Ann Blanche Smith

Set in HILLSDALE, New Jersey, Ann Blanche Smith is a compact K-5 school, part of Hillsdale School District. It educates 315 students across grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 22% leaner than typical.

Ann Blanche Smith is one of 3 schools operated by Hillsdale School District, a district that serves 1,123 students overall.

Demographically, Ann Blanche Smith logs that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 20% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Ann Blanche Smith has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ann Blanche Smith performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.1%, the actual is 67.8%, a residual of +7.7 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Bergen County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Bergen County runs 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), of which Ann Blanche Smith is one.

Nearest neighbor: Washington Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ann Blanche Smith comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 65.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 5%: 299 students in 2018 compared to 315 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 14% to 20% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

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