Meadowbrook

Meadowbrook is a K-5 school of close-knit scale in HILLSDALE, New Jersey, part of Hillsdale School District, teacheing 318 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 21% smaller than the state mean of about 405.

Meadowbrook is one of 3 schools operated by Hillsdale School District, a district that educates 1,123 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Meadowbrook logs that 72% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.7:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 3% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Meadowbrook sits in the top 10% of New Jersey schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 64.3%; actual is 84.7%, +20.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bergen County) shows that 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. In all, Bergen County runs 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), of which Meadowbrook is one.

Pascack Valley High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Meadowbrook ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 70.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 313 students in 2018 compared to 318 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.