26% Asian, 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 7% of students at Yantacaw School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Essex County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Yantacaw School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.2%; this one delivers 65.8%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Essex County) records that median household earnings sit near $80,789, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Yantacaw School is one of 249 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students).

The closest other public school is John H. Walker Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Yantacaw School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 51.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Yantacaw School's enrollment has grew 3% since 2018, when it stood at 497 (now 512). White enrollment moved from 59% to 48% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Yantacaw School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.