Alexander Hamilton School

As a close-knit primary school in GLEN ROCK, New Jersey, Alexander Hamilton School instructs 300 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Glen Rock Public School District. That puts it 26% leaner than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Across the 6 schools in Glen Rock Public School District (2,531 students total), Alexander Hamilton School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Alexander Hamilton School logs that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 34% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Alexander Hamilton School reports 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 2% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bergen County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Alexander Hamilton School sits in the top 10% of New Jersey schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 64.9%; actual is 85.7%, +20.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Bergen County shows median household earnings sit near $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Alexander Hamilton School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

The closest other public school is Glen Rock Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Alexander Hamilton School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alexander Hamilton School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 69.5%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 12%: 267 students in 2018 compared to 300 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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