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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Jackson Avenue administration to hear?
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Enrollment
438
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HACKENSACK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340627000504
Jackson Avenue
421 JACKSON AVE, HACKENSACK, NJ 07601 · (201) 646-7990 · Bergen County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
349 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 85 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (68).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Hackensack School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
39.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
49.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 49.3% |
| 2023-24 | 34.9% | 38.9% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 23% 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 →
Schools most like Jackson Avenue
Jackson Avenue's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Avenue this school | 438 | 79.7% | 40.7% |
| School 8 PATERSON | 411 | 78.3% | 11.8% |
| Dewitt D. Barlow Elementary School PLAINFIELD | 423 | 83.2% | 19.6% |
| Belleville PS8 BELLEVILLE | 505 | 80.6% | 19.8% |
| Jefferson Elementary School PLAINFIELD | 383 | 82.5% | 19.2% |
| Park Avenue Elementary School Freehold | 463 | 83.2% | 31.4% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Jackson Avenue ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #734 of 1,290 | #127 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #599 of 1,319 ▲ 160 | #119 of 149 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #953 of 1,319 ▲ 31 | #146 of 149 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #578 of 1,562 | #36 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #354 of 1,390 | #33 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.6% | #1,264 of 1,392 | #148 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.7% | #216 of 1,481 | #4 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #529 of 798 | #56 of 85 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
438
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 309
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 12.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 438 | 43.5 | 10.1:1 | 80% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 417 | 39 | 10.7:1 | 61% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 35 | 12.2:1 | 70% (299) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 34 | 12.8:1 | 68% (296) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 35.8 | 13.2:1 | 78% (368) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 91% (460) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 71% (297) |
| 2000-01 | 491 | 29 | 16.9:1 | 60% (294) |
| 1990-91 | 309 | 22 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jackson Avenue.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (471 to 438); teachers up 22% (35.8 to 43.5).
About Jackson Avenue
Jackson Avenue is a medium-sized elementary school in New Jersey, located in HACKENSACK. It serves 438 students in pre-K through 4.
Hackensack School District operates 6 schools. Combined enrollment is 5,376 students.
Jackson Avenue enrolls a student body that is 86% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 6% Black, 5% White, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Bergen County's population at about 23%. The chance that two students picked at random at Jackson Avenue belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 26%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.1:1, with 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 80% of enrollment. Across public schools in Bergen County, the average is 28%.
Jackson Avenue ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 40.7%. Predicted: 22.6%. Difference: 18.1 points.
Census Bureau estimates for Bergen County show that median household income is about $124,884, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Jackson Avenue is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County, which together enroll about 133,883 students.
The closest other public school is Memorial School, about 0.3 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Jackson Avenue is behind the 51.6% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 435 to 438. The ratio was 12.8:1 in 2020-21 and 10.1:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Jackson Avenue may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Hackensack School District
- Hackensack High SchoolHigh · 1,813 students
- Hackensack Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,399 students
- FairmountElementary · 621 students
- Nellie K. ParkerElementary · 589 students
- Fanny Meyer HillersElementary · 516 students
Other schools in HACKENSACK
- Hackensack High SchoolHigh · 1,813 students
- Hackensack Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,399 students
- Bergen County AcademiesHigh · 1,130 students
- FairmountElementary · 621 students
- Nellie K. ParkerElementary · 589 students
- Fanny Meyer HillersElementary · 516 students
Other Jackson Avenue schools
One other US public school is named Jackson Avenue. Jackson Avenue is the largest of the 2.
- JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOLMINEOLA, NY · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Memorial School0.3 mi · 222
- Bergen County Technical High School - Teterboro0.8 mi · 665
- E. Roy Bixby0.8 mi · 314
- Lincoln Elementary School0.8 mi · 346
- Lillian M. Steen1.0 mi · 347
- Bogota Middle School1.1 mi · 166
Frequently asked questions
About Jackson AvenueHow many students attend Jackson Avenue?
Jackson Avenue enrolls approximately 438 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Jackson Avenue serve?
Jackson Avenue serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jackson Avenue?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jackson Avenue is approximately 10.1:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Jackson Avenue?
Student demographics at Jackson Avenue are roughly 5% White, 86% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Jackson Avenue in?
Jackson Avenue is part of Hackensack School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.