Franklin School

Franklin School is an elementary campus of compact scale in LYNDHURST, New Jersey, one of the schools within Lyndhurst Public School District, hosting 196 students in grades K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 52% below the state mean of about 405.

Lyndhurst Public School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 2,606 students. Franklin School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Franklin School logs that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 40% White, 6% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Franklin School logs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Franklin School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bergen County put median household earnings sit near $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Franklin School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lyndhurst High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Franklin School has fell 16%, going from 232 students in 2018 to 196 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 65% to 40%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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