Schools in Silver Lake · Belleville Town School District, Bloomfield Township School District
Silver Lake’s public schools score below 64% of New Jersey districts
The public schools Silver Lake’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 64% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
53%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
$25.0K
▼ 12% vs NJ $28.4K
FY2024
Schools
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The School Grade
How Silver Lake compares
C Test scoresC+ Graduation
New Jersey school districts we grade (645)Better than 36%
Lower resultsHigher results
New Jersey towns with similar household incomes (299)Better than 53%
High confidence. Built on 5,389 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 Silver Lake (some depend on your address).
7 schools teach Pre-K in Silver Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Belleville PS8, Fairview Elementary School, Belleville PS4 and Belleville PS7 and more.
15 schools teach K in Silver Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Belleville PS8, Fairview Elementary School, Demarest Elementary School and Berkeley Elementary School and more.
15 schools teach 1st grade in Silver Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Belleville PS8, Fairview Elementary School, Demarest Elementary School and Berkeley Elementary School and more.
15 schools teach 2nd grade in Silver Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Belleville PS8, Fairview Elementary School, Demarest Elementary School and Berkeley Elementary School and more.
15 schools teach 3rd grade in Silver Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Belleville PS8, Fairview Elementary School, Demarest Elementary School and Berkeley Elementary School and more.
15 schools teach 4th grade in Silver Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Belleville PS8, Fairview Elementary School, Demarest Elementary School and Berkeley Elementary School and more.
15 schools teach 5th grade in Silver Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Belleville PS8, Fairview Elementary School, Demarest Elementary School and Berkeley Elementary School and more.
15 schools teach 6th grade in Silver Lake’s district. Which one depends on your address: Belleville PS8, Fairview Elementary School, Demarest Elementary School and Berkeley Elementary School and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–615 schoolsDepends on your address
7–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address
Two districts serve Silver Lake
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Belleville Town School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 10 schools · 4,886 students
$25,006NJ $28,441
CBloomfield Township School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 11 schools · 6,400 students
$23,198NJ $28,441
C+Test scores · 2020–21
Below the state in reading
Reading · PK–12, Belleville Town School District41%
State average 47.3%
Reading · PK–12, Bloomfield Township School District44%
State average 47.3%
Math · PK–12, Belleville Town School District12%
State average 25.4%
Math · PK–12, Bloomfield Township School District20%
State average 25.4%
Silver Lake vs. its neighbors
Silver Lake’s schools rank 1st of 3 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among New Jersey districts.
Every school in Silver Lake
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Also serving Silver Lake · in other towns
Belleville PS8
C−505 students16:1Rate it →
Fairview Elementary School
C+499 students11:1Rate it →
Demarest Elementary School
C+482 students11:1Rate it →
Berkeley Elementary School
D453 students10:1Rate it →
Belleville PS4
C−438 students12:1Rate it →
Belleville PS7
C425 students13:1Rate it →
Oak View Elementary School
B+399 students13:1Rate it →
Carteret Elementary School
C383 students9:1Rate it →
Belleville PS5
C362 students13:1Rate it →
Franklin Elementary School
C352 students11:1Rate it →
Brookdale Elementary School
A−342 students11:1Rate it →
Belleville PS3
C334 students12:1Rate it →
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Silver Lake
There’s no college in Silver Lake, but 40 are within 30 miles. The closest is Eastern School of Acupuncture and Traditional Medicine in Bloomfield, 1.2 miles away.
Eastern School of Acupuncture and Traditional MedicineUniversity or college · For-profit · Bloomfield
1.2 mi50 students
Bloomfield College of Montclair State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Bloomfield
1.2 mi851 students
Best Care CollegeCommunity college · For-profit · East Orange
2.3 mi46 students
New Jersey Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · Public · Newark
2.7 mi12,314 students
Essex County CollegeCommunity college · Public · Newark
2.9 mi5,890 students
Rutgers University-NewarkUniversity or college · Public · Newark
2.9 mi9,695 students
Eastwick College-NutleyCommunity college · For-profit · Nutley
2.9 mi456 students
Pillar CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Newark
3 mi549 students
Hackensack Meridian School of MedicineUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Nutley
4 mi567 students
Seton Hall UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · South Orange Village
4.2 mi8,564 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Silver Lake. 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.