Hillside Elementary School
54 Orange Rd
Montclair NJ, 07042, Essex County
Phone: 973-509-4200
Ranking: (687 out of 1,847, top 37%)*
Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 3 to Grade 5
School District: Montclair Town School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 50 | 49 | NA | NA | 40 | 43 | 57 | 42 | ||||||
Total Students: | 540 | 624 | 626 | 615 | 629 | 630 | 623 | |||||||
Grade 3: | 150 | 27.8% | 163 | 26.1% | 193 | 30.8% | 192 | 31.2% | 165 | 26.2% | 176 | 27.9% | 199 | 31.9% |
Grade 4: | 170 | 31.5% | 193 | 30.9% | 194 | 31.0% | 174 | 28.3% | 174 | 27.7% | 196 | 31.1% | 188 | 30.2% |
Grade 5: | 204 | 37.8% | 197 | 31.6% | 171 | 27.3% | 184 | 29.9% | 210 | 33.4% | 195 | 31.0% | 175 | 28.1% |
Ungraded: | 0 | 0.0% | 71 | 11.4% | 68 | 10.9% | 65 | 10.6% | 62 | 9.9% | 63 | 10.0% | 61 | 9.8% |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 242 | 44.8% | 293 | 47.0% | 302 | 48.2% | 308 | 50.1% | 318 | 50.6% | 312 | 49.5% | 302 | 48.5% |
Female: | 298 | 55.2% | 331 | 53.0% | 324 | 51.8% | 307 | 49.9% | 311 | 49.4% | 318 | 50.5% | 317 | 50.9% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.5% |
Asian: | 23 | 4.3% | 44 | 7.1% | 43 | 6.9% | 33 | 5.4% | 29 | 4.6% | 31 | 4.9% | 34 | 5.5% |
Hispanic: | 52 | 9.6% | 55 | 8.8% | 55 | 8.8% | 60 | 9.8% | 50 | 7.9% | 39 | 6.2% | 35 | 5.6% |
Black: | 174 | 32.2% | 221 | 35.4% | 228 | 36.4% | 212 | 34.5% | 242 | 38.5% | 234 | 37.1% | 226 | 36.3% |
White: | 263 | 48.7% | 294 | 47.1% | 289 | 46.2% | 290 | 47.2% | 307 | 48.8% | 325 | 51.6% | 325 | 52.2% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 28 | 5.2% | 6 | 1.0% | 6 | 1.0% | 15 | 2.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 102 | 18.9% | 88 | 14.1% | 15 | 2.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 107 | 17.0% | 83 | 13.2% | 75 | 12.0% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 32 | 5.9% | 33 | 5.3% | 9 | 1.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 35 | 5.6% | 32 | 5.1% | 24 | 3.9% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 10.76 | 12.84 | NA | NA | 15.38 | 14.63 | 7.70 | 14.80 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ASK | ||||||
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 87.4% | 88.0% | 79.4% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 90.7% | 91.4% | 83.2% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 93.0% | 89.4% | 82.4% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 89% | 89.8% | 83.4% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 93.0% | 94.3% | 86.1% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 82.2% | 78.2% | 62.9% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 66.0% | 71.5% | 59.8% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 77.8% | 77.7% | 63.0% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 74.9% | 76.2% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 76.7% | 76.3% | 66.4% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 84.8% | 85.3% | 76.6% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 94.1% | 91.4% | 82.5% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 90.3% | 91% | 86.8% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 90.1% | 92.2% | 87.3% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 95.0% | 94.7% | 86.8% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 85.4% | 85.1% | 75.4% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 77.3% | 86.0% | 78.3% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 85.5% | 87.7% | 78.9% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 80.4% | 83.9% | 78.4% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 79.9% | 85.4% | 77.7% |
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 78.2% | 85.4% | 77.6% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 84.9% | 89.1% | 82.2% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 85.0% | 85.6% | 81.6% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 88.6% | 88.4% | 80.0% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 85.0% | 85.6% | 80.6% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 88.5% | 89.2% | 82.7% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 76.8% | 76.0% | 63.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 82.3% | 74.1% | 59.7% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 74.2% | 73.3% | 62.7% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 75.5% | 74.4% | 58.5% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 74.1% | 73.1% | 59.4% |
2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 67.9% | 75.0% | 68.0% |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 71.0% | 74.4% | 72.1% |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 83.6% | 80.8% | 80.2% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 90.2% | 89.8% | 82.3% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 90.6% | 91.3% | 84.7% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 92.7% | 93.3% | 84.9% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 87.6% | 86.1% | 73.1% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 83.8% | 84.1% | 77.2% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 81.8% | 87.6% | 79.3% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 82.5% | 86.1% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 91.1% | 87.9% | 78.3% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 88.8% | 86.5% | 81.1% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 91.7% | 93.3% | 82.3% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 90.0% | 91.8% | 83.1% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 92.1% | 93.2% | 85.1% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 97.6% | 96.7% | 91.1% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 97.9% | 98.0% | 93.5% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 95.7% | 96.8% | 90.0% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 95.5% | 96.9% | 91.3% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 96.0% | 96.2% | 89.5% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 92.0% | 93.8% | 88.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 75.2% | 75.2% | 60.0% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 78.7% | 80.9% | 66.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 72.3% | 75.7% | 63.3% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 80.0% | 78.9% | 60.9% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 70.8% | 74.2% | 62.1% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 70.0% | 73.6% | 61.3% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 92.6% | 90.6% | 84.1% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 88.5% | 88.5% | 76.6% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 90.8% | 90.2% | 77.6% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 85.7% | 90.1% | 79.0% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 90.5% | 90.8% | 80.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 83.9% | 88.1% | 83.3% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 87.4% | 89.5% | 79.9% |
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* Hillside Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.