Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 07601 include seven schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: four elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools. Most are in the Hackensack School District; Bergen County Academies is in the Bergen County Vocational Technical School District, while Hackensack High School is in Hackensack’s district. The clearest high-school contrast is Bergen County Academies’ much higher results: in 2025–2026, its grade 9 ELA proficiency was 98%, compared with 36% at Hackensack High and 51% statewide.
Among elementary schools, Fanny Meyer Hillers had the strongest combined 2025–2026 results, averaging 46% across the four reported grade-and-subject scores; Jackson Avenue was lowest at 33%, a 13-point spread. Both were below the comparable state average of 48%. Results vary by grade, however: Jackson Avenue reached 52% in grade 4 math, above the state’s 47%, while its grade 3 ELA was 21%. Nellie K. Parker led the elementary schools in grade 3 math at 45%, and Fairmount led in grade 3 ELA at 46%. Hackensack Middle School had low regular-grade averages: 35% in ELA and 15% in math, respectively 18 and 21 points below state averages. Its advanced-course results were a striking exception, with 100% proficient in reported Algebra I groups.
Elementary results moved further below the state overall between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026: the gap widened from about 7 points to 9 points, a 2-point change. SchoolDigger’s rankings show a different mix of trajectories: Hillers rose from the 36th to the 48th percentile and Fairmount from the 21st to the 31st, while Hackensack High fell from the 30th to the 23rd. Income figures are context, not explanations: for 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible was 66% at Hillers and 80% at Jackson Avenue; Hackensack Middle was 71%. Test results cover only two school years, so they do not establish a long-term trend.
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