Roy W. Brown Middle School

Roy W. Brown Middle School is a mid-sized junior high in BERGENFIELD, New Jersey, one of the schools within Bergenfield Borough School District. The school educates 761 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 578 students each, so Roy W. Brown Middle School sits 32% bigger than that benchmark.

Bergenfield Borough School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,600 students; Roy W. Brown Middle School is among them.

On demographics, Roy W. Brown Middle School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 22% Asian, 8% White, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Roy W. Brown Middle School has 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Roy W. Brown Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bergen County indicate median household earnings sit near $124,884, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Roy W. Brown Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Washington Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Roy W. Brown Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Roy W. Brown Middle School's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 836 (now 761). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 52% to 59%. Class-load math has fell: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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