Ryerson Elementary School

Summary:

Ryerson Elementary School is a public elementary school in Wayne, New Jersey, serving 237 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Wayne Township Public School District, which is ranked 146 out of 615 school districts in the state.

Ryerson Elementary School faces several challenges compared to its nearby counterparts. The school's academic performance, as measured by state assessments, is significantly lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 3rd-grade English Language Arts, only 34.2% of Ryerson students were proficient or better, compared to 56.5% in the district and 42% statewide. The school also has a much higher chronic absenteeism rate of 19.9%, more than double the rate of the highest nearby school, Theunis Dey Elementary. Additionally, Ryerson has a higher percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (26.58%) compared to the nearby schools, which range from 2.71% to 13.79%.

The nearby schools within the Wayne Township Public School District, such as Lafayette Elementary, John F. Kennedy Elementary, and Packanack Elementary, consistently outperform Ryerson Elementary School in academic assessments, with significantly higher percentages of students proficient or better in ELA, Math, and Science. Ryerson's performance has also been declining over the past several years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 707 out of 1,352 NJ elementary schools in 2016-2017 to 940 out of 1,342 in 2022-2023.


Detail:

Public K-5

 30 Mc Clelland Avenue
       Wayne, NJ  07470-7411


(973) 633-3180

District: Wayne Township Public School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
940th of 1,342 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $16,459 Help


Students who attend Ryerson Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    George Washington Middle School
High:    Wayne Valley High School

Student/teacher ratio:  9.1 Help
Number of students:  237

Racial breakdown:

White:
58.6%
Hispanic:
27.8%
Asian:
8.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  26.6% Help


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Compare Details Ryerson Elementary School ranks worse than 70% of elementary schools in New Jersey. It also ranks last among 9 ranked elementary schools in the Wayne Township Public School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 30.84. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Ryerson Elementary School has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Wayne Township Public School District. Racial makeup is: White (58.6%), Hispanic (27.8%), Asian (8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 26.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Wayne Township Public School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ryerson Elementary School is 9.1, which is the lowest among 9 elementary schools in the Wayne Township Public School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ryerson Elementary School is $16,459, which is the highest among 9 elementary schools in the Wayne Township Public School District!
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Ryerson Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Ryerson Elementary School 940th of 1342 New Jersey public elementary schools. (See Ryerson Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Wayne Township Public School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Wayne Township Public School District 146th of 615 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Ryerson Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Ryerson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 67.26 487th 1204 59.6%
2004 67.16 524th 1298 59.6%
2005 62.35 643rd 1303 50.7%
2006 43.57 913th 1314 30.5%
2007 48.58 889th 1329 33.1%
2008 37.37 997th 1338 25.5%
2009 40.77 939th 1346 30.2%
2010 47.54 867th 1354 36.0%
2011 50.32 837th 1360 38.5%
2012 60.38 672nd 1363 50.7%
2013 31.38 1041st 1367 23.8%
2014 26.36 1086th 1363 20.3%
2015 29.52 979th 1357 27.9%
2016 47.11 757th 1346 43.8%
2017 51.66 707th 1352 47.7%
2018 33.92 953rd 1353 29.6%
2019 36.17 917th 1360 32.6%
2021 39.29 738th 1317 44.0%
2022 33.63 891st 1345 33.8%
2023 30.84 940th 1342 30.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ryerson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.26 211th 434 51.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Ryerson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 36.27 512th 868 41.0%
2022 34.80 556th 949 41.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ryerson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.60 425th 942 54.9%
2019 55.61 343rd 948 63.8%
2021 60.47 226th 839 73.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Ryerson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.66 923rd 1333 30.8%
2019 38.05 870th 1331 34.6%
2021 42.45 692nd 1290 46.4%
2022 26.08 966th 1326 27.1%
2023 30.88 909th 1318 31.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Ryerson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.84 910th 1334 31.8%
2019 34.78 894th 1335 33.0%
2021 37.07 742nd 1297 42.8%
2022 43.60 725th 1324 45.2%
2023 35.68 824th 1315 37.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ryerson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.60 541st 870 37.8%
2019 59.46 315th 899 65.0%
2021 67.27 195th 896 78.2%
2022 64.40 276th 953 71.0%
2023 53.69 393rd 982 60.0%
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Rank History for White students at Ryerson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.76 834th 1022 18.4%
2019 24.06 820th 1023 19.8%
2021 18.88 850th 964 11.8%
2022 12.74 890th 976 8.8%
2023 8.29 909th 975 6.8%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Ryerson Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 252 0 6 7 0 n/a n/a 0 265
1989 247 0 4 11 0 n/a n/a 0 262
1990 209 0 32 13 0 n/a n/a 0 254
1991 223 0 19 20 0 n/a n/a 0 262
1992 216 3 14 31 0 n/a n/a 0 264
1993 232 4 17 35 0 n/a n/a 0 288
1994 239 3 13 25 0 n/a n/a 0 280
1995 273 3 10 24 4 n/a n/a 0 314
1996 273 3 10 24 4 n/a n/a 0 314
1998 258 2 8 21 3 n/a n/a 0 292
1999 272 5 13 24 4 n/a n/a 0 318
2000 268 5 9 30 6 n/a n/a 0 318
2001 271 9 14 34 0 n/a n/a 0 328
2002 278 8 24 37 0 n/a n/a 0 347
2003 278 8 24 37 0 n/a n/a 0 347
2004 265 7 15 39 0 n/a n/a 0 326
2005 257 9 12 43 0 n/a n/a 0 321
2006 232 10 19 51 0 n/a n/a 0 312
2007 233 5 14 50 0 n/a n/a 0 302
2008 214 10 17 50 0 n/a n/a 0 291
2009 224 9 16 51 0 3 0 0 303
2010 241 6 21 65 0 2 3 0 338
2011 218 10 16 60 0 3 2 0 309
2012 195 10 12 42 0 2 2 0 263
2013 190 7 9 51 0 1 4 0 262
2014 185 5 9 56 0 0 2 0 257
2015 164 4 14 65 0 0 3 0 250
2016 165 6 16 71 0 0 5 0 263
2017 184 10 23 66 0 0 3 0 286
2018 174 11 24 71 0 0 4 0 284
2019 171 7 22 67 0 0 6 0 273
2020 170 12 21 78 0 1 8 0 290
2021 154 7 21 66 0 0 8 0 256
2022 142 9 17 74 0 0 8 0 250
2023 139 6 19 66 0 0 7 0 237

