Hawes Elementary School

Hawes Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary school in RIDGEWOOD, New Jersey, one of the schools within Ridgewood Public School District. The school enrolls 357 students in grades K through 5.

Ridgewood Public School District comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,419 students; Hawes Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hawes Elementary School shows that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 36% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 5% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bergen County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hawes Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.4%; this one delivers 72.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Bergen County indicate median household earnings sit near $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Hawes Elementary School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

Nearest neighbor: Clara E Coleman School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hawes Elementary School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 74.0%.

Hawes Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hawes Elementary School has shrank 12%, going from 407 students in 2018 to 357 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 54% to 44% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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