Colonial Road School

Set in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, Colonial Road School is a modestly sized K-5 school, run under Franklin Lakes School District. It hosts 231 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 43% leaner than typical.

Franklin Lakes School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,165 students. Colonial Road School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Colonial Road School reports that White students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder reads as 11% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Bergen County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Colonial Road School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Colonial Road School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 3% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Bergen County's rate of about 28%.

With demographic context factored in, Colonial Road School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.7%; this one delivers 66.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Bergen County put median household income runs about $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Colonial Road School is one campus in the mix.

Indian Hills High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Colonial Road School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Colonial Road School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 64.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Colonial Road School has contracted 11%, going from 259 students in 2018 to 231 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 81% to 73% over that span.

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