Hoover Elementary School

Hoover Elementary School, a modestly sized elementary school in BERGENFIELD, New Jersey, run under Bergenfield Borough School District, educates 261 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 36% smaller than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Within Bergenfield Borough School District, which oversees 7 schools and 3,600 students, Hoover Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Hoover Elementary School records that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 16% Asian, 10% Black, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Hoover Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.9%; this one delivers 47.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Bergen County put the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Hoover Elementary School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

The closest other public school is Roy W. Brown Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hoover Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Hoover Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.1%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hoover Elementary School has ticked up 10%, going from 237 students in 2018 to 261 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share edged down from 24% to 16%. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.