Jackson Avenue

Jackson Avenue operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in HACKENSACK, New Jersey, overseen by Hackensack School District. Current enrollment sits at 438 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

Hackensack School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 5,376 students; Jackson Avenue is among them.

Looking at the student body, Jackson Avenue reports that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 6% Black, 5% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Bergen County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Jackson Avenue has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bergen County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jackson Avenue sits in the top 10% of New Jersey schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 22.6%; actual is 40.7%, +18.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bergen County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jackson Avenue is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

Nearest neighbor: Memorial School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Jackson Avenue comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Jackson Avenue's enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 471 (now 438). Class-load math has tightened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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