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Hillside Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 4

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
340 Homans Avenue
Closter, NJ 07624
Phone
(201) 768-3860
District
Closter Public School District
County
BERGEN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
623
Classroom Teachers
60

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

9

(10 is best)

Better than 89.6% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Hillside Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
67%
43%
64%
41%
69%
45%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
81%
47%
86%
50%
75%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
10
12
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 20 3.2%
Kindergarten 110 17.7%
Grade 1 103 16.5%
Grade 2 110 17.7%
Grade 3 133 21.3%
Grade 4 119 19.1%
Total 623 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 46.2% 45.5% 40.1%
Black 1.0% 1.1% 15.1%
Hispanic 8.0% 9.2% 33.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 43.0% 42.7% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.7% 1.5% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 0.8% 1.3% 35.1%
Free lunch eligible 0.8% 1.3% 29.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 8,555 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,707.1 1,255
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.4% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.7% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.8% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.2% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 13.8% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,721 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 11.4% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.2% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 66.7% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 56.8% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.8% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 6.0% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 12.3% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 2.9% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 3.8% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 4.4% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,891 $15,688,000 61.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,230 $2,714,000 10.7%
Staff $421 $512,000 2.0%
General Administration $463 $563,000 2.2%
School Administration $919 $1,118,000 4.4%
Operation $1,374 $1,672,000 6.6%
Transportation $56 $68,000 0.3%
Other $628 $764,000 3.0%
Total Support $6,090 $7,411,000 29.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,955 $2,379,000 9.3%
Total Expenditures $20,935 $25,478,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,952 $17,923,333,000 51.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,555 $3,534,923,000 10.1%
Staff $804 $1,112,297,000 3.2%
General Administration $463 $640,692,000 1.8%
School Administration $1,140 $1,578,024,000 4.5%
Operation $2,061 $2,851,992,000 8.1%
Transportation $687 $951,282,000 2.7%
Other $633 $875,349,000 2.5%
Total Support $8,343 $11,544,559,000 32.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,100 $5,673,661,000 16.1%
Total Expenditures $25,395 $35,141,553,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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