NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in West Caldwell, NJ

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

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6
Schools
2,010
Students
52.5/100
Avg Resource Index
10.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, West Caldwell has more public-school enrollment than 12% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. James Caldwell High School enrolls 37.3% of West Caldwell's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

3 of West Caldwell's 6 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 0 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

West Caldwell lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 39 to 749 students, a 19-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 88%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
92nd percentile
Teacher staffing
97th percentile

James Caldwell High School accounts for 37.3% of all West Caldwell public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means West Caldwell-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. 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

West Caldwell school enrollment varies 19× across entities

West Caldwell school enrollment ranges from 39 students (lowest) to 749 students (highest), a spread of 710 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

West Caldwell student-teacher ratio is 10.6:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Essex County West Caldwell Tech 66
2. Wilson Elementary School 59
3. Jefferson Elementary School 56
4. James Caldwell High School 54
5. Washington Elementary School 50
6. Harrison School 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in West Caldwell

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 Essex County West Caldwell Tech 54.5/100
  2. 2 Harrison School 54.5/100
  3. 3 Wilson Elementary School 49.9/100
  4. 4 Jefferson Elementary School 47.9/100
  5. 5 Washington Elementary School 41.6/100

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Which West Caldwell school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Essex County West Caldwell Tech has the highest Resource Investment Index among the West Caldwell schools in this federal-data comparison at 66/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in West Caldwell, NJ? ▼

West Caldwell has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,010 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.6:1.

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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.