Total enrollment
3,630
+22 (+1%) vs SY 2020-21
8 schools in Teaneck School District
New Jersey · 3,630 students · 1 city
For a New Jersey district, Teaneck School District runs a compact public-school system: 8 schools and roughly 3,630 students (5 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high).
4-year change in Teaneck School District
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
8
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Teaneck School District ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In New Jersey | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #139 of 243 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,630 | #98 of 372 | #2,679 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 8 | #80 of 372 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #181 of 370 | #1,184 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 46.6% | #116 of 369 | #4,672 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #50 of 298 | #586 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Teaneck School District
State test results across the district's 6 scored schools run from Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School at 52.5% proficient to Teaneck High School at 33.2%, a gap of 19.3 points. That is the 86th widest gap among 186 New Jersey districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 7 district schools that reported both years went from 3,591 to 3,515 students (down 2%) and from 357 to 311 full-time teachers (down 13%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teaneck High School | Teaneck | High | 09-12 | 1,244 |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School | Teaneck | Middle | 05-08 | 510 |
| Benjamin Franklin Middle School | Teaneck | Middle | 05-08 | 463 |
| John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School | Teaneck | Elementary | KG-04 | 361 |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School | Teaneck | Elementary | KG-04 | 334 |
| James Russell Lowell Elementary School | Teaneck | Elementary | KG-04 | 320 |
| William Cullen Bryant School | Teaneck | Elementary | PK-KG | 283 |
| Theodora Smiley Lacey Elementary School | Teaneck | Elementary | PK-KG | 115 |
About Teaneck School District
As a rural-scale district in New Jersey, Teaneck School District enrolls 3,630 students across 8 schools.
In terms of grade levels, Teaneck School District covers 5 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high school.
On a per-school basis, Teaneck School District runs about 454 students per school, 16% below the state mean of roughly 540.
Five-year track record. Total public-school enrollment in Teaneck School District has held roughly steady since SY 2020-21, moving from about 3,608 students to 3,630.
On this page, the community for Teaneck School District discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Discussions cut across districts, schools, and grade levels.