Bergen County Academies

Bergen County Academies, a medium-sized four-year high school in Hackensack, New Jersey, part of Bergen County Vocational Technical School District, works with 1,130 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 929 students each, so Bergen County Academies sits 22% larger than that benchmark.

Bergen County Academies is one of 6 schools operated by Bergen County Vocational Technical School District, a district that caters to 2,735 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Bergen County Academies records that 57% of the student body identifies as Asian. Beyond that, the school records 30% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 17% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 93 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 10% of students at Bergen County Academies qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Bergen County's rate of about 28%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bergen County Academies ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 60.8%; Bergen County Academies posts 98.0%, +37.2 points above that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Bergen County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Bergen County Academies is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Fairmount, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bergen County Academies. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bergen County Academies at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 44.8%.

Bergen County Academies operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bergen County Academies has edged up 3%, going from 1,098 students in 2018 to 1,130 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment rose from 51% to 57% over that span.

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