Hackensack High School

As a sizable senior high in HACKENSACK, New Jersey, Hackensack High School serves 1,813 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Hackensack School District. That puts it 95% above the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.

Hackensack School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 5,376 students. Hackensack High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Hackensack High School records that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 19% Black, 7% White, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the resource side, Hackensack High School logs 137 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 64% of students at Hackensack High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bergen County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Hackensack High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.3%, the actual is 26.3%, a residual of -5.0 points.

In the broader community, Bergen County reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Hackensack High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Fanny Meyer Hillers, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hackensack High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 43.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hackensack High School has declined 4%, going from 1,898 students in 2018 to 1,813 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 55% to 70% across the same window.

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