Schools in Brookdale · Bloomfield Township School District
Brookdale’s public schools score below 57% of New Jersey districts
The public schools Brookdale’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 57% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
16%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
44%
▼ 3 pts vs NJ 47%
2020–21
Math proficiency
20%
▼ 5 pts vs NJ 25%
2020–21
Graduate on time
93%
▲ 2 pts vs NJ 91%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$23.2K
▼ 18% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024
Schools
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The School Grade
How Brookdale compares
C+ Test scoresC+ Graduation
New Jersey school districts we grade (645)Better than 43%
Lower resultsHigher results
New Jersey towns with similar household incomes (291)Better than 16%
High confidence. Built on 3,183 tested students and a graduating class of 469; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New Jersey’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of New Jersey only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Brookdale.
8 schools teach K in Brookdale’s district. Which one depends on your address: Fairview Elementary School, Demarest Elementary School, Berkeley Elementary School and Oak View Elementary School and more.
8 schools teach 1st grade in Brookdale’s district. Which one depends on your address: Fairview Elementary School, Demarest Elementary School, Berkeley Elementary School and Oak View Elementary School and more.
8 schools teach 2nd grade in Brookdale’s district. Which one depends on your address: Fairview Elementary School, Demarest Elementary School, Berkeley Elementary School and Oak View Elementary School and more.
8 schools teach 3rd grade in Brookdale’s district. Which one depends on your address: Fairview Elementary School, Demarest Elementary School, Berkeley Elementary School and Oak View Elementary School and more.
8 schools teach 4th grade in Brookdale’s district. Which one depends on your address: Fairview Elementary School, Demarest Elementary School, Berkeley Elementary School and Oak View Elementary School and more.
8 schools teach 5th grade in Brookdale’s district. Which one depends on your address: Fairview Elementary School, Demarest Elementary School, Berkeley Elementary School and Oak View Elementary School and more.
8 schools teach 6th grade in Brookdale’s district. Which one depends on your address: Fairview Elementary School, Demarest Elementary School, Berkeley Elementary School and Oak View Elementary School and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–68 schoolsDepends on your address
7–8Bloomfield Middle Schoolin Bloomfield
9–12Bloomfield High Schoolin Bloomfield
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Below the state in reading
Reading44%
State average 47.3%
Math20%
State average 25.4%
Brookdale vs. its neighbors
Brookdale’s schools rank 3rd of 4 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among New Jersey districts.
Every school in Brookdale
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Also serving Brookdale · in other towns
Fairview Elementary School
C+499 students11:1Rate it →
Demarest Elementary School
C+482 students11:1Rate it →
Berkeley Elementary School
D453 students10:1Rate it →
Oak View Elementary School
B+399 students13:1Rate it →
Carteret Elementary School
C383 students9:1Rate it →
Franklin Elementary School
C352 students11:1Rate it →
Brookdale Elementary School
A−342 students11:1Rate it →
Watsessing Elementary School
C333 students11:1Rate it →
Bloomfield Middle School
B−944 students11:1Rate it →
Bloomfield High School
B2,055 students13:1Rate it →
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Brookdale
There’s no college in Brookdale, but 40 are within 30 miles. The closest is Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine in Nutley, 1.3 miles away.
Hackensack Meridian School of MedicineUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Nutley
1.3 mi567 students
Montclair State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Montclair
2 mi20,428 students
Eastwick College-NutleyCommunity college · For-profit · Nutley
2.5 mi456 students
Bloomfield College of Montclair State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Bloomfield
2.8 mi851 students
Eastern School of Acupuncture and Traditional MedicineUniversity or college · For-profit · Bloomfield
3 mi50 students
Berkeley College-Woodland ParkUniversity or college · For-profit · Woodland Park
4.5 mi964 students
Caldwell UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Caldwell
4.9 mi1,822 students
Felician UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Lodi
4.9 mi2,040 students
Best Care CollegeCommunity college · For-profit · East Orange
5.2 mi46 students
Passaic County Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Paterson
5.8 mi4,748 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Brookdale. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 30 more within 30 miles.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within New Jersey. Stars are from neighbors.