North Caldwell School District

The North Caldwell School District in New Jersey is home to two exceptional elementary schools: Grandview Elementary School and Gould/Mountain Elementary School. These schools serve students from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade and have consistently demonstrated outstanding academic performance, earning the district a ranking of 20 out of 609 school districts in the state.

Both Grandview Elementary and Gould/Mountain Elementary have significantly higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics compared to the state averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, Grandview Elementary's 3rd-grade students had 77% proficiency in ELA and 83% proficiency in Math, far exceeding the state averages of 44.9% and 49.8%, respectively. Similarly, Gould/Mountain Elementary's 4th, 5th, and 6th-grade students demonstrated exceptional performance, with proficiency rates ranging from 73.5% to 96.9% in ELA and Math.

While the schools' chronic absenteeism rates of 14.9% in the 2023-2024 school year are slightly higher than the desired target of 10% or less, the district's investment in resources, such as higher spending per student and lower student-teacher ratios, may contribute to the schools' academic success. Grandview Elementary spent $9,810 per student in the 2018-2019 school year, while Gould/Mountain Elementary spent $10,455 per student, and they had student-teacher ratios of 12:1 and 7.5:1, respectively, in the 2023-2024 school year. Overall, the North Caldwell School District is providing a high-quality education and setting its students up for success.