Thomas Jefferson School #9

Located at 62 Alpine Street, in Garfield, New Jersey, Thomas Jefferson School #9 is an average-sized elementary campus that instructs 368 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Garfield Public School District.

Garfield Public School District runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 4,762 students. Thomas Jefferson School #9 is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Thomas Jefferson School #9 records that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 45% White, 5% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 60% of students are eligible 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 somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Thomas Jefferson School #9 ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.3%; Thomas Jefferson School #9 posts 56.2%, +22.9 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bergen County put median household earnings sit near $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Bergen County runs 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), of which Thomas Jefferson School #9 is one.

Garfield Public Preschool 3 at Headstart is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Thomas Jefferson School #9. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thomas Jefferson School #9 ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 37.7%.

Thomas Jefferson School #9 operates from a commuter-belt location.

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