Anna C. Scott Elementary School

As a medium-sized elementary-level community in Leonia, New Jersey, Anna C. Scott Elementary School instructs 517 students from grades pre-K through 4, run under Leonia Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 28% above the state mean of about 405.

Within Leonia Public School District, which oversees 3 schools and 1,980 students, Anna C. Scott Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Anna C. Scott Elementary School lists that 51% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 20% Hispanic, 19% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 17% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.2:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 18% of students are eligible 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 noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Anna C. Scott Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.2%, the actual is 64.7%, a residual of +8.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bergen County put median household income runs about $124,884, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bergen County runs 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), of which Anna C. Scott Elementary School is one.

School No. 2 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Anna C. Scott Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 58.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Anna C. Scott Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 22% since 2018, when it stood at 662 (now 517). Over the same period, the Asian share grew from 44% to 51%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

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