Lincoln Elementary School

Lincoln Elementary School is one of the well-populated elementary campuss in NORTH BERGEN, New Jersey, operated by North Bergen School District, with 1,193 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Lincoln Elementary School sits 195% above that benchmark.

Across the 8 schools in North Bergen School District (7,031 students total), Lincoln Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Lincoln Elementary School shows that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder breaks down as 9% White. By comparison, Hudson County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 103 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 73% of students at Lincoln Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Lincoln Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.5%.

Across the wider county, Hudson County reports that median household income runs about $91,795, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lincoln Elementary School is one of 130 public schools in Hudson County (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students).

Nearest neighbor: Public School Number One, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 26.9%.

Lincoln Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 1,429 students in 2018 compared to 1,193 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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