William Cullen Bryant School

This page covers William Cullen Bryant School, a small elementary school in TEANECK, New Jersey. It enrolls 283 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through kindergarten. The school is 30% below the average for elementary schools in New Jersey.

Enrollment across the 8 schools in Teaneck School District totals 3,630 students.

The student body at William Cullen Bryant School is 51% Hispanic. The school is also 24% Black, 11% White, 10% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 23%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.

William Cullen Bryant School lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 10.9 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 11.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 36% of the student body. The average for public schools in Bergen County is 28%.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Bergen County show that the median household earns about $124,884 a year, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Bergen County has 291 public schools with about 133,883 students, including William Cullen Bryant School.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Janis E. Dismus Middle School, is about 0.7 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

NCES assigns William Cullen Bryant School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 45 students, from 238 to 283. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 9.5:1 to 10.9:1.

Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.