Essex Junior Academy
Public elementary school, kindergarten to grade 8 · Cedar Grove, New Jersey
Essex Junior Academy in Cedar Grove, New Jersey enrolled 15 students in 2024-25 with 4.5 full-time teachers, 3.3 students per teacher against the New Jersey elementary-school median of 11.2. It was not a Title I school in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 21% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 13%
19 students in 2022-23, 21 students in 2023-24, 15 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 4.0 to 4.5.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 19 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
| 2023-24 | 21 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 2024-25 | 15 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
3.3 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 100 of every 100 New Jersey elementary schools
Among the 1,483 New Jersey elementary schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 11.2; the national median for elementary schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
Programs and staff in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Essex Junior Academy enrolled 15 students; it reported 1 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)not reported
- Out-of-school suspensions1
- Chronically absentnot reported for this school
Who attends
66.7% of students were Black, 33.3% Hispanic in 2024-25.
- Black66.7%
- Hispanic33.3%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
Elementary schools in Cedar Grove
3 public elementary schools in Cedar Grove report 2024-25 enrollment; Essex Junior Academy is number 3 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| South End Elementary School | 349 | 12.5 | 5.4% |
| North End Elementary School | 309 | 10.0 | 9.4% |
| Essex Junior Academy | 15 | 3.3 | 46.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Essex Junior Academy
- South End Elementary SchoolThe nearest public elementary school, 0.7 miles away: 349 students, 12.5 per teacher (2024-25).0.7 mi
- Frederic N. Brown Elementary SchoolThe next nearest public elementary school, 1.1 miles away: 247 students, 12.5 per teacher (2024-25).1.1 mi
- Compare Essex Junior Academy with South End Elementary SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Essex Regional Educational Services Commission spends per student$217,451 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$217,451
- The largest public schools in New JerseyEssex Junior Academy is the number 1,485 by size of 1,485 New Jersey elementary schools open in 2024-25.#1,485 of 1,485
- New Jersey schools by students per teacher3.3 students per teacher here against the New Jersey median of 11.2 for elementary schools.3.3:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Essex Junior Academy
How many students attend Essex Junior Academy?
15 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 19 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Cedar Grove, NJ.What is the student-teacher ratio at Essex Junior Academy?
3.3 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the New Jersey median for elementary schools is 11.2. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Essex Junior Academy a Title I school?
Essex Junior Academy was not a Title I school in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What district is Essex Junior Academy in?
Essex Regional Educational Services Commission, NCES district ID 3480300. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 348030006040 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.