Lenape Meadows

Located at 160 RIDGE ROAD, in MAHWAH, New Jersey, Lenape Meadows is a mid-sized elementary campus that enrolls 418 students (grades pre-K through 3), part of Mahwah Township Public School District.

Across the 6 schools in Mahwah Township Public School District (2,698 students total), Lenape Meadows accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Lenape Meadows logs that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment; the rest consists of 17% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. Compared to Bergen County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Lenape Meadows has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Bergen County's rate of about 28%.

After controlling for student poverty, Lenape Meadows performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.2%, the actual is 65.2%, a residual of +9.0 points.

Across the wider 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 roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Lenape Meadows is one campus in the mix.

Ramapo Ridge is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lenape Meadows. On composite proficiency, Lenape Meadows comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 62.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Lenape Meadows's enrollment has contracted 3% since 2018, when it stood at 429 (now 418).

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.