Washington School

Washington School is one of the intimate elementary campuss in LYNDHURST, New Jersey, run under Lyndhurst Public School District, with 162 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Washington School sits 60% leaner than that benchmark.

Lyndhurst Public School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 2,606 students. Washington School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Washington School shows that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 38% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, Washington School shows 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Washington School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 33% of students at Washington School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, census data for Bergen County shows median household earnings sit near $124,884, 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 Washington School is one.

The closest other public school is Franklin D Roosevelt Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 24%: 214 students in 2018 compared to 162 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 58% to 45% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 in 2025.

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