Benjamin Franklin Middle School

Benjamin Franklin Middle School operates as a cozy middle school in TEANECK, New Jersey, operated by Teaneck School District. Current enrollment sits at 463 students spanning grades 5 through 8.

Teaneck School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,630 students; Benjamin Franklin Middle School is among them.

On demographics, Benjamin Franklin Middle School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 35% Black, 10% Asian, 9% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the income-and-resources front, Benjamin Franklin Middle School records 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Benjamin Franklin Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 52% of students at Benjamin Franklin Middle School qualify 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 meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Benjamin Franklin Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.5%; this one delivers 40.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Bergen County put median household income runs about $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Benjamin Franklin Middle School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

Nearest neighbor: John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Benjamin Franklin Middle School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 56.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 542 students in 2018 compared to 463 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 37% to 42% over that span.

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