The Essex Fells School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade from Essex Fells, in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
As of the 2024âÂÂ25 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 254 students and 26.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a studentâÂÂteacher ratio of 9.6:1.
The district had been classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "J," the highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.
Students in public school for seventh through twelfth grades attend the West Essex Regional School District, a regional school district serving students from Essex Fells, Fairfield, North Caldwell and Roseland. Schools in the district (with 2024âÂÂ25 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are West Essex Middle School with 5581,061 students in grades 7âÂÂ8 and West Essex High School with 1,123 students in grades 9âÂÂ12.
In 2016, the school was one of ten schools in New Jersey recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education, a recognition celebrating excellence in academics.
Essex Fells School had an enrollment of 251 students in grades PreKâÂÂ6 as of the 2024âÂÂ25 school year.
Core members of the district's administration are:
The district's board of education, comprised of five members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with one or two seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.