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Yantacaw School

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Yantacaw School ranks 282 nd of 1347 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-6

282^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 79% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Yantacaw School is an elementary school located in Nutley, New Jersey, serving grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 518 students. As part of the Nutley Public School District, which is ranked 177 out of 609 districts in New Jersey, Yantacaw School has consistently maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, ranking among the top 20-25% of elementary schools in the state.

Yantacaw School's academic performance is particularly noteworthy, as the school consistently outperforms the Nutley Public School District and the state of New Jersey in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, Yantacaw School had 90.8% of 6th-grade students proficient or better in NJSLA/English Language Arts, compared to 86.1% for the district and 56.1% for the state. Similarly, in NJSLA/Mathematics, Yantacaw School had 79% of 5th-grade students proficient or better, compared to 59.6% for the district and 44.2% for the state. Additionally, the school ranks among the top 10-15% of New Jersey elementary schools for Asian and Hispanic students in English Language Arts and Mathematics, indicating that it is effectively serving the needs of its diverse student population.

While Yantacaw School's academic performance is impressive, the school also stands out in other areas. It has maintained relatively low chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 12.8% to 19.6% over the past few years, which is generally lower than the state average. Furthermore, Yantacaw School has a relatively low percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 3.96% to 5.6% over the past few years, suggesting that the school serves a more affluent student population compared to some of the nearby schools, such as Memorial School and Oak View Elementary School. Overall, Yantacaw School's strong academic performance, low chronic absenteeism rates, and unique student population make it a standout in the Nutley Public School District.

512

Students ?

14.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,239

Per pupil spending ?

7.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

20 Yantacaw Place
Nutley, NJ 07110

(973) 661-8891

District: Nutley Public School District

Students who attend Yantacaw School usually attend:

Middle:	John H. Walker Middle School
High:	Nutley High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

47.7%

Asian:

25.6%

Hispanic:

20.5%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 67th percentile in 2015 → 79th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New Jersey average (68% vs 46% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 21% of New Jersey elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 12 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school68%

District avg61%

New Jersey avg46%

282^nd of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Top 21%▲ up 12 pts since 2015

From top 33% (2015) to top 21% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 5Elementary Schools in the Nutley Public School District

177^th of 609Nutley Public School District among New Jersey districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	80.5	282 of 1347	79.1%	★★★★☆
2024	81.5	261 of 1338	80.5%	★★★★☆
2023	81.3	252 of 1342	81.2%	★★★★☆
2022	80.4	284 of 1345	78.9%	★★★★☆
2021	74.0	302 of 1317	77.1%	★★★★☆
2019	73.0	400 of 1360	70.6%	★★★★☆
2018	78.9	282 of 1353	79.2%	★★★★☆
2017	74.2	385 of 1352	71.5%	★★★★☆
2016	76.1	339 of 1346	74.8%	★★★★☆
2015	69.1	442 of 1357	67.4%	★★★☆☆
2014	73.2	406 of 1363	70.2%	★★★★☆
2013	76.0	343 of 1367	74.9%	★★★★☆
2012	78.3	273 of 1363	80.0%	★★★★☆
2011	77.4	296 of 1360	78.2%	★★★★☆
2010	74.8	344 of 1354	74.6%	★★★★☆
2009	79.5	226 of 1346	83.2%	★★★★☆
2008	74.8	335 of 1338	75.0%	★★★★☆
2007	75.6	272 of 1329	79.5%	★★★★☆
2006	73.2	386 of 1314	70.6%	★★★★☆
2005	80.4	169 of 1303	87.0%	★★★★☆
2004	71.7	413 of 1298	68.2%	★★★☆☆
2003	82.9	161 of 1204	86.6%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	81.0	41 of 330	87.6%	★★★★☆
2024	82.1	29 of 340	91.5%	★★★★★
2023	74.1	73 of 346	78.9%	★★★★☆
2022	56.6	163 of 348	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	52.5	162 of 339	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	31.2	262 of 370	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	68.5	111 of 370	70.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	83.3	210 of 1326	84.2%	★★★★☆
2024	73.2	357 of 1317	72.9%	★★★★☆
2023	78.5	277 of 1318	79.0%	★★★★☆
2022	74.4	350 of 1326	73.6%	★★★★☆
2021	72.0	296 of 1290	77.1%	★★★★☆
2019	75.0	329 of 1331	75.3%	★★★★☆
2018	78.6	283 of 1333	78.8%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	88.9	78 of 1032	92.4%	★★★★★
2024	90.2	70 of 989	92.9%	★★★★★
2023	84.4	115 of 982	88.3%	★★★★☆
2022	88.3	76 of 953	92.0%	★★★★★
2021	84.7	85 of 896	90.5%	★★★★★
2019	86.1	87 of 899	90.3%	★★★★★
2018	89.6	67 of 870	92.3%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	75.1	333 of 1318	74.7%	★★★★☆
2024	85.2	191 of 1313	85.5%	★★★★☆
2023	81.6	240 of 1315	81.7%	★★★★☆
2022	84.2	199 of 1324	85.0%	★★★★☆
2021	73.6	290 of 1297	77.6%	★★★★☆
2019	69.5	430 of 1335	67.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	77.4	295 of 1334	77.9%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	41.5	515 of 1023	49.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	71.0	199 of 989	79.9%	★★★★☆
2023	70.7	197 of 958	79.4%	★★★★☆
2022	82.9	107 of 949	88.7%	★★★★☆
2021	70.1	175 of 868	79.8%	★★★★☆
2019	61.1	330 of 1007	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	67.4	270 of 1001	73.0%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	56.4	436 of 970	55.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	53.1	461 of 963	52.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	63.1	349 of 975	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	65.4	323 of 976	66.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	56.7	372 of 964	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	54.5	469 of 1023	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	57.2	464 of 1022	54.6%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Hispanic (2025)92nd percentile+13 vs school

