McKinley Elementary School

McKinley Elementary School is a K-5 school of compact scale in NORTH BERGEN, New Jersey, one of the schools within North Bergen School District, instructing 296 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 27% leaner than typical.

North Bergen School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 7,031 students. McKinley Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, McKinley Elementary School logs that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic; the rest is composed of 6% White, 5% Asian, 2% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting McKinley Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, McKinley Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.9%; this one delivers 26.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Hudson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $91,795 per year, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. McKinley Elementary School is one of 130 public schools in Hudson County (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students).

Nearest neighbor: Union City High School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts McKinley Elementary School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 49.0%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 18%: 360 students in 2018 compared to 296 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 today.

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