School No. 2

School No. 2 operates as a mid-tier primary school in FORT LEE, New Jersey, operated by Fort Lee School District. Current enrollment sits at 362 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

Across the 6 schools in Fort Lee School District (4,006 students total), School No. 2 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, School No. 2 logs that the most-represented group is Asian (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 21% White, 19% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 17% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, School No. 2 reports 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.4:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, School No. 2 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 52.7%; School No. 2 posts 71.5%, +18.8 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Bergen County shows the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), School No. 2 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Anna C. Scott Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around School No. 2. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), School No. 2 ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 59.3%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. School No. 2's enrollment has declined 26% since 2018, when it stood at 489 (now 362). The Asian share of enrollment climbed from 42% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.