Community

Community, a very small K-5 school in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, run under Lyndhurst Public School District, caters to 50 students, covering grade pre-K. That puts it 88% smaller than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Community is one of 9 schools operated by Lyndhurst Public School District, a district that teaches 2,606 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Community logs that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 30% White, 12% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Bergen County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 6% of students at Community qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Bergen County shows median household earnings sit near $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Community is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lyndhurst Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.