George G White

George G White is an intermediate school of small scale in HILLSDALE, New Jersey, operated by Hillsdale School District, enrolling 490 students in grades 5 through 8.

Hillsdale School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,123 students. George G White is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, George G White reports that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 18% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, George G White has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Bergen County's rate of about 28%.

After controlling for student poverty, George G White performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.4%, the actual is 65.9%, a residual of +5.5 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Bergen County indicate median household income runs about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), George G White is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Pascack Valley High School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), George G White ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 70.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 9%: 541 students in 2018 compared to 490 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 78% to 67%.

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