Allen W. Roberts School

Set in NEW PROVIDENCE, New Jersey, Allen W. Roberts School is a large elementary school, run under New Providence School District. It teaches 641 students across grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Allen W. Roberts School sits 58% bigger than that benchmark.

Within New Providence School District, which oversees 4 schools and 2,264 students, Allen W. Roberts School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Allen W. Roberts School shows that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 29% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 39% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 2% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Union County's rate of about 52%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Allen W. Roberts 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 65.2%; Allen W. Roberts School posts 80.2%, +15.0 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Union County) reports that median household income runs about $103,202, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Union County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), Allen W. Roberts School