Bogota Middle School

Located at 131 East Fort Lee Road, in Bogota, New Jersey, Bogota Middle School is a rural-scale 6-8 campus that instructs 166 students (grades 6 through 7), part of Bogota Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 71% smaller than the state mean of about 578.

Within Bogota Public School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,302 students, Bogota Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Bogota Middle School records that nearly all students (80%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 8% White, 6% Black, 4% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

In terms of school funding signals, Bogota Middle School shows 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Bogota Middle School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 29.9%; this one delivers 53.0%, a residual of +23.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, Bergen County reports 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%. In all, Bergen County runs 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), of which Bogota Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bogota Jr./Sr. High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bogota Middle School. On composite proficiency, Bogota Middle School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 43.6%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.