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Schools in Essex Fells · Essex Fells Borough School District, West Essex Regional School District

Essex Fells’s public schools outscore 86% of New Jersey districts

On the state reading tests, 76% of Essex Fells’s students scored proficient, above the New Jersey average (49%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Essex Fells, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within New Jersey, not nationally.

K–12Where will my kid go?

From New Jersey state tests taken in spring 2022, when 99% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
76%
▲ 27 pts vs NJ 49%
2021–22
Math proficiency
54%
▲ 18 pts vs NJ 36%
2021–22
Graduate on time
98%
▲ 8 pts vs NJ 90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$30.6K
▲ 8% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024 · West Essex Regional
Students per teacher
10.4
NJ 11.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
1,870 students on the public path
In brief

Essex Fells’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 91 New Jersey towns with household incomes within a quarter of Essex Fells’s, its schools beat 47%, lower than their 86% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Essex Fells runs its own schools through grade 6, then shares

Essex Fells Elementary School (PK–6) is Essex Fells’s own. From grade 7, students attend the West Essex Regional School District with Fairfield, North Caldwell and Roseland: West Essex Middle School in North Caldwell, then West Essex High School in North Caldwell. The high school’s own results earn an A; the middle school earns a B+. See the path ↓

Above the state on both counts

Reading proficiency is 76% and math 54% across both districts in spring 2022, against 49% and 36% statewide; 98% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90%. Test scores ↓

Spending and class size

Essex Fells Borough spends $29,540 per student and West Essex Regional $30,598, against $28,441 across New Jersey (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Essex Fells’s grade

A Test scoresA Graduation

A: better than 86% of New Jersey school districts. Test scores and graduation are both above the New Jersey average; graduation is the stronger of the two.

New Jersey school districts we grade (651)Better than 86%
Lower resultsHigher results
New Jersey towns with similar household incomes (91)Better than 47%
A−AA fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 941 test results and a graduating class of 264 could put Essex Fells anywhere from A− to A. The tests are from spring 2022, when 99% of Essex Fells’s students in the tested grades sat them (942 in math, 940 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Essex Fells, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Essex Fells Elementary SchoolEssex Fells Borough School DistrictA+
7–8West Essex Middle Schoolin North CaldwellB+
9–12West Essex High Schoolin North CaldwellA

Essex Fells runs its own schools through grade 6 (Essex Fells Borough School District). From grade 7, students attend the West Essex Regional School District, shared with Fairfield, North Caldwell and Roseland. Its middle school is in North Caldwell. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

Two districts serve Essex Fells

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Essex Fells Borough School DistrictGrades PK–6 · 1 schools · 251 students · 9.5 per teacher (NJ 11.6)
$29,540NJ $28,441 · FY2024
A+
West Essex Regional School DistrictGrades 7–12 · 2 schools · 1,619 students · 10.6 per teacher (NJ 11.6)
$30,598NJ $28,441 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–6, Essex Fells Borough School District87%
State average 48.6% · 133 students tested
Math · PK–6, Essex Fells Borough School District82%
State average 35.5% · 133 students tested
Reading · 7–12, West Essex Regional School District74%
State average 48.6% · 807 students tested
Math · 7–12, West Essex Regional School District49%
State average 35.5% · 809 students tested

Essex Fells vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the New Jersey towns that share Essex Fells’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Essex FellsAEssex Fells Borough PK–6 · West Essex Regional 7–12
RoselandARoseland Borough PK–6 · West Essex Regional 7–12
CaldwellA−Caldwell-West Caldwell
West CaldwellA−Caldwell-West Caldwell
West OrangeC+West Orange Town
VeronaB+Verona Borough

Every school in Essex Fells

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New Jersey’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Essex Fellsby address
Essex Fells Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
A+
251 students9:1Rate it →
Also serving Essex Fellsin other towns
West Essex Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · North Caldwell
B+
558 students9:1Rate it →
West Essex High School
High · Grades 9–12 · North Caldwell
A
1,061 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Essex Fells’s schools

Are Essex Fells’s schools good?

By New Jersey’s own tests, yes: the public schools Essex Fells children attend outscore 86% of New Jersey’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 47%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Essex Fells in?

Two districts: Essex Fells Borough School District runs grades PK–6, and West Essex Regional School District runs grades 7–12, shared with Fairfield, North Caldwell and Roseland.

Where do Essex Fells kids go to high school?

West Essex High School in North Caldwell, with 1,061 students; its own test results earn an A.

What is Essex Fells’s graduation rate?

98% of the class of 2023 in West Essex Regional School District graduated in four years, against 90% across New Jersey.

How much does Essex Fells spend per student?

$29,540 in Essex Fells Borough School District and $30,598 in West Essex Regional School District (FY2024), against $28,441 across New Jersey. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within New Jersey. Stars are from neighbors.