Enrollment
296
Elementary
DISTRICT 672 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH BERGEN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341146002892
McKinley Elementary School
3110 LIBERTY AVE, NORTH BERGEN, NJ 07047 · (201) 974-7020 · Hudson County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL296 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
207 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 24% smaller than its 8th grade class (37).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
40.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
24.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.8% | 24.1% |
| 2023-24 | 37.7% | 22.9% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like McKinley Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinley Elementary School this school | 296 | 69.9% | 26.5% |
| Hudson Elementary School UNION CITY | 320 | 68.4% | 51.8% |
| Belleville PS3 BELLEVILLE | 334 | 67.7% | 38.8% |
| Kennedy Elementary School Harrison | 330 | 74.5% | N/A |
| Frances C. Smith Early Childhood Center No 50 ELIZABETH | 306 | 76.1% | N/A |
| Early Childhood School WEST NEW YORK | 395 | 68.1% | N/A |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where McKinley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #1,028 of 1,290 | #71 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #1,081 of 1,319 ▼ 34 | #71 of 84 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #915 of 1,319 ▲ 14 | #62 of 84 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 296 | #1,121 of 1,562 | #81 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.4:1 | #71 of 1,390 | #3 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.6% | #1,263 of 1,392 | #66 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.9% | #357 of 1,481 | #50 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #212 of 798 | #23 of 61 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
296
-46 (-13%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 324
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 9.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 296 | 35.2 | 8.4:1 | 70% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 32.1 | 10.0:1 | 78% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 318 | 34.6 | 9.2:1 | 64% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 342 | 36 | 9.5:1 | 51% (176) |
| 2017-18 | 360 | 34.3 | 10.5:1 | 52% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 411 | 36 | 11.4:1 | 64% (263) |
| 2010-11 | 420 | 29 | 14.5:1 | 57% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 363 | 25 | 14.5:1 | 65% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 324 | 17 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McKinley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (360 to 296); teachers up 3% (34.3 to 35.2).
About McKinley Elementary School
McKinley Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school, is located in NORTH BERGEN, New Jersey. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 296 students. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students.
McKinley Elementary School is among 8 schools run by North Bergen School District, which serves 7,031 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at McKinley Elementary School, with 86% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 6% White, 5% Asian, and 2% Black. In Hudson County overall, about 41% of residents are Hispanic. McKinley Elementary School has a diversity index of 26%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 8.4 students per teacher and 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 70%. Across public schools in Hudson County, the average is about the same, 68%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, McKinley Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with McKinley Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 27.9%. McKinley Elementary School scores 26.5%, 1.4 points below that line.
Federal survey data for Hudson County show that median household income is about $91,795, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. A total of 130 public schools operate in Hudson County, serving about 86,216 students.
The shortest distance from McKinley Elementary School to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Union City High School. The five-mile area around McKinley Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 49.0% proficiency; McKinley Elementary School posts 26.5%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 296, 13% below the 342 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 8.4:1, from 9.5:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at McKinley Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
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Other McKinley Elementary schools
55 other US public schools in 19 states are named McKinley Elementary. McKinley Elementary School is the 40th largest of the 56.
- McKinley Elementary SchoolNEWARK, NJ · 917 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolWestfield, NJ · 291 students
- McKinley ElementaryStockton, CA · 705 students
- McKinley ElementaryFresno, CA · 671 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolBeaverton, OR · 666 students
Nearby schools
- Union City High School0.4 mi · 3,147
- Robert Waters Elementary School0.4 mi · 983
- Eugenio Maria de Hostos Center for Early Childhood Education0.5 mi · 300
- George Washington Elementary School0.7 mi · 776
- Jose Marti STEM Academy0.7 mi · 625
- Jefferson Elementary School0.7 mi · 272
Frequently asked questions
About McKinley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at McKinley Elementary School?
McKinley Elementary School enrolls approximately 296 students in grades KG-08.
Is McKinley Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
McKinley Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at McKinley Elementary School?
Approximately 8.4:1 students per teacher at McKinley Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at McKinley Elementary School?
Student demographics at McKinley Elementary School are roughly 6% White, 86% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is McKinley Elementary School public or private?
McKinley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by North Bergen School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.