Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary School

Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary School is one of the medium-sized elementary schools in NEW MILFORD, New Jersey, one of the schools within New Milford Public School District, with 476 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within New Milford Public School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,998 students, Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 6% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.7%, the actual is 61.7%, a residual of +7.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, 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 the poverty rate sits near 5%. Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

Lincoln Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 56.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bertrand F. Gibbs Elementary School has remained close to its prior level, going from 467 students in 2018 to 476 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 21% to 32% over that span.

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