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59 West Grant Avenue

Roselle Park, NJ 07204
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Robert Gordon Elementary School serves 275 students in grades KG-5.
The student:teacher ratio of 11:1 is lower than the NJ average of 13:1.
Minority enrollment is 58% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is more than the state average of 52%.
Robert Gordon Elementary School operates within the Roselle Park Board Of Education School District.

School Overview

The student population of 275 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The teacher population of 26 teachers has grown by 36% over five years.

Grades Offered	Grades KG-5
Total Students	275 students

Gender %
Total Classroom Teachers	26 teachers

Students by Grade

School Comparison

The student:teacher ratio of 11:1 has decreased from 14:1 over five years.
The school's diversity score of 0.66 is more than the state average of 0.42. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five years.

	This School	(NJ) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	11:1	13:1

Asian	7%	10%

Hispanic	39%	25%

Black	12%	16%

White	42%	48%

Hawaiian	n/a	n/a

All Ethnic Groups
Diversity Score The chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.	0.66	0.42

Eligible for Free Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	33%	31%

Eligible for Reduced Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	11%	5%

District Comparison

Roselle Park Board Of Education School District's student population of 1,982 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The revenue/student of $17,572 in this district is less than the state average of $21,422. The district revenue/student has grown by 11% over four years.
The district's spending/student of $17,180 is less than the state average of $21,053. The district spending/student has grown by 12% over four years.

School District Name	Roselle Park Board Of Education School District
Number of Schools Managed	5	2
Number of Students Managed	1,982	954

District Total Revenue	$34 MM	$20 MM

District Spending	$34 MM	$20 MM

District Revenue / Student	$17,572	$21,422

District Spending / Student	$17,180	$21,053

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Source: 2015 (latest year available) NCES, NJ Dept. of Education

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