Slocum Skewes School

Slocum Skewes School is a middle school of mid-sized scale in RIDGEFIELD, New Jersey, run under Ridgefield School District, teacheing 654 students in grades 3 through 8.

Ridgefield School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,532 students; Slocum Skewes School is among them.

On demographics, Slocum Skewes School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 24% White, 20% Asian, 5% Black. By comparison, Bergen County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Slocum Skewes School records 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.9:1, putting Slocum Skewes School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 49% of students at Slocum Skewes School qualify 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.

With demographic context factored in, Slocum Skewes School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.8%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Bergen County put the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Slocum Skewes School is one.

The closest other public school is Ridgefield Memorial High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Slocum Skewes School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Slocum Skewes School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 40.4%.

Slocum Skewes School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 743 students in 2018 compared to 654 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 38% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

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