Theodora Smiley Lacey Elementary School

Located at ONE MERRISON STREET, in TEANECK, New Jersey, Theodora Smiley Lacey Elementary School is a micro-enrollment elementary-level community that educates 115 students (grades pre-K through K), part of Teaneck School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Theodora Smiley Lacey Elementary School sits 72% leaner than that benchmark.

Theodora Smiley Lacey Elementary School is one of 8 schools operated by Teaneck School District, a district that instructs 3,630 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Theodora Smiley Lacey Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 26% Black, 19% White, 8% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Bergen County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Theodora Smiley Lacey Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, 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.

In the surrounding community, census data for Bergen County shows median household income runs about $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Theodora Smiley Lacey Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Teaneck High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a residential site.

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