Lincoln School

Lincoln School is a compact K-5 school in East Rutherford, New Jersey, run under East Rutherford School District. The school educates 178 students in grades 4 through 5. That puts it 56% leaner than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Lincoln School is one of 3 schools operated by East Rutherford School District, a district that serves 787 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Lincoln School logs that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 30% White, 13% Asian, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Bergen County's rate of about 28%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lincoln School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.3%, the actual is 52.7%, a residual of +12.3 points.

In the broader community, Bergen County reports that median household earnings sit near $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Lincoln School is one campus in the mix.

Alfred S. Faust Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lincoln School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lincoln School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.4%.

Lincoln School operates from an outer-ring location.

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