Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to K
Charles R Smith Early Chilhood Center, Palisades Park, NJ
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 277
- Teachers (FTE)
- 40.0
- Students per teacher
- 6.9
- Grades
- PK to K
This school's ratio is 4.9 lower than the district figure of 11.8. The New Jersey average across schools is 11.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 270 First Street, Palisades Park, NJ 07650
- Phone
- (201)947-2761
- District
- Palisades Park School District
- County
- Bergen County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- NCES school ID
- 341236000789
School meals
- Free lunch
- 164
- Reduced-price lunch
- 7
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 17161.7% of enrollment.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- No
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Palisades Park School District
- Lindbergh Elementary School 762 students
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.