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Ralph S Maugham School

Public Grades K-5

107^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 92% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Ralph S Maugham School is an exceptional elementary school in Tenafly Public School District, serving students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school has consistently ranked among the top elementary schools in New Jersey, maintaining a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the past decade.

Ralph S Maugham School's academic performance is truly outstanding, with students significantly outperforming the state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 71.7% to 85% in ELA and 64.9% to 86.9% in Mathematics, far exceeding the state averages. The school's success extends to various student subgroups, including English Language Learners and special education students, who have also achieved exceptional results.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Malcolm S Mackay School and Walter Stillman School, both of which also perform well, Ralph S Maugham School stands out with its consistently higher test scores and rankings. When compared to schools in other districts, such as Honiss Elementary/Middle School and Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School, the difference in performance is even more pronounced, with Ralph S Maugham School significantly outpacing these institutions across various academic metrics.

358

Students ?

13.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,369

Per pupil spending ?

3.9%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

111 Magnolia Avenue
Tenafly, NJ 07670

(201) 816-7705

District: Tenafly Public School District

Students who attend Ralph S Maugham School usually attend:

Middle:	Tenafly Middle School
High:	Tenafly High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

57.5%

Asian:

30.7%

Hispanic:

8.9%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 85th percentile in 2015 → 92nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New Jersey average (78% vs 46% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 8% of New Jersey elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 7 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Near the bottom of Tenafly Public School District's ranking

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school78%

District avg78%

New Jersey avg46%

107^th of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Top 8%▲ up 7 pts since 2015

From top 15% (2015) to top 8% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 4Elementary Schools in the Tenafly Public School District

37^th of 609Tenafly 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	90.5	107 of 1347	92.1%	★★★★★
2024	86.1	192 of 1338	85.7%	★★★★☆
2023	93.5	56 of 1342	95.8%	★★★★★
2022	94.3	51 of 1345	96.2%	★★★★★
2021	94.3	52 of 1317	96.1%	★★★★★
2019	91.9	58 of 1360	95.7%	★★★★★
2018	89.5	101 of 1353	92.5%	★★★★★
2017	91.8	60 of 1352	95.6%	★★★★★
2016	90.6	91 of 1346	93.2%	★★★★★
2015	84.5	202 of 1357	85.1%	★★★★☆
2014	84.8	114 of 1363	91.6%	★★★★★
2013	87.1	48 of 1367	96.5%	★★★★★
2012	83.6	113 of 1363	91.7%	★★★★★
2011	85.1	71 of 1360	94.8%	★★★★★
2010	84.9	76 of 1354	94.4%	★★★★★
2009	84.5	99 of 1346	92.6%	★★★★★
2008	84.0	58 of 1338	95.7%	★★★★★
2007	84.9	13 of 1329	99.0%	★★★★★
2006	84.9	23 of 1314	98.2%	★★★★★
2005	79.8	182 of 1303	86.0%	★★★★☆
2004	85.3	58 of 1298	95.5%	★★★★★
2003	89.2	16 of 1204	98.7%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	79.4	53 of 330	83.9%	★★★★☆
2024	63.1	144 of 340	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	70.6	96 of 346	72.3%	★★★★☆
2022	75.1	71 of 348	79.6%	★★★★☆
2021	79.4	50 of 339	85.3%	★★★★☆
2019	83.8	20 of 370	94.6%	★★★★★
2018	75.7	70 of 370	81.1%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	97.4	23 of 597	96.1%	★★★★★
2022	100.0	1 of 489	99.8%	★★★★★
2021	97.6	21 of 411	94.9%	★★★★★
2019	99.2	8 of 463	98.3%	★★★★★
2018	86.1	50 of 434	88.5%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	87.9	141 of 1326	89.4%	★★★★☆
2024	79.5	276 of 1317	79.0%	★★★★☆
2023	93.8	44 of 1318	96.7%	★★★★★
2022	89.9	114 of 1326	91.4%	★★★★★
2021	91.3	81 of 1290	93.7%	★★★★★
2019	89.1	78 of 1331	94.1%	★★★★★
2018	84.0	173 of 1333	87.0%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	91.5	72 of 1318	94.5%	★★★★★
2024	89.2	112 of 1313	91.5%	★★★★★
2023	91.9	73 of 1315	94.4%	★★★★★
2022	94.9	35 of 1324	97.4%	★★★★★
2021	94.9	38 of 1297	97.1%	★★★★★
2019	92.3	55 of 1335	95.9%	★★★★★
2018	91.9	66 of 1334	95.1%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	76.2	186 of 1023	81.8%	★★★★☆
2024	58.6	319 of 989	67.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	91.2	54 of 958	94.4%	★★★★★
2022	93.4	40 of 949	95.8%	★★★★★
2021	75.4	140 of 868	83.9%	★★★★☆
2019	89.3	80 of 1007	92.1%	★★★★★
2018	81.3	149 of 1001	85.1%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	75.4	206 of 970	78.8%	★★★★☆
2024	71.5	241 of 963	75.0%	★★★★☆
2023	88.8	65 of 975	93.3%	★★★★★
2022	92.1	22 of 976	97.7%	★★★★★
2021	79.1	140 of 964	85.5%	★★★★☆
2019	79.3	149 of 1023	85.4%	★★★★☆
2018	72.8	246 of 1022	75.9%	★★★★☆

