Essex Fells School District

Essex Fells School District has one listed school, Essex Fells Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 6 in Essex Fells and enrolling 251 students. The most important finding is that in 2025–26 the school scored above New Jersey in every reported grade and subject, with leads of 29 to 44 percentage points.

With one listed school, school-to-school comparisons are not possible. Within the school, grade 3 math was the high point: 93% proficient, versus 49% statewide, a 44-point lead. Grade 6 math was the lowest reported result, at 70%, but still 30 points above the state’s 40%. Across grades 3–6, the unweighted ELA average was 85% versus 49% statewide, a 36-point lead; the math average was 81% versus 45%, a 35-point lead. Grade 5 science was 60%, compared with 27% statewide, a 33-point lead.

Results shifted by subject and grade from 2024–25 to 2025–26: the school’s average ELA proficiency fell 4 points, while its math average slipped 1 point. Math gains in grades 3 and 4—6 and 15 points—contrasted with declines of 8 points in grade 5 and 14 in grade 6. Grade 5 science stayed at 60% as the state result fell from 30% to 27%. SchoolDigger awarded the school five stars and ranked it 37th of 1,331 schools in 2025–26, after ranks of 34th and 40th in the prior two years; it was at the 97th percentile each year, and these rank changes are not test-score changes. The student-teacher ratio was 9.4 in 2024–25, chronic absenteeism was 4% versus 14% statewide, and the free/reduced lunch eligible share was 1% in 2022–23.