NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Cedar Grove, NJ

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5 public K-12 schools in Cedar Grove from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
1,562
Students
63.2/100
Avg Resource Index
8.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Cedar Grove has more public-school enrollment than 6% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Cedar Grove lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

2 of Cedar Grove's 5 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Cedar Grove lists only 5 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 15 to 468 students, a 31-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 94%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
99th percentile
Teacher staffing
99th percentile

Memorial Middle School accounts for 30.0% of all Cedar Grove public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Cedar Grove-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Cedar Grove school enrollment varies 31× across entities

Cedar Grove school enrollment ranges from 15 students (lowest) to 468 students (highest), a spread of 453 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Cedar Grove student-teacher ratio is 8.9:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Essex Junior Academy 71
2. Cedar Grove High School 70
3. North End Elementary School 63
4. South End Elementary School 57
5. Memorial Middle School 55

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Cedar Grove

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 South End Elementary School 44.6/100
  2. 2 Essex Junior Academy 44.4/100
  3. 3 Memorial Middle School 40.4/100
  4. 4 North End Elementary School 40.0/100
  5. 5 Cedar Grove High School 39.4/100

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Which Cedar Grove school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Essex Junior Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Cedar Grove schools in this federal-data comparison at 71/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Cedar Grove, NJ? ▼

Cedar Grove has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,562 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 8.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.