Patrick M Villano School

Located at 175 Linwood Avenue, in Emerson, New Jersey, Patrick M Villano School is a small intermediate school that enrolls 240 students (grades 4 through 6), one of the schools within Emerson Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 58% below the state mean of about 578.

Emerson Public School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,054 students. Patrick M Villano School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Patrick M Villano School logs that White students make up the majority at 57%. The remainder consists of 25% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 7% multiracial. Compared to Bergen County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Patrick M Villano School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.0%; this one delivers 61.0%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Bergen County put median household earnings sit near $124,884, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Bergen County runs 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), of which Patrick M Villano School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Emerson Jr Sr High, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Patrick M Villano School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 62.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Patrick M Villano School's enrollment has ticked down 29% since 2018, when it stood at 340 (now 240). Over the same period, the White share declined from 66% to 57%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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