Autistic Continuum

Autistic Continuum is a small combined-grade school based in Paramus, New Jersey. It educates 199 students in pre-K through 12. The school's enrollment is 79% smaller than the 934 average for combined schools in New Jersey.

Across its 6 schools, Bergen County Special Services School District enrolls 673 students. Autistic Continuum is one of those schools.

Enrollment at Autistic Continuum is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 45%. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% White, 12% Black, 12% Asian, and 3% multiracial. In Bergen County overall, about 23% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Autistic Continuum belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 69%.

Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 3.1:1 at Autistic Continuum, with 65 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.8:1 average for combined schools in New Jersey is higher than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 18%. Across public schools in Bergen County, the average is 28%.

County data help place the school in context: in Bergen County, median household income is about $124,884, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The public schools of Bergen County number 291 and enroll about 133,883.

The shortest distance from Autistic Continuum to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Life Skills Continuum. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Federal counts put enrollment at 208 in 2020-21 and 199 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease.

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