Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene School

Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene School, a low-enrollment K-5 school in ROSELLE PARK, New Jersey, run under Roselle Park Public School District, instructs 287 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% leaner than the state mean of about 405.

Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene School is one of 5 schools operated by Roselle Park Public School District, a district that educates 2,007 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 25% White, 12% Black, 7% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

On the resource side, On paper, Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.0%, the actual is 38.4%, a residual of +1.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Union County) logs that median household earnings sit near $103,202, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Union County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), of which Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Roselle Park High School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene School. On composite proficiency, Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 39.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ernest J. Finizio Jr. - Aldene School's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 303 (now 287). The White share of enrollment edged down from 35% to 25% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.