Autistic Continuum

Autistic Continuum operates as a rural-scale combined-grade school in Paramus, New Jersey, overseen by Bergen County Special Services School District. Current enrollment sits at 199 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 934 students per school, that is 79% below typical.

Bergen County Special Services School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 673 students; Autistic Continuum is among them.

On the student-mix side, Autistic Continuum reports that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 28% White, 12% Black, 12% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the resource side, On paper, Autistic Continuum has 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 3.1:1. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bergen County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Bergen County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Autistic Continuum is one campus in the mix.

Multiple Disabilities Continuum is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Autistic Continuum operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Autistic Continuum's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 217 (now 199). White enrollment moved from 39% to 28% across the same window.

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