Maywood Avenue School, Maywood NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Maywood Avenue School

Maywood Avenue School serves fourth through eighth graders in a single building within the small, densely populated Bergen County borough of Maywood. The school is the upper-grade campus for the Maywood School District, meaning that after fifth grade students remain here for middle school, and the building houses the entire grade four through eight cohort. This creates a setting where students spend five years in one school, moving through upper elementary and middle school without a transition.

The student body is diverse. Hispanic students make up the largest share, followed by white students and a substantial Asian population, with Black students and a small number of multiracial students completing the mix. A modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment is sized in the mid-range for a school covering this grade band, with each grade level holding a comparable number of students.

On state assessments, the school shows a notable pattern. English language arts results are consistently solid, with strong proficiency rates across most grade levels, and seventh grade posted an exceptionally high rate. Math results are more uneven. Proficiency in math is strong in fifth and seventh grades, but dips notably in sixth grade and falls further in eighth grade. Science results are a soft spot. The fifth-grade science proficiency rate is low, and the eighth-grade rate is quite low. A parent may want to ask the school how it supports science instruction and what the downward trend from fifth to eighth grade reflects. Overall, when the school is compared to other districts in Bergen County, its combined proficiency across tested subjects and grades lands below the midpoint of the county.

The building itself is integrated into Maywood’s residential fabric, located on Maywood Avenue close to the downtown business district on West Pleasant Avenue. The borough is highly walkable, with well-maintained sidewalks, and the school sits within a neighborhood setting rather than on an isolated campus. Memorial Park, with its baseball fields, basketball court, dog park, and bike path, is nearby. The Maywood Public Library is noted as a regional asset, and the historic train station operates as a museum.

Maywood is a fully developed borough of modest size, so growth comes from infill and redevelopment rather than new subdivisions. Population has grown slowly but steadily. Housing values in the zip code are well above national medians, and the county’s housing market is active, with a limited supply of listings. The Stepan Company plant, which produces a coca leaf extract for Coca-Cola, is a notable local employer.

The district brief turned up little in the way of recent publicly reported changes or initiatives, so there is no significant development to note on that front. This is a stable, established district in a built-out borough.

For a family considering this school, the key points are a diverse student body, a consistent five-year academic home without a middle-school transition, solid English language arts results, and a math and science picture that varies by grade and subject. The location is walkable and small-town in character, with a defined downtown and good recreational amenities nearby. Housing is expensive, and the borough is not expanding rapidly. The school’s overall proficiency relative to other Bergen County districts sits below the midpoint, which is the main academic fact to weigh.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 457%

School 57% · District 57%

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 565%

School 65% · District 65%

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 651%

School 51% · District 51%

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 777%

School 77% · District 77%

▲ 42 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 844%

School 44% · District 44%

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 468%

School 68% · District 68%

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 576%

School 76% · District 76%

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 678%

School 78% · District 78%

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 793%

School 93% · District 93%

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 853%

School 53% · District 53%

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

Science

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 39%

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 817%

School 17% · District 17%

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

This schoolMaywood School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 4Lower-income53%Higher-income76%23 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income65%Higher-income78%13 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income67%Higher-income83%16 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income87%Higher-income94%8 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income41%Higher-income58%17 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income39%Higher-income65%26 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income45%Higher-income70%25 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income29%Higher-income61%32 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income53%Higher-income82%28 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income46%Higher-income43%3 pp gap