E. Roy Bixby

E. Roy Bixby is a compact elementary school in BOGOTA, New Jersey, part of Bogota Public School District. The school enrolls 314 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% below the state mean of about 405.

Within Bogota Public School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,302 students, E. Roy Bixby is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, E. Roy Bixby lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%. The remainder reads as 12% White, 7% Asian, 7% Black. By comparison, Bergen County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 65% of students at E. Roy Bixby qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Bergen County's rate of about 28%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), E. Roy Bixby tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bergen County) reports that median household income runs about $124,884, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Bergen County runs 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), of which E. Roy Bixby is one.

Bogota Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around E. Roy Bixby. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), E. Roy Bixby ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 45.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. E. Roy Bixby's enrollment has expanded 11% since 2018, when it stood at 282 (now 314). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 63% to 72%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.