Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter School

Located at 200 MACARTHUR AVENUE, in GARFIELD, New Jersey, Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter School is a moderately sized combined-grade school that works with 1,276 students (grades K through 12), run under Bergen Arts and Science Charter School. Compared to the state average of about 934 students per school, that is 37% above typical.

Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter School sits inside Bergen Arts and Science Charter School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 28% White, 10% Black, 8% Asian. By comparison, Bergen County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Bergen County's rate of about 28%.

After controlling for student poverty, Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.3%; this one delivers 43.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Bergen County indicate median household earnings sit near $124,884, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

Nearest neighbor: Roosevelt School #7, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 49.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter School's enrollment has expanded 11% since 2018, when it stood at 1,151 (now 1,276). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 43% to 53% over that span.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.