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.