Malcolm S Mackay School

Malcolm S Mackay School operates as a moderately sized K-5 school in TENAFLY, New Jersey, operated by Tenafly Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 349 students spanning grades K through 5.

Tenafly Public School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,404 students. Malcolm S Mackay School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Malcolm S Mackay School logs that 43% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 42% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 17% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Malcolm S Mackay School logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 1% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Malcolm S Mackay School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.7%; this one delivers 72.1%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Bergen County put the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bergen County runs 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), of which Malcolm S Mackay School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Jefferson Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Malcolm S Mackay School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 63.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Malcolm S Mackay School has fell 11%, going from 391 students in 2018 to 349 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share fell from 47% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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