Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School

As a tight-knit elementary school in TEANECK, New Jersey, Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School caters to 334 students from grades K through 4, part of Teaneck School District.

Within Teaneck School District, which oversees 8 schools and 3,630 students, Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% Black, 13% Asian, 10% White, 2% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Bergen County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School records 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bergen County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 36.8%; Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School posts 52.5%, +15.7 points above that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Bergen County) records that the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Thomas Jefferson Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 47.5%.

Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Nathaniel Hawthorne Elementary School has ticked up 11%, going from 300 students in 2018 to 334 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 38% to 45% across the same window.

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