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The highest-poverty public elementary schools in Bergen County, New Jersey

154 public elementary schools in Bergen County, New Jersey appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public elementary schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Lincoln School Annex leads the list at 81.9%, against a median of 19.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
154
Bergen County, New Jersey
Top % FRL
81.9%
Median % FRL
19.9%
HIGHEST POVERTY · BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% FRL
1Lincoln School AnnexFAIRVIEW, NJFairview Public School DistrictElementary23281.9%
2Lindbergh Elementary SchoolPALISADES PARK, NJPalisades Park School DistrictElementary76279.9%
3Number Three SchoolFAIRVIEW, NJFairview Public School DistrictElementary66879.8%
4Jackson AvenueHACKENSACK, NJHackensack School DistrictElementary43879.7%
5Dr. John Grieco Elementary SchoolEnglewood, NJEnglewood Public School DistrictElementary49978.4%
6School #3CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJCliffside Park School DistrictElementary35975.2%
7James Madison School #10GARFIELD, NJGarfield Public School DistrictElementary28075.0%
8Donald A. Quarles Early Childhood CenterENGLEWOOD, NJEnglewood Public School DistrictElementary43470.7%
9Roosevelt SchoolLODI, NJLodi School DistrictElementary14868.9%
10Wilson SchoolLODI, NJLodi School DistrictElementary38267.8%
11Abraham Lincoln School #6GARFIELD, NJGarfield Public School DistrictElementary38567.8%
12Fanny Meyer HillersHACKENSACK, NJHackensack School DistrictElementary51666.1%
13Grant Elementary SchoolRIDGEFIELD PARK, NJRidgefield Park Public School DistrictElementary22865.4%
14E. Roy BixbyBOGOTA, NJBogota Public School DistrictElementary31464.6%
15Washington SchoolLODI, NJLodi School DistrictElementary35864.0%
16Nellie K. ParkerHACKENSACK, NJHackensack School DistrictElementary58963.0%
17Hilltop SchoolLODI, NJLodi School DistrictElementary33762.3%
18Charles R Smith Early Chilhood CenterPALISADES PARK, NJPalisades Park School DistrictElementary27761.7%
19Robert L. Craig SchoolMOONACHIE, NJMoonachie School DistrictElementary35660.7%
20Thomas Jefferson School #9Garfield, NJGarfield Public School DistrictElementary36860.1%
21Columbus SchoolLODI, NJLodi School DistrictElementary26560.0%
22Roosevelt School #7GARFIELD, NJGarfield Public School DistrictElementary28259.6%
23Lillian M. SteenBOGOTA, NJBogota Public School DistrictElementary34759.1%
24Christopher Columbus School #8GARFIELD, NJGarfield Public School DistrictElementary36658.5%
25Gilbert Avenue SchoolELMWOOD PARK, NJElmwood Park School DistrictElementary45657.7%
26Washington Irving School #4GARFIELD, NJGarfield Public School DistrictElementary44157.4%
27School #4CLIFFSIDE PARK, NJCliffside Park School DistrictElementary47857.1%
28Hoover Elementary SchoolBERGENFIELD, NJBergenfield Borough School DistrictElementary26157.1%
29Gantner Avenue SchoolELMWOOD PARK, NJElmwood Park School DistrictElementary33956.9%
30FairmountHACKENSACK, NJHackensack School DistrictElementary62156.4%
31James Russell Lowell Elementary SchoolTEANECK, NJTeaneck School DistrictElementary32055.3%
32Memorial SchoolSOUTH HACKENSACK, NJSouth Hackensack School DistrictElementary22255.0%
33Lincoln Elementary SchoolRIDGEFIELD PARK, NJRidgefield Park Public School DistrictElementary34654.3%
34Jefferson (Annex) Elementary SchoolWALLINGTON, NJWallington Boro School DistrictElementary25354.2%
35Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary SchoolTEANECK, NJTeaneck School DistrictElementary33453.6%
36Sixteenth Avenue SchoolELMWOOD PARK, NJElmwood Park School DistrictElementary41053.2%
37John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary SchoolTEANECK, NJTeaneck School DistrictElementary36149.9%
38Bergen Boulevard SchoolRIDGEFIELD, NJRidgefield School DistrictElementary18749.7%
39Frank W. Gavlak Elementary SchoolWALLINGTON, NJWallington Boro School DistrictElementary36149.6%
40Roosevelt Elementary SchoolRIDGEFIELD PARK, NJRidgefield Park Public School DistrictElementary33448.8%
41Garfield Early Childhood Learning CenterGARFIELD, NJGarfield Public School DistrictElementary20448.0%
42Jefferson SchoolLYNDHURST, NJLyndhurst Public School DistrictElementary25647.3%
43Lincoln SchoolEast Rutherford, NJEast Rutherford School DistrictElementary17847.2%
44McKenzie SchoolEAST RUTHERFORD, NJEast Rutherford School DistrictElementary36947.2%
45Englewood on the Palisades Charter SchoolENGLEWOOD, NJEnglewood on the Palisades Charter SchoolElementary30646.7%
46Washington Elementary SchoolLITTLE FERRY, NJLittle Ferry Public School DistrictElementary46946.1%
47Shaler AcademyRIDGEFIELD, NJRidgefield School DistrictElementary17945.8%
48Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolNorth Arlington, NJNorth Arlington School DistrictElementary16443.9%
49Carlstadt Public SchoolCARLSTADT, NJCarlstadt Public School DistrictElementary47843.5%
50Franklin SchoolLYNDHURST, NJLyndhurst Public School DistrictElementary19639.8%
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