Brookside Elementary School

Brookside Elementary School is a reasonably sized primary school in WESTWOOD, New Jersey, part of Westwood Regional School District. The school caters to 390 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 6 schools in Westwood Regional School District (2,764 students total), Brookside Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Brookside Elementary School shows that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, 2% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Bergen County's rate of about 28%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Brookside Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.2%.

In the area at large, Bergen County reports that median household earnings sit near $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bergen County runs 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), of which Brookside Elementary School is one.

Westwood Regional Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Brookside Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 59.6%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 7%: 419 students in 2018 compared to 390 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 75% to 66% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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