Haledon Public School

Set in HALEDON, New Jersey, Haledon Public School is a sprawling K-5 school, one of the schools within Haledon Public School District. It serves 996 students across grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 146% above the state mean of about 405.

Haledon Public School sits inside Haledon Public School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Haledon Public School logs that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 13% White, 12% Black, 6% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at school resources, Haledon Public School logs 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Haledon Public School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 68% of students at Haledon Public School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Haledon Public School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.1%; this one delivers 27.1%.

Around the school, census data for Passaic County shows the typical household earns roughly $87,522 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Passaic County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), of which Haledon Public School is one.

Prospect Park Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Haledon Public School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Haledon Public School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Haledon Public School has ticked down 3%, going from 1,031 students in 2018 to 996 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 58% to 67%.

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