Lincoln School

Lincoln School is one of the mid-tier primary schools in RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, operated by Rutherford School District, with 500 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 3. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Lincoln School sits 23% above that benchmark.

Rutherford School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,544 students; Lincoln School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Lincoln School shows that White students make up the majority at 55%. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 8% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lincoln School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Lincoln School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 7% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bergen County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lincoln School ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 62.1%; Lincoln School posts 77.6%, +15.5 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bergen County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Lincoln School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

Rutherford High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lincoln School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 51.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lincoln School has held roughly steady, going from 488 students in 2018 to 500 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Lincoln School typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.