Sixteenth Avenue School

Sixteenth Avenue School is one of the average-sized primary schools in ELMWOOD PARK, New Jersey, part of Elmwood Park School District, with 410 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Elmwood Park School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,597 students; Sixteenth Avenue School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Sixteenth Avenue School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 29% White, 12% Black, 9% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Bergen County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Sixteenth Avenue School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. 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, Sixteenth Avenue School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.8%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bergen County put the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Sixteenth Avenue School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Gilbert Avenue School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sixteenth Avenue School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 46.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 469 students in 2018 compared to 410 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 40% to 47% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.