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Deanna G. Taylor Academy

Public Grades 2-6

1096^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 19% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Deanna G. Taylor Academy is an elementary school located in Hillside, New Jersey, serving grades 2-6 with a student population of 191. The school is part of the Hillside Public School District, which is ranked 474 out of 609 districts in New Jersey and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Deanna G. Taylor Academy has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of New Jersey elementary schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the recent school years.

Deanna G. Taylor Academy faces significant challenges in terms of academic performance, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics well below the state averages. The school also has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.9% to 20.7% over the past few years, which are significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 74.87% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year.

When compared to other elementary schools in the Hillside district and the surrounding area, Deanna G. Taylor Academy consistently underperforms. For example, Hurden Looker Elementary School and Ola Edwards Community School, which are also part of the Hillside district, have higher academic proficiency rates, lower chronic absenteeism, and a more favorable socioeconomic profile. Deanna G. Taylor Academy's performance has also declined over time, with the school's statewide ranking dropping from 405 out of 1,354 schools in 2009-2010 to 1,096 out of 1,347 schools in 2024-2025.

202

Students ?

10.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,412

Per pupil spending ?

72.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

614 Tillman St
Hillside, NJ 07205-1721

(908) 352-7664

District: Hillside Public School District

Students who attend Deanna G. Taylor Academy usually attend:

Middle:	Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School
High:	Hillside High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

55.0%

Hispanic:

30.7%

White:

9.9%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 46th percentile in 2007 → 19th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (27% vs 46% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (19th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 27 percentile points since 2007

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school27%

District avg38%

New Jersey avg46%

1,096^th of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Bottom 19%▼ down 17 pts since 2021

From bottom 35% (2021) to bottom 19% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 3Elementary Schools in the Hillside Public School District

474^th of 609Hillside 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	20.1	1096 of 1347	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.3	991 of 1338	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.7	1028 of 1342	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.2	1074 of 1345	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	31.0	853 of 1317	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2011	58.5	712 of 1360	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2010	72.3	405 of 1354	70.1%	★★★★☆
2009	62.5	611 of 1346	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2008	67.1	529 of 1338	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2007	59.7	715 of 1329	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2006	60.7	690 of 1314	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2005	61.3	660 of 1303	49.3%	★★☆☆☆
2004	36.6	966 of 1298	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	16.4	1012 of 1204	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	59.2	140 of 463	69.8%	★★★★☆
2024	54.2	186 of 469	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.1	201 of 463	56.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	45.2	264 of 494	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	60.0	128 of 456	71.9%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	23.9	494 of 597	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	40.7	285 of 559	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.9	347 of 499	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	25.0	387 of 489	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	24.8	992 of 1326	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.3	878 of 1317	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.7	947 of 1318	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.9	995 of 1326	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	41.3	712 of 1290	44.8%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	35.7	658 of 1032	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	22.9	780 of 989	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.5	715 of 982	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	58.8	274 of 896	69.4%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	39.5	655 of 1023	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	44.6	467 of 939	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	37.6	552 of 910	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.1	621 of 863	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	49.7	358 of 839	57.3%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	19.4	1076 of 1318	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.1	995 of 1313	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.0	1030 of 1315	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.8	1056 of 1324	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.0	874 of 1297	32.6%	★★☆☆☆

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)

African American (2025)70th percentile+51 vs school

Hispanic (2025)36th percentile+18 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)36th percentile+17 vs school

Female (2025)25th percentile+7 vs school

Male (2025)18th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2025)17th percentile~ school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts37%-15 vs state

