Walter Stillman School

Walter Stillman School, a compact elementary-level community in TENAFLY, New Jersey, part of Tenafly Public School District, works with 314 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% below the state mean of about 405.

Within Tenafly Public School District, which oversees 6 schools and 3,404 students, Walter Stillman School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Walter Stillman School lists that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 43% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 3% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Walter Stillman School 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 64.4%; Walter Stillman School posts 79.3%, +14.9 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Bergen County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, 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 Walter Stillman School is one.

The closest other public school is Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Walter Stillman School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Walter Stillman School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 48.2%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 20%: 393 students in 2018 compared to 314 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 54% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.