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Ryerson Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 265 19.0 13.9 n/a
1989 262 19.0 13.7 n/a
1990 254 17.0 14.9 6.3
1991 262 20.0 13.1 10.3
1992 264 21.0 12.5 13.3
1993 288 18.8 15.3 20.8
1994 280 20.8 13.5 21.4
1995 314 21.5 14.6 20.4
1996 314 21.5 14.6 20.4
1998 292 20.0 14.6 18.2
1999 318 21.0 15.1 17
2000 318 22.0 14.5 28
2001 328 22.3 14.7 23.5
2002 347 24.0 14.5 25.9
2003 347 24.0 14.5 25.9
2004 326 23.0 14.2 23.3
2005 321 25.0 12.8 n/a
2006 312 23.0 13.6 25.3
2007 302 23.0 13.1 19.9
2008 291 17.0 17.1 27.5
2009 303 48.2 5.5 27.7
2010 338 27.0 12.5 28.4
2011 309 25.0 12.3 29.1
2012 263 24.7 10.6 34.6
2013 262 28.0 9.3 38.2
2014 257 25.0 10.2 39.3
2015 250 18.0 13.8 46
2016 263 23.0 11.4 44.1
2017 286 24.7 11.5 44.4
2018 284 25.5 11.1 44.4
2019 273 24.4 11.1 39.2
2020 290 25.7 11.2 34.1
2021 256 22.4 11.3 23.4
2022 250 24.1 10.3 28.8
2023 237 25.8 9.1 26.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Ryerson Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 265 19.0 13.9 n/a
1989 262 19.0 13.7 n/a
1990 254 17.0 14.9 6.3
1991 262 20.0 13.1 10.3
1992 264 21.0 12.5 13.3
1993 288 18.8 15.3 20.8
1994 280 20.8 13.5 21.4
1995 314 21.5 14.6 20.4
1996 314 21.5 14.6 20.4
1998 292 20.0 14.6 18.2
1999 318 21.0 15.1 17
2000 318 22.0 14.5 28
2001 328 22.3 14.7 23.5
2002 347 24.0 14.5 25.9
2003 347 24.0 14.5 25.9
2004 326 23.0 14.2 23.3
2005 321 25.0 12.8 n/a
2006 312 23.0 13.6 25.3
2007 302 23.0 13.1 19.9
2008 291 17.0 17.1 27.5
2009 303 48.2 5.5 27.7
2010 338 27.0 12.5 28.4
2011 309 25.0 12.3 29.1
2012 263 24.7 10.6 34.6
2013 262 28.0 9.3 38.2
2014 257 25.0 10.2 39.3
2015 250 18.0 13.8 46
2016 263 23.0 11.4 44.1
2017 286 24.7 11.5 44.4
2018 284 25.5 11.1 44.4
2019 273 24.4 11.1 39.2
2020 290 25.7 11.2 34.1
2021 256 22.4 11.3 23.4
2022 250 24.1 10.3 28.8
2023 237 25.8 9.1 26.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Ryerson Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,282 (7.8%) $15,177 (92.2%) $16,459

Data source: New Jersey Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Ryerson Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 917th of 1360 Elementary schoolsRanks 940th of 1342 Elementary schools
 2.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Ryerson Elementary School)56.134.2
 21.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Wayne Township Public School District)5656.5
 0.5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)50.242
 8.2%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Ryerson Elementary School)51.243.6
 7.6%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Wayne Township Public School District)69.264.7
 4.5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)55.145.9
 9.2%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Ryerson Elementary School)46.543.2
 3.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Wayne Township Public School District)59.764.9
 5.2%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)57.451.3
 6.1%
4th Grade Mathematics (Ryerson Elementary School)33.418.5
 14.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Wayne Township Public School District)59.856.5
 3.3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)5144.3
 6.7%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Ryerson Elementary School)42.936.1
 6.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Wayne Township Public School District)68.268.6
 0.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)57.953.2
 4.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Ryerson Elementary School)41.422.2
 19.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Wayne Township Public School District)63.757.2
 6.5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)46.840.1
 6.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students273237
 13.2%
African American76
 14.3%
American Indian00
Asian2219
 13.6%
Hispanic6766
 1.5%
Pacific Islander00
White171139
 18.7%
Two or More Races67
 16.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients39.2%26.6%
 12.6%


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Students at Ryerson Elementary School are 59% White, 28% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more races, 3% African American.

In the 2022-23 school year, 237 students attended Ryerson Elementary School.

Students who attend Ryerson Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : George Washington Middle School
High : Wayne Valley High School

Ryerson Elementary School ranks 940th of 1342 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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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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