NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Bergenfield, NJ

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7 public K-12 schools in Bergenfield from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
3,600
Students
55.4/100
Avg Resource Index
13.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Bergenfield has more public-school enrollment than 38% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Bergenfield's 7 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Bergenfield's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

One district, but meaningful resource variation

Bergenfield's schools share one district authority while their average Resource Investment Index ranks at the 96th percentile among listed cities. Shared governance removes one source of policy variation, but it does not erase campus differences by grade span or enrollment. The 18-point gap between Bergenfield High School and Lincoln Elementary School measures the remaining local spread. Use the district-level picture for common budget context, then compare the school components to see whether staffing, counseling, gifted-program reporting, or attendance accounts for each campus's position.

City enrollment
Top 62%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
96th percentile
Teacher staffing
73rd percentile

Bergenfield High School accounts for 34.4% of all Bergenfield public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Bergenfield-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Bergenfield school enrollment varies 4.9× across entities

Bergenfield school enrollment ranges from 253 students (lowest) to 1,239 students (highest), a spread of 986 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Bergenfield operates one school district — a single-district system

Bergenfield's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Bergenfield student-teacher ratio is 13.5:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Bergenfield High School 64
2. Roy W. Brown Middle School 62
3. Washington Elementary School 57
4. Hoover Elementary School 56
5. Jefferson Elementary School 52
6. Franklin Elementary School 51
7. Lincoln Elementary School 46

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Bergenfield

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Jefferson Elementary School 65.5/100
  2. 2 Franklin Elementary School 64.8/100
  3. 3 Lincoln Elementary School 64.4/100
  4. 4 Washington Elementary School 62.2/100
  5. 5 Roy W. Brown Middle School 59.1/100

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Which Bergenfield school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Bergenfield High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Bergenfield schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Bergenfield, NJ? ▼

Bergenfield has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,600 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.