Best Public Schools in Bloomingdale, NJ

Summary:

The Bloomingdale School District in New Jersey consists of 3 schools: 2 elementary schools (Martha B. Day Elementary School and Samuel R. Donald Elementary School) and 1 middle school (Walter T. Bergen Middle School). The district has shown a mix of strong-performing and improving schools, with the middle school and one of the elementary schools standing out as academic standouts.

Walter T. Bergen Middle School has consistently improved its statewide ranking, moving from 371st out of 745 New Jersey middle schools in 2021-2022 to 246th out of 743 in 2023-2024. The school's performance on NJSLA tests is notably strong, with 5th and 8th grade students exceeding the state average in English Language Arts proficiency. Additionally, 85.7% of 8th graders scored proficient or better in Algebra I, significantly higher than the state average of 66%.

Samuel R. Donald Elementary School has also demonstrated solid academic performance, with 3rd and 4th grade students outperforming the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics on the NJSLA tests. The school's 3rd grade Mathematics proficiency rate of 66.1% is particularly impressive, well above the state average of 47.6%. However, the district as a whole faces the challenge of high chronic absenteeism rates, which may require targeted interventions to address this issue.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				NJSLA-S Science (2024)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2024)						NJSLA Mathematics (2024)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Martha B. Day Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-1	225 Rafkind Road	Bloomingdale	07403	Passaic County	Bloomingdale School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 838-1311	205	19	10.7	33.7%	123 (60.0%)	3 (1.5%)	64 (31.2%)	4 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.4%)								(n/a)															$18,685	$125	$18,560
Samuel R. Donald Elementary School	Public	2-4	29 Captolene Avenue	Bloomingdale	07403	Passaic County	Bloomingdale School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 838-5353	212	21	10.0	29.2%	116 (54.7%)	4 (1.9%)	72 (34.0%)	8 (3.8%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	10 (4.7%)	64.8	485^th of 1338 public elementary schools	63.8%		61.2	531^st of 1342 public elementary schools	60.4%	46			46.4	52.3					66.1	59.7					$16,555	$1,340	$15,215
Walter T. Bergen Middle School	Public	5-8	225 Glenwild Avenue	Bloomingdale	07403	Passaic County	Bloomingdale School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 838-4835	222	21	10.4	38.3%	129 (58.1%)	4 (1.8%)	75 (33.8%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.7%)	7 (3.2%)	63.7	246^th of 743 public middle schools	66.9%		54.8	308^th of 748 public middle schools	58.8%	62	31.8	14.5			65.9	52.7	55.4	70.9			50.0	49.1	44.8	34.1	$14,949	$125	$14,824

Cities Near Bloomingdale

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Butler	1.09 mi	3	205^th
West Milford	2.01 mi	5	323^rd
Riverdale	2.08 mi	1	241^st
Pompton Lakes	2.37 mi	4	251^st
Kinnelon	2.4 mi	4	61^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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