📍 540 Farview Avenue, Paramus, Bergen County, 07652
Life Skills is a Special Education serving other age pupils, located in Paramus, Bergen County. The school has 69 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Bergen County Special Services School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 6.9:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Life Skills enrolls 69 students across grades Pre-K–12. The student body is 65% male and 35% female. A teaching staff of 10 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 6.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% White, 39% Hispanic or Latino and 13% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 28 | 41% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 27 | 39% |
| Black or African American | 9 | 13% |
| Asian | 5 | 7.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
13 of the school's 69 students (19%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 13 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Life Skills is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NJ-50, state senate district 38, state house district 38.
Life Skills is one of 6 schools in Bergen County Special Services School District, based in Paramus, New Jersey. The district employs 205 full-time-equivalent teachers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large