Wallington Junior Senior High School

Wallington Junior Senior High School is one of the intimate four-year high schools in WALLINGTON, New Jersey, run under Wallington Boro School District, with 545 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 41% smaller than the state mean of about 929.

Wallington Boro School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,159 students. Wallington Junior Senior High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wallington Junior Senior High School reports that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 36% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Wallington Junior Senior High School lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. The state averages about 12.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bergen County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Wallington Junior Senior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.6%, the actual is 41.7%, a residual of +2.0 points.

In the surrounding community, Bergen County reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Wallington Junior Senior High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Frank W. Gavlak Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wallington Junior Senior High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wallington Junior Senior High School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 49.2%.

Wallington Junior Senior High School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 4%: 567 students in 2018 compared to 545 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 69% to 58% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.