John Y Dater Elementary School

John Y Dater Elementary School operates as a small K-5 school in RAMSEY, New Jersey, run under Ramsey School District. Current enrollment sits at 325 students spanning grades 4 through 5.

Ramsey School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,310 students. John Y Dater Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, John Y Dater Elementary School lists that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 8% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Bergen County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 9% of students at John Y Dater Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Bergen County's rate of about 28%.

After controlling for student poverty, John Y Dater Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.1%; this one delivers 66.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bergen County put median household income runs about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bergen County runs 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), of which John Y Dater Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ramsey High School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, John Y Dater Elementary School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 71.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 400 students in 2018 compared to 325 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

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