Lyndhurst High School

Lyndhurst High School is a mid-tier high school in LYNDHURST, New Jersey, operated by Lyndhurst Public School District. The school hosts 841 students in grades 9 through 12.

Within Lyndhurst Public School District, which oversees 9 schools and 2,606 students, Lyndhurst High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Lyndhurst High School lists that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 45% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Bergen County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Roughly 33% of students at Lyndhurst High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Lyndhurst High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Bergen County shows median household earnings sit near $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. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Lyndhurst High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Franklin School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lyndhurst High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lyndhurst High School at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 43.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lyndhurst High School has climbed 13%, going from 747 students in 2018 to 841 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 61% to 46%. Class-load math has rose: from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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