📍 200 Hickory Avenue, Bergenfield, Bergen County, 07621
Jefferson Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bergenfield, Bergen County. The school has 284 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Bergenfield Borough School District school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Jefferson Elementary School enrolls 284 students across grades K–5. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Hispanic or Latino, 26% Asian and 14% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 143 | 50% |
| Asian | 74 | 26% |
| White | 40 | 14% |
| Black or African American | 18 | 6.3% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 3.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
73 of the school's 284 students (26%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 48 qualify for free lunch and 25 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.
Jefferson Elementary School 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.
Jefferson Elementary School is one of 7 schools in Bergenfield Borough School District, based in Bergenfield, New Jersey. The district serves 3,631 students district-wide and employs 291 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 284 students, Jefferson Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 519 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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