Asian (2025)88th percentile+9 vs school

Female (2025)84th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)75th percentile-4 vs school

White (2025)55th percentile-24 vs school

Special Education (2025)50th percentile-29 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts73%+21 vs state

Mathematics65%+20 vs state

Science58%+27 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)	NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)				NJSLA Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Yantacaw School	Public	PK, KG-6	20 Yantacaw Place	Nutley	07110	Essex County	Nutley Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 661-8891	512	34	14.9	7.2%	244 (47.7%)	10 (2.0%)	105 (20.5%)	131 (25.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (3.9%)	80.5	282^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	79.1%		81.5	261^st of 1338 public elementary schools	80.5%	21	57.6	52.4	74.3	78.9	90.8	51.7	60.6	79.0	73.7	$11,239	$133	$11,106
Spring Garden School	Public	PK, KG-6	59 S Spring Garden Ave	Nutley	07110	Essex County	Nutley Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 661-8896	606	34	18.0	7.9%	346 (57.1%)	13 (2.1%)	135 (22.3%)	79 (13.0%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	28 (4.6%)	83.5	225^th of 1347 public elementary schools	83.3%		78.5	302^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	77.4%	77	32.2	70.4	77.6	78.6	89.1	72.7	75.9	60.0	67.3	$12,955	$167	$12,788
Radcliffe School	Public	K-6	379 Bloomfield Ave	Nutley	07110	Essex County	Nutley Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 667-8819	342	31	10.9	13.5%	204 (59.6%)	12 (3.5%)	85 (24.9%)	26 (7.6%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	12 (3.5%)	72.5	385^th of 1347 public elementary schools	71.4%		72	395^th of 1338 public elementary schools	70.5%	10	42.9	50.0	77.8	56.9	67.4	67.5	62.3	60.8	51.0	$14,637	$186	$14,451
Washington School	Public	PK, KG-6	155 Washington Ave	Nutley	07110	Essex County	Nutley Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 661-8887	534	39	13.5	23.4%	212 (39.7%)	16 (3.0%)	191 (35.8%)	88 (16.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.5%)	72.7	383^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	71.6%		75	356^th of 1338 public elementary schools	73.4%	27	32.9	49.3	67.8	67.5	91.0	64.4	56.3	56.3	61.5	$11,365	$259	$11,106
School #8	Public	PK, KG-5	41 Oak Street	Clifton	07014	Passaic County	Clifton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 470-2392	165	17	9.7	55.8%	29 (17.6%)	7 (4.2%)	110 (66.7%)	15 (9.1%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	18.3	1124^th of 1347 public elementary schools	16.6%		33.7	888^th of 1338 public elementary schools	33.6%	236	11.8	6.5	52.4	26.1		29.1	33.3	17.4		$18,003		$18,003
Lincoln School	Public	K-6	301 Harrison St	Nutley	07110	Essex County	Nutley Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 661-8882	446	36	12.5	26.7%	178 (39.9%)	19 (4.3%)	187 (41.9%)	44 (9.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.8%)	50.8	670^th of 1347 public elementary schools	50.3%		58.4	563^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	57.9%	107	35.4	28.2	50.8	64.1	86.0	36.1	40.7	45.3	48.0	$11,383	$288	$11,095
Demarest Elementary School	Public	K-6	465 Broughton Ave	Bloomfield	07003	Essex County	Bloomfield Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 680-8510	482	42	11.3	34.4%	125 (25.9%)	79 (16.4%)	222 (46.1%)	41 (8.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.9%)	59.8	543^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	59.7%		58.9	557^th of 1338 public elementary schools	58.4%	14	37.6	51.5	53.2	62.8	71.9	50.7	41.7	42.9	55.4	$5,551	$111	$5,440
Franklin School	Public	K-2	360 Stuyvesant Ave	Lyndhurst	07071	Bergen County	Lyndhurst Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 896-2077	196	14	14.0	39.8%	79 (40.3%)	3 (1.5%)	97 (49.5%)	12 (6.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.0%)								(n/a)										$6,440	$662	$5,778
Memorial School	Public	PK, KG-2	319 New York Avenue	Lyndhurst	07071	Bergen County	Lyndhurst Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 438-6390	94	5	17.6	26.6%	41 (43.6%)	4 (4.3%)	42 (44.7%)	2 (2.1%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.3%)								(n/a)										$6,528	$138	$6,390
Oak View Elementary School	Public	K-6	150 Garrabrant Avenue	Bloomfield	07003	Essex County	Bloomfield Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(973) 680-8590	399	32	12.6	14.5%	169 (42.4%)	33 (8.3%)	121 (30.3%)	53 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.8%)	90	116^th of 1347 public elementary schools	91.4%		91.1	95^th of 1338 public elementary schools	92.9%	21	53.1	61.6	80.0	86.0	100.0	74.3	72.3	78.0	86.5	$8,218		$8,218

Frequently Asked Questions about Yantacaw School

What district is Yantacaw School in?

Nutley Public School District

How many students attend Yantacaw School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 512 students attended Yantacaw School.

What schools do graduates of Yantacaw School attend?

Students who attend Yantacaw School usually go on to attend:

Middle : John H. Walker Middle School
High : Nutley High School

What is the racial makeup of Yantacaw School?

Students at Yantacaw School are 48% White, 26% Asian, 21% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races, 2% African American.

Is Yantacaw School a good school?

Yantacaw School ranks 282^nd of 1347 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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