Charles DeWolf Middle School

Set in OLD TAPPAN, New Jersey, Charles DeWolf Middle School is a low-enrollment intermediate school, one of the schools within Old Tappan Public School District. It instructs 370 students across grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 578 students per school, that is 36% below typical.

Charles DeWolf Middle School is one of 2 schools operated by Old Tappan Public School District, a district that educates 744 students overall.

On demographics, Charles DeWolf Middle School reports that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 46% Asian, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. About 1% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Bergen County's rate of about 28%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Charles DeWolf Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.7%; this one delivers 76.0%.

Zooming out to the county, Bergen County reports that median household income runs about $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 Charles DeWolf Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: T. Baldwin Demarest Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Charles DeWolf Middle School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Charles DeWolf Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 71.4%.

Charles DeWolf Middle School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 19%: 310 students in 2018 compared to 370 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 60% to 46% over that span.

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