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Watchung Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 5

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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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
14 Garden St
Montclair, NJ 07042
Phone
(973) 509-4259
District
MONTCLAIR PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
ESSEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
385
Classroom Teachers
33

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

9

(10 is best)

Better than 85.3% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

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

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
70%
43%
68%
42%
71%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
63%
43%
71%
48%
55%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

80 60 40 20 0
68%
42%
72%
48%
64%
35%
    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
12
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 57 14.8%
Grade 1 55 14.3%
Grade 2 63 16.4%
Grade 3 66 17.1%
Grade 4 66 17.1%
Grade 5 62 16.1%
Total 385 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 59.8% 55.2% 41.1%
Black 12.5% 23.4% 15.3%
Hispanic 16.1% 15.3% 32.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 11.0% 5.9% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.2% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 10.4% 13.6% 33.2%
Free lunch eligible 8.8% 11.3% 29.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.6% 2.4% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 40,520 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 6,420.8 1,254
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.8% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.4% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.2% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.5% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 13.1% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 14,517 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 8.8% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.2% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 69.0% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 50.0% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.6% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 8.8% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 8.5% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 6.1% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.0% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 5.0% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,954 $78,860,538 48.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $4,424 $29,185,128 18.0%
Staff $680 $4,485,960 2.8%
General Administration $431 $2,843,307 1.8%
School Administration $1,105 $7,289,685 4.5%
Operation $1,735 $11,445,795 7.1%
Transportation $161 $1,062,117 0.7%
Other $470 $3,100,590 1.9%
Total Support $9,007 $59,419,179 36.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,596 $23,722,812 14.6%
Total Expenditures $24,557 $162,002,529 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,252 $16,876,633,536 49.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,485 $3,422,916,968 10.0%
Staff $778 $1,071,908,147 3.1%
General Administration $448 $617,313,228 1.8%
School Administration $1,106 $1,523,858,437 4.4%
Operation $2,059 $2,835,591,380 8.3%
Transportation $773 $1,065,361,101 3.1%
Other $557 $766,792,454 2.2%
Total Support $8,206 $11,303,690,627 33.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,415 $6,081,668,713 17.8%
Total Expenditures $24,874 $34,262,079,216 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%