Essex Fells School District

Summary:

The Essex Fells School District in New Jersey consists of a single school, Essex Fells Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade. Despite its small size, the school has consistently demonstrated exceptional academic performance, ranking among the top 40 elementary schools in the state for the past three years.

Essex Fells Elementary School stands out for its high proficiency rates on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessments (NJSLA) in both English Language Arts and Mathematics, significantly outperforming the state averages across all grade levels. The school has been ranked as high as 19th in the state, and the Essex Fells School District is ranked 11th out of 609 school districts in New Jersey, with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. With a student-teacher ratio of 9.9 to 1 and spending $16,556 per student, the school appears to be providing a high-quality education to its 247 students.

While the data does not include information on the school's socioeconomic diversity, the exceptional academic performance and statewide recognition of Essex Fells Elementary School suggest that it is a model of educational excellence that could offer valuable insights for other schools and districts in the region.

District Detail

102 Hawthorne Road
Essex Fells, NJ 07021

(973) 226-0505

SchoolDigger Rank:
11^th of 609 New Jersey districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-6
Students: 251

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 0
Alternative Schools: 0

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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
Essex Fells Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	102 Hawthorne Rd	Essex Fells	07021	Essex County	Essex Fells School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 226-0505	251	26	9.4		191 (76.1%)	4 (1.6%)	22 (8.8%)	17 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.8%)	94.1	40^th of 1347 public elementary schools	97.0%		94.8	34^th of 1338 public elementary schools	97.5%	6	60.0	87.5	85.0	93.3	90.6	87.5	70.0	83.3	84.4	$16,556	$263	$16,293

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Caldwell-West School District	0.76 mi	7	175^th
Verona Public School District	1.38 mi	6	143^rd
Roseland School District	1.68 mi	1	33^rd
Essex County Schools of Technology	1.69 mi	3	352^nd
West Orange Public Schools	1.85 mi	13	226^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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