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John A. Forrest Elementary School

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John A. Forrest Elementary School ranks 316 th of 1347 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-4

316^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 77% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

John A. Forrest Elementary School is a public elementary school in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, serving students from kindergarten to 4th grade. The school is part of the highly-ranked Fair Lawn Public School District, which is rated 5 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger.

John A. Forrest Elementary School consistently outperforms the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics on the NJSLA assessments. In the 2024-2025 school year, 64.3% of 3rd graders and 59.2% of 4th graders were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state averages of 44.9% and 53.6%, respectively. In Mathematics, the school had 73.6% of 3rd graders and 65.3% of 4th graders proficient or better, compared to the state averages of 49.8% and 46.7%. The school has also shown strong performance across various student subgroups, ranking highly in the state for Hispanic students and English Language Learners in ELA.

While John A. Forrest Elementary School is a strong-performing school within the Fair Lawn Public School District, it is not the top-performing school in the district. Lyncrest Elementary School and Radburn Elementary School consistently outperform John A. Forrest in both ELA and Mathematics test scores, as well as in their statewide rankings. Additionally, the school's spending per student of $7,529 in the 2018-2019 school year is on the lower end compared to the nearby schools in the Fair Lawn district.

258

Students ?

9.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$7,529

Per pupil spending ?

22.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

10 - 00 Hopper Ave
Fair Lawn, NJ 07410-1815

(201) 794-5565

District: Fair Lawn Public School District

Students who attend John A. Forrest Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Thomas Jefferson Middle School
High:	Fair Lawn High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

45.7%

Hispanic:

27.9%

Asian:

20.5%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 69th percentile in 2015 → 77th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New Jersey average (66% vs 49% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 23% of New Jersey elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 8 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

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

!Near the bottom of Fair Lawn Public School District's ranking

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school66%

District avg77%

New Jersey avg49%

316^th of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Top 23%▲ up 7 pts since 2015

From top 31% (2015) to top 23% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

6^th of 6Elementary Schools in the Fair Lawn Public School District

59^th of 609Fair Lawn 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	78.0	316 of 1347	76.5%	★★★★☆
2024	63.9	491 of 1338	63.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	80.1	271 of 1342	79.8%	★★★★☆
2022	63.6	513 of 1345	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	47.7	627 of 1317	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	51.7	701 of 1360	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	63.6	539 of 1353	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2017	67.1	499 of 1352	63.1%	★★★☆☆
2016	56.9	613 of 1346	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2015	70.5	417 of 1357	69.3%	★★★☆☆
2014	61.8	629 of 1363	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2013	61.3	653 of 1367	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2012	61.6	649 of 1363	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2011	69.1	507 of 1360	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2010	52.8	787 of 1354	41.9%	★★☆☆☆
2009	47.5	841 of 1346	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2008	52.3	812 of 1338	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2007	64.6	611 of 1329	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2006	62.2	662 of 1314	49.6%	★★☆☆☆
2005	52.8	784 of 1303	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2004	55.9	727 of 1298	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2003	49.2	730 of 1204	39.4%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2023	43.1	214 of 346	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.6	204 of 348	41.4%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	80.1	101 of 597	83.1%	★★★★☆
2022	46.6	204 of 489	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	52.5	122 of 411	70.3%	★★★★☆
2019	20.8	380 of 463	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	82.2	226 of 1326	83.0%	★★★★☆
2024	64.7	469 of 1317	64.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	75.1	336 of 1318	74.5%	★★★★☆
2022	59.9	540 of 1326	59.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	55.1	514 of 1290	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	45.0	776 of 1331	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	63.0	527 of 1333	60.5%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	84.1	123 of 1032	88.1%	★★★★☆
2024	65.9	279 of 989	71.8%	★★★★☆
2023	80.9	139 of 982	85.8%	★★★★☆
2022	63.1	286 of 953	70.0%	★★★★☆
2021	70.6	169 of 896	81.1%	★★★★☆
2019	43.3	497 of 899	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	80.8	121 of 870	86.1%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	67.2	248 of 1023	75.8%	★★★★☆
2024	50.2	417 of 939	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	78.7	117 of 910	87.1%	★★★★☆
2021	89.0	31 of 839	96.3%	★★★★★
2019	6.6	837 of 948	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	71.1	387 of 1318	70.6%	★★★★☆
2024	59.7	522 of 1313	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	83.3	221 of 1315	83.2%	★★★★☆
2022	65.9	443 of 1324	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	40.5	693 of 1297	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	61.0	531 of 1335	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	63.2	510 of 1334	61.8%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	85.7	109 of 1023	89.3%	★★★★☆
2024	59.9	311 of 989	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	48.4	451 of 1007	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.0	379 of 1001	62.1%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	63.3	354 of 970	63.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	52.6	465 of 963	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	76.1	193 of 975	80.2%	★★★★☆
2022	57.9	400 of 976	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	27.0	768 of 964	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.8	711 of 1023	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.0	638 of 1022	37.6%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Special Education (2025)89th percentile+13 vs school

Hispanic (2025)88th percentile+12 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)83rd percentile+7 vs school

Female (2025)83rd percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)76th percentile~ school

Male (2025)71st percentile-6 vs school

White (2025)64th percentile-13 vs school

Asian (2023)38th percentile-42 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics70%+22 vs state

