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Henry B. Milnes Elementary School

8-01 PHILLIP ST, FAIR LAWN, NJ 07410 · (201) 794-5550 · Bergen County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL392 STUDENTS
Enrollment
392
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 405
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
68 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Kindergarten
71
Grade 1
74
Grade 2
76
Grade 3
82
Grade 4
89
Student demographics
White
22357%
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 37%
Hispanic
6416%
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 35%
Black
82%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 14%
Asian
8121%
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 10%
Two+
164%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 3%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
21054%
Female
18246%

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Test scores

NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations
English Language Arts
73.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
77.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.2pp since 2023

What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.

Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.2pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
392
-87 (-18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.8:1
% White
57%
was 67%
% Hispanic
16%
was 10%
% Black
2%
was 3%
% Asian
21%
was 15%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About Henry B. Milnes Elementary School

Henry B. Milnes Elementary School, a mid-sized primary school in FAIR LAWN, New Jersey, run under Fair Lawn Public School District, teaches 392 students, covering grades K through 4.

Fair Lawn Public School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,472 students; Henry B. Milnes Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Henry B. Milnes Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 21% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. Compared to Bergen County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Henry B. Milnes Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Bergen County's rate of about 28%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Henry B. Milnes Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 56.7%; this one delivers 74.8%, a residual of +18.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Bergen County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Henry B. Milnes Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Thomas Jefferson Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Henry B. Milnes Elementary School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 70.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Henry B. Milnes Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 479 (now 392). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 67% to 57%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.

Bergen County at a glance

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Population
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students

Quick facts

School name
Henry B. Milnes Elementary School
District
Fair Lawn Public School District
Address
8-01 PHILLIP ST, FAIR LAWN, NJ 07410
Phone
(201) 794-5550
County
Bergen County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–04
Total enrollment
392
Teachers (FTE)
32
Student–teacher ratio
12.2:1
Free/Reduced lunch
68 (17%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
340498000416
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Henry B. Milnes Elementary School
How large is Henry B. Milnes Elementary School?
Henry B. Milnes Elementary School enrolls approximately 392 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Henry B. Milnes Elementary School serve?
Henry B. Milnes Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Henry B. Milnes Elementary School?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Henry B. Milnes Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Henry B. Milnes Elementary School?
Student demographics at Henry B. Milnes Elementary School are roughly 57% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 21% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Henry B. Milnes Elementary School?
Henry B. Milnes Elementary School is overseen by Fair Lawn Public School District in Bergen County.
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