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Central Avenue School

Madison · Morris County · Elementary school
Grades PK–5 · was K–6 in 1998
Updated June 2026

Enrollment, by grade

In 2025-26 it enrolled 474 students across grades PK–5. That is 32 fewer than in 1998-99 (506) — the school has shrunk. It peaked at 519 in 2017-18. Its biggest cohort is grade 1.

students 015030045060054321KPK1998200320082013201820232025

Students enrolled in each grade each fall, stacked to the total — so the top edge is total enrollment. Bands run from the lowest grade (light) to the highest (dark); a band that appears or disappears is a grade the school added or dropped. “Other” is students with no grade level (mostly special education), so the bands always sum to total. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

What the school looks like

The largest group in both 1998-99 and 2025-26 was White students — 82% then, 71% now.

% of students 050100race categories: 5 → 77%15%71%1998200320082013201820232025
WhiteBlackHispanicAsianTwo or moreNative Am.

Each group’s share of enrollment over time, or its head count — toggle above. New Jersey expanded race and ethnicity reporting from five to seven categories in 2006-07 (dashed line), so “two or more races” appears only after; Asian here includes Pacific Islander. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

How much the mix changed

Between 2021-22 and 2025-26 the makeup of this school barely moved.

That’s the largest shift among the district’s three elementary schools — smaller than 66% of Morris County elementary schools. The biggest moves, in percentage points:
White +4.4·Hispanic −2.5·Asian −1.9

The index is half the sum of every group’s change in share, on a 0–100 scale (how it works). Compare any two years in the explorer →

Free or reduced-price lunch

In 2025-26, 8.6% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch.

% eligible 01020notreportednotreported10.9%10%8.6%1998200320082013201820232025
This schooldistrict overalldistrict elementary schools

Share of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The lighter lines show the district overall and the district elementary schools, for comparison. Not reported by the state in some years (shaded). Since 2014, some districts provide free meals to all students regardless of household income, which can lift the eligible share. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

Test scores

Growth measures how much students progressed over the year against peers who scored the same the year before — 50 is a typical year. In 2024-25, this school’s median growth percentile was 61.5 in English and 63 in math — NJ calls this “typical” growth.

median student growth percentile · 50 = typical50ELA61.5Math63
1 · did not meet2 · partially met3 · approached4 · met5 · exceeded

English language arts: 77.8% met or exceeded expectations in 2024-25 (state 53%), up from 74% in 2021-22.

By grade, year to year

Each panel is one grade — watch its mix of levels shift across 2021–2024.

Grade 3
82%68%20212024
Grade 4
67%79%20212024
Grade 5
75%86%20212024

By grade cohort, lined up across years

Each panel lines up aggregate grade results one grade higher each year. It approximates a class cohort, but does not track individual students; enrollment can change.

Grade 3 in 2021 → Grade 5 in 2023
82%80%Grade 3Grade 5
Grade 3 in 2022 → Grade 5 in 2024
71%86%Grade 3Grade 5

Math: 71.7% met or exceeded expectations in 2024-25 (state 42%), up from 69.7% in 2021-22.

By grade, year to year

Each panel is one grade — watch its mix of levels shift across 2021–2024.

Grade 3
70%70%20212024
Grade 4
73%76%20212024
Grade 5
62%71%20212024

By grade cohort, lined up across years

Each panel lines up aggregate grade results one grade higher each year. It approximates a class cohort, but does not track individual students; enrollment can change.

Grade 3 in 2021 → Grade 5 in 2023
70%80%Grade 3Grade 5
Grade 3 in 2022 → Grade 5 in 2024
67%71%Grade 3Grade 5

In each panel the flat line is the proficiency boundary: levels 4–5 (met or exceeded) fill the area above it, levels 1–3 below — so a smaller reported share in levels 4–5 makes the area above the line shrink (it isn’t a misleading upward slope). Light = level 1 (did not yet meet expectations), dark = level 5 (exceeded); the % marks the proficient share at the first and last points. The first set of panels follows each grade across the years; the second lines up aggregate grade results one grade higher each year. It approximates a class cohort, not linked individual students. Growth is the median Student Growth Percentile (50 = a typical year), reported only through grade 8. The NJSLA was not given in spring 2020 and was disrupted the next year. Source: NJ School Performance Reports.

Chronic absenteeism

In 2024-25, 7% of students were chronically absent — missing at least 10% of school days — about the same as in 2021-22.

% chronically absent 0102014.4%9.2%7%2021202220232024
This schooldistrict overallNew Jersey

Chronic absenteeism — the share of students who missed 10% or more of the days they were enrolled (roughly 18 days across a full school year). The lighter lines show the district overall and New Jersey, for comparison. Source: NJ School Performance Reports, 2024-25.

Profile built from New Jersey Department of Education Fall Enrollment data, 1998-99 through 2025-26. How this data works →