Catherine E. Doyle Elementary School

Catherine E. Doyle Elementary School is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in WOOD RIDGE, New Jersey, run under Wood-Ridge School District, hosting 479 students in grades pre-K through 3.

Within Wood-Ridge School District, which oversees 3 schools and 1,289 students, Catherine E. Doyle Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Catherine E. Doyle Elementary School records that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 24% Asian, 23% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Catherine E. Doyle Elementary School records 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Catherine E. Doyle Elementary 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 56.9%; this one delivers 75.5%, a residual of +18.6 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Bergen County shows median household income runs about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Catherine E. Doyle Elementary School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

Wood-Ridge Intermediate 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. On composite proficiency, Catherine E. Doyle Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.0%.

Catherine E. Doyle Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 25%: 384 students in 2018 compared to 479 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 43% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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