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)

English Language Learner (2025)96th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)95th percentile~ school

Female (2025)89th percentile-3 vs school

Asian (2025)84th percentile-8 vs school

Special Education (2025)82nd percentile-10 vs school

White (2025)79th percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics78%+31 vs state

Science78%+48 vs state

English Language Arts77%+27 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)						NJSLA Algebra I (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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
Ralph S Maugham School	Public	K-5	111 Magnolia Avenue	Tenafly	07670	Bergen County	Tenafly Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 816-7705	358	28	13.0	3.9%	206 (57.5%)	2 (0.6%)	32 (8.9%)	110 (30.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.2%)	90.5	107^th of 1347 public elementary schools	92.1%		86.1	192^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	85.7%	85	78.3		71.7	75.4	85.0				86.9	64.9	85.0						$20,369	$83	$20,286
Malcolm S Mackay School	Public	K-5	111 Jefferson Avenue	Tenafly	07670	Bergen County	Tenafly Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 816-7700	349	29	11.8	0.9%	147 (42.1%)	1 (0.3%)	28 (8.0%)	151 (43.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (5.7%)	91.6	88^th of 1347 public elementary schools	93.5%		86.7	182^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	86.4%	94	67.9		72.1	81.4	76.0				84.1	77.3	78.5						$19,077	$80	$18,997
Merritt Memorial	Public	1-5	1 Dogwood Lane	Cresskill	07626	Bergen County	Cresskill Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 227-7791	282	28	10.2	1.4%	155 (55.0%)	11 (3.9%)	19 (6.7%)	84 (29.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.6%)	85.4	189^th of 1347 public elementary schools	86.0%		86.1	191^st of 1338 public elementary schools	85.7%	2	53.0		66.7	80.7	67.2				80.7	83.3	60.6						$19,901	$192	$19,709
Walter Stillman School	Public	PK, KG-5	75 Tenafly Road	Tenafly	07670	Bergen County	Tenafly Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 816-7710	314	28	11.1	3.2%	136 (43.3%)	5 (1.6%)	21 (6.7%)	136 (43.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.8%)	95.1	32^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	97.6%		93.1	60^th of 1338 public elementary schools	95.5%	28	75.4		81.1	86.0	86.6				83.1	88.0	80.3						$23,858	$86	$23,772
Edward H. Bryan	Public	PK, KG-5	51 Brookside Ave	Cresskill	07626	Bergen County	Cresskill Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 227-7791	555	41	13.7	1.1%	272 (49.0%)	7 (1.3%)	49 (8.8%)	204 (36.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.1%)	94.5	38^th of 1347 public elementary schools	97.2%		88.8	138^th of 1338 public elementary schools	89.7%	100	75.5		74.7	79.8	88.6				84.7	81.9	88.9						$17,273	$190	$17,083
J Spencer Smith School	Public	K-5	101 Downey Drive	Tenafly	07670	Bergen County	Tenafly Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 816-7715	326	28	11.6	1.5%	181 (55.5%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.7%)	113 (34.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.8%)	90.1	114^th of 1347 public elementary schools	91.5%		93.4	57^th of 1338 public elementary schools	95.7%	57	61.0		62.5	83.3	81.5				76.7	81.4	74.6						$20,613	$84	$20,529
Jefferson Elementary School	Public	K-5	200 Hickory Avenue	Bergenfield	07621	Bergen County	Bergenfield Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 385-8804	291	18	16.5	36.1%	42 (14.4%)	22 (7.6%)	148 (50.9%)	69 (23.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.1%)	60.3	531^st of 1347 public elementary schools	60.6%		59.8	547^th of 1338 public elementary schools	59.1%	16	39.4		40.8	67.3	75.9				38.9	36.5	65.5						$12,685	$127	$12,558
Honiss Elementary/Middle School	Public	K-8	31 Depew St	Dumont	07628	Bergen County	Dumont Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(201) 387-3020	624	51	12.1	19.7%	217 (34.8%)	26 (4.2%)	255 (40.9%)	100 (16.0%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	21 (3.4%)	71.2	405^th of 1347 public elementary schools	69.9%		73	381^st of 1338 public elementary schools	71.5%	24	47.9	32.4	49.1	44.8	65.2	67.9	65.9	69.8	64.1	55.9	80.5	59.2	53.7	21.7	96.2	96.2	$16,471	$311	$16,160
County Road School	Public	PK, KG-1	130 County Rd	Demarest	07627	Bergen County	Demarest School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 768-6060	221	19	11.9	1.8%	132 (59.7%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.1%)	76 (34.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)								(n/a)																	$15,886	$123	$15,763
Washington Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	49 S Summit Street	Bergenfield	07621	Bergen County	Bergenfield Borough School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(201) 385-8771	253	20	12.7	39.5%	24 (9.5%)	16 (6.3%)	141 (55.7%)	58 (22.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	12 (4.7%)	65.5	473^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	64.9%		63.3	499^th of 1338 public elementary schools	62.7%	26	42.8		43.5	73.2	65.3				50.0	57.1	54.0						$13,691	$360	$13,331

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