Mathematics21%-24 vs state

Science11%-19 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-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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Deanna G. Taylor Academy	Public	2-6	614 Tillman St	Hillside	07205	Union County	Hillside Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 352-7664	202	20	10.1	72.8%	20 (9.9%)	111 (55.0%)	62 (30.7%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	3 (1.5%)	20.1	1096^th of 1347 public elementary schools	18.6%		26.3	991^st of 1338 public elementary schools	25.9%	105	11.1		31.6	42.9	42.4	33.4			30.0	25.0	13.9	15.0			$13,412		$13,412
Hurden Looker Elementary School	Public	2-6	1261 Liberty Ave	Hillside	07205	Union County	Hillside Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 352-7664	408	32	12.7	78.2%	46 (11.3%)	164 (40.2%)	187 (45.8%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	4 (1.0%)	46.1	723^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	46.3%		37.8	825^th of 1338 public elementary schools	38.3%	102	24.3		42.1	59.5	72.0	60.9			34.2	36.3	42.9	26.5			$6,063		$6,063
Franklin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1500 Lindy Terrace	Union	07083	Union County	Township of Union School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 851-6450	453	45	10.0	63.6%	22 (4.9%)	291 (64.2%)	96 (21.2%)	28 (6.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.1%)	20.9	1083^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	19.6%		15.6	1138^th of 1338 public elementary schools	14.9%	55			29.6	40.7					32.1	20.9					$8,711	$368	$8,343
Livingston Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	960 Midland Blvd	Union	07083	Union County	Township of Union School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 851-6440	485	37	13.1	37.5%	115 (23.7%)	152 (31.3%)	157 (32.4%)	28 (5.8%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	28 (5.8%)	47.4	715^th of 1347 public elementary schools	46.9%		54.9	609^th of 1338 public elementary schools	54.5%	106			45.6	57.2					33.3	52.1					$7,845		$7,845
Ola Edwards Community School	Public	2-6	1530 Leslie St	Hillside	07205	Union County	Hillside Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 352-7664	391	34	11.5	82.9%	38 (9.7%)	188 (48.1%)	154 (39.4%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	34.7	886^th of 1347 public elementary schools	34.2%		33.8	885^th of 1338 public elementary schools	33.9%	1	20.2		36.6	34.6	58.8	61.9			40.0	19.3	43.4	18.0			$5,766		$5,766
Chancellor Avenue Elementary School	Public	K-5	844 Chancellor Avenue	Irvington	07111	Essex County	Irvington Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 399-6858	455	36	12.8	85.3%	2 (0.4%)	332 (73.0%)	117 (25.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	15.2	1171^st of 1347 public elementary schools	13.1%		14.9	1144^th of 1338 public elementary schools	14.5%	27	8.0		26.6	31.7	30.2				34.5	12.2	19.5				$8,796	$165	$8,631
Mt. Vernon Avenue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	54 Mt Vernon Avenue	Irvington	07111	Essex County	Irvington Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 399-6875	605	43	14.2	63.0%	5 (0.8%)	454 (75.0%)	143 (23.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11.3	1227^th of 1347 public elementary schools	8.9%		12.8	1189^th of 1338 public elementary schools	11.1%	38	10.0		20.8	20.5	28.4				11.3	19.1	22.3				$7,174	$155	$7,019
Abram P. Morris Early Childhood Center	Public	PK, KG-1	143 Coe Ave	Hillside	07205	Union County	Hillside Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 352-7664	625	49	12.7	69.3%	77 (12.3%)	287 (45.9%)	243 (38.9%)	9 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.3%)								(n/a)															$7,179		$7,179
Chancellor Avenue School	Public	PK, KG-8	321 Chancellor Ave	Newark	07112	Essex County	Newark Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 705-3870	607	45	13.4	88.3%	5 (0.8%)	517 (85.2%)	78 (12.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.8%)	10.2	1251^st of 1347 public elementary schools	7.1%		10.9	1224^th of 1338 public elementary schools	8.5%	27	10.4	4.4	23.8	12.7	27.1	21.6	35.6	31.1	19.0	8.5	22.9	6.0	15.5	17.7	$10,224	$849	$9,375
Connecticut Farms Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	875 Stuyvesant Avenue	Union	07083	Union County	Township of Union School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 851-6470	430	38	11.3	42.8%	88 (20.5%)	142 (33.0%)	146 (34.0%)	36 (8.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	15 (3.5%)	49.4	686^th of 1347 public elementary schools	49.1%		41.7	772^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	42.3%	86			40.3	67.7					36.4	53.0					$9,283		$9,283

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