Franklin D Roosevelt Elementary School

Set in North Arlington, New Jersey, Franklin D Roosevelt Elementary School is a minimally staffed elementary school, operated by North Arlington School District. It instructs 132 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 67% leaner than typical.

North Arlington School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,988 students; Franklin D Roosevelt Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Franklin D Roosevelt Elementary School lists that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 44% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, Franklin D Roosevelt Elementary School records 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.3:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Franklin D Roosevelt Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.9%, the actual is 44.6%, a residual of -3.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, 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 roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Franklin D Roosevelt Elementary School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

The closest other public school is Washington School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Franklin D Roosevelt Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 42.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Franklin D Roosevelt Elementary School has decreased 40%, going from 221 students in 2018 to 132 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 62% to 45%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

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