English Language Arts62%+13 vs state

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by a parent
Saturday, October 13, 2018

Not willing to solve problems. Exaggerates students “shortcomings” that do not exist. Not handicapped accessible (except for teachers) and the principal is not interested in changing that. No sympathy or empathy for the handicapped population. And I wonder if the get incentives for trying to have well adjusted children talk to care one for mental health issues that the children do not have. Can’t think of any other reason they’d suggest a normal, well adjusted child that follows all the rules to be portrayed as a child with mental issues. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)						NJSLA Mathematics (2025)						NJSLA Algebra I (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-S Science 8th 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 English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
John A. Forrest Elementary School	Public	K-4	10 - 00 Hopper Ave	Fair Lawn	07410	Bergen County	Fair Lawn Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 794-5565	258	28	9.3	22.1%	118 (45.7%)	4 (1.6%)	72 (27.9%)	53 (20.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.3%)	78	316^th of 1347 public elementary schools	76.5%		63.9	491^st of 1338 public elementary schools	63.3%	175			64.3	59.2					73.6	65.3							$7,529	$114	$7,415
Lyncrest Elementary School	Public	K-4	9-04 Morlot Ave	Fair Lawn	07410	Bergen County	Fair Lawn Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 794-5555	185	17	10.9	16.8%	87 (47.0%)	8 (4.3%)	51 (27.6%)	29 (15.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.4%)	93.4	56^th of 1347 public elementary schools	95.8%		87.4	163^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	87.8%	107			77.7	85.0					82.2	82.5							$6,699	$104	$6,595
Westmoreland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	16-50 Parmelee Ave.	Fair Lawn	07410	Bergen County	Fair Lawn Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 794-5490	359	40	8.9	25.1%	181 (50.4%)	15 (4.2%)	96 (26.7%)	56 (15.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.1%)	88.4	153^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	88.6%		87	176^th of 1338 public elementary schools	86.8%	23			70.9	80.3					75.5	73.2							$4,704	$86	$4,618
School 18	Public	1-8	51 E 18th Street	Paterson	07524	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0180	601	60	10.1	68.4%	8 (1.3%)	42 (7.0%)	544 (90.5%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	17.1	1146^th of 1347 public elementary schools	14.9%		12.7	1190^th of 1338 public elementary schools	11.1%	44	14.9	8.0	34.8	35.6	26.1	22.2	36.1	46.4	35.0	27.2	11.9	8.2	11.4	1.9	39.1	39.1	$6,561		$6,561
Radburn Elementary School	Public	K-4	18-00 Radburn Rd	Fair Lawn	07410	Bergen County	Fair Lawn Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 794-5480	445	33	13.3	11.5%	258 (58.0%)	8 (1.8%)	53 (11.9%)	97 (21.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.3%)	95.5	22^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	98.4%		96.5	14^th of 1338 public elementary schools	99.0%	8			79.2	88.0					90.8	86.2							$6,159	$16	$6,143
School 26	Public	PK, KG-8	1 East 32nd Street	Paterson	07514	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0260	419	31	13.5	58.0%	4 (1.0%)	116 (27.7%)	293 (69.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	4.4	1330^th of 1347 public elementary schools	1.3%		4.2	1327^th of 1338 public elementary schools	0.8%	3	0.0	2.3	8.7	10.9	6.0	23.1	18.6	27.3	17.4	4.0	1.8	0.0	5.4	8.7			$8,427		$8,427
School 1	Public	K-5	1 East 32nd Street	Paterson	07514	Passaic County	Paterson Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 321-0490	217	21	10.3	64.5%	2 (0.9%)	65 (30.0%)	147 (67.7%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	57.5	578^th of 1347 public elementary schools	57.1%		37.1	839^th of 1338 public elementary schools	37.3%	261	26.9		47.3	58.4	76.9				66.6	33.3	42.3						$9,731		$9,731
Sixteenth Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-5	73 Sixteenth Avenue	Elmwood Park	07407	Bergen County	Elmwood Park School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 796-8700	410	40	10.3	53.2%	118 (28.8%)	49 (12.0%)	192 (46.8%)	38 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.9%)	30.2	953^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	29.3%		33.5	893^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	33.3%	60	16.9		25.5	66.1	38.4				22.3	33.3	30.3						$7,714		$7,714
Alexander Hamilton School	Public	K-5	380 Harristown Road	Glen Rock	07452	Bergen County	Glen Rock Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 445-7700	300	24	12.7	2.3%	160 (53.3%)	2 (0.7%)	25 (8.3%)	101 (33.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.7%)	95.1	31^st of 1347 public elementary schools	97.7%		96.9	11^th of 1338 public elementary schools	99.2%	20	78.7		67.9	96.2	94.7				76.3	92.3	95.1						$13,180	$28	$13,152
Henry B. Milnes Elementary School	Public	K-4	8-01 Phillip St	Fair Lawn	07410	Bergen County	Fair Lawn Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 794-5550	392	32	12.1	17.3%	223 (56.9%)	8 (2.0%)	64 (16.3%)	81 (20.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.1%)	88.1	159^th of 1347 public elementary schools	88.2%		88.9	133^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	90.1%	26			62.6	82.6					78.1	77.2							$5,535	$11	$5,524

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