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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 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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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
620
Classroom Teachers
60

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

9

(10 is best)

Better than 86.3% 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
68%
44%
68%
42%
67%
46%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
74%
47%
78%
49%
70%
44%
    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 30 4.8%
Kindergarten 92 14.8%
Grade 1 120 19.4%
Grade 2 113 18.2%
Grade 3 119 19.2%
Grade 4 146 23.5%
Total 620 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 42.7% 44.0% 39.1%
Black 1.2% 1.3% 14.9%
Hispanic 8.5% 9.1% 34.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 46.3% 44.3% 10.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.2% 1.4% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 1.8% 2.0% 37.1%
Free lunch eligible 1.8% 2.0% 31.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 5.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 8,544 9,290,841
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,703.6 1,259
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.9% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 24.6% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 26.5% 32.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.8% 26.9%
65 OR OLDER 14.2% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,632 3,478,355
Single Parent Households With Children 11.1% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.7% 90.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 66.2% 42.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 58.6% 32.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.0% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 7.1% 11.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 11.4% 12.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 2.8% 10.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 3.8% 7.7%
$15,000 or less 3.3% 6.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,971 $16,919,000 58.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,738 $3,316,000 11.5%
Staff $448 $543,000 1.9%
General Administration $482 $584,000 2.0%
School Administration $963 $1,166,000 4.1%
Operation $1,680 $2,035,000 7.1%
Transportation $80 $97,000 0.3%
Other $655 $793,000 2.8%
Total Support $7,047 $8,534,000 29.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,738 $3,316,000 11.5%
Total Expenditures $23,756 $28,769,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,629 $20,370,924,000 51.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,803 $3,903,661,000 9.9%
Staff $872 $1,214,300,000 3.1%
General Administration $482 $671,066,000 1.7%
School Administration $1,195 $1,664,142,000 4.2%
Operation $2,241 $3,120,212,000 7.9%
Transportation $950 $1,322,740,000 3.3%
Other $616 $857,184,000 2.2%
Total Support $9,159 $12,753,305,000 32.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,641 $6,462,515,000 16.3%
Total Expenditures $28,428 $39,586,744,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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