Union School

Union School operates as a compact junior high in RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, run under Rutherford School District. Current enrollment sits at 399 students spanning grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 578 students per school, that is 31% smaller than typical.

Across the 5 schools in Rutherford School District (2,544 students total), Union School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Union School logs that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 25% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Bergen County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Union School reports 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.2:1. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 7% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bergen County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Union School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.5%, the actual is 62.6%, a residual of +0.2 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bergen County indicate median household income runs about $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Union School is one.

Washington School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Union School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Union School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 52.1%.

Union School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Union School has showed little movement, going from 398 students in 2018 to 399 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 61% to 51%.

On this page, members of the Union School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.