Fanny Meyer Hillers

Fanny Meyer Hillers operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in HACKENSACK, New Jersey, run under Hackensack School District. Current enrollment sits at 516 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 27% bigger than the state mean of about 405.

Fanny Meyer Hillers is one of 6 schools operated by Hackensack School District, a district that works with 5,376 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Fanny Meyer Hillers lists that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 15% Black, 9% Asian, 6% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Bergen County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Fanny Meyer Hillers sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.0%; this one delivers 43.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bergen County put the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Fanny Meyer Hillers is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hackensack High School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fanny Meyer Hillers at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fanny Meyer Hillers has decreased 18%, going from 632 students in 2018 to 516 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 59% to 67% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.