Hasbrouck Heights Middle School

As a cozy 6-8 campus in HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, New Jersey, Hasbrouck Heights Middle School serves 417 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Hasbrouck Heights School District. That puts it 28% leaner than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 578 students.

Within Hasbrouck Heights School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,642 students, Hasbrouck Heights Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Hasbrouck Heights Middle School logs that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 37% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Bergen County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Hasbrouck Heights Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.2%; this one delivers 54.6%.

In the area at large, Bergen County reports that median household earnings sit near $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Hasbrouck Heights Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hasbrouck Heights High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hasbrouck Heights Middle School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hasbrouck Heights Middle School has edged down 15%, going from 490 students in 2018 to 417 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 58% to 45% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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