Schuyler Elementary School

Schuyler Elementary School is a medium-sized primary school in KEARNY, New Jersey, one of the schools within Kearny. The school caters to 437 students in grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 7 schools in Kearny (5,388 students total), Schuyler Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Schuyler Elementary School lists that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 28% White, 4% Asian, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 66% of students at Schuyler Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Schuyler Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.2%, the actual is 39.3%, a residual of +9.1 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hudson County) reports that median household income runs about $91,795, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hudson County runs 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,216 students), of which Schuyler Elementary School is one.

Roosevelt Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Schuyler Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Schuyler Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Schuyler Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 454 (now 437). The White share of enrollment shrank from 36% to 28% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.