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Teaneck High School

100 ELIZABETH AVE, TEANECK, NJ 07666 · (201) 833-5400 · Bergen County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,244 STUDENTS
Enrollment
1,244
High
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 929
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
104 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
524 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Grade 9
275
Grade 10
298
Grade 11
322
Grade 12
349
Student demographics
White
12610%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 37%
Hispanic
56245%
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 35%
Black
39232%
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 14%
Asian
1159%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 10%
Two+
282%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 3%
Native American
111%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 0%
Pacific Islander
71%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
64252%
Female
59948%

School pathway

Feeds from
Benjamin Franklin Middle School0508Thomas Jefferson Middle School0508
Based on grade levels within Teaneck School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations
English Language Arts
40.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -7.9pp since 2023
Math
29.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.9pp since 2023

What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.

Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
1,244
+11 (+1%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 10.4:1
% White
10%
was 11%
% Hispanic
45%
was 34%
% Black
32%
was 41%
% Asian
9%
was 9%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About Teaneck High School

Located at 100 ELIZABETH AVE, in TEANECK, New Jersey, Teaneck High School is a mid-tier high school that serves 1,244 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Teaneck School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 929 students each, so Teaneck High School sits 34% bigger than that benchmark.

Teaneck School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,630 students; Teaneck High School is among them.

On demographics, Teaneck High School reports that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 32% Black, 10% White, 9% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 104 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 42% of students at Teaneck High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Bergen County's rate of about 28%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Teaneck High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.1%; this one delivers 33.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Bergen County) shows that median household earnings sit near $124,884, 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 Teaneck High School is one.

Theodora Smiley Lacey Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Teaneck High School. On composite proficiency, Teaneck High School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.1%.

Teaneck High School operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Teaneck High School has showed little movement, going from 1,233 students in 2018 to 1,244 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 34% to 45%. Class-load math has rose: from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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Bergen County at a glance

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Population
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students

Quick facts

School name
Teaneck High School
District
Teaneck School District
Address
100 ELIZABETH AVE, TEANECK, NJ 07666
Phone
(201) 833-5400
County
Bergen County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
1,244
Teachers (FTE)
104
Student–teacher ratio
12.0:1
Free/Reduced lunch
524 (42%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
341608000840
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Teaneck High School
How large is Teaneck High School?
Teaneck High School enrolls approximately 1,244 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Teaneck High School serve?
Teaneck High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Teaneck High School?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Teaneck High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Teaneck High School?
At Teaneck High School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 45% Hispanic, 32% Black, 9% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Teaneck High School?
Teaneck High School is overseen by Teaneck School District in Bergen County.
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