Eleanor Van Gelder

Set in EDGEWATER, New Jersey, Eleanor Van Gelder is a moderately sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Edgewater School District. It hosts 384 students across grades 3 through 6.

Edgewater School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 717 students. Eleanor Van Gelder is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Eleanor Van Gelder logs that 43% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 28% White, 20% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Eleanor Van Gelder tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Bergen County) reports that median household earnings sit near $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 Eleanor Van Gelder is one.

The closest other public school is Cliffside Park High School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Eleanor Van Gelder. On composite proficiency, Eleanor Van Gelder comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 10%: 429 students in 2018 compared to 384 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share climbed from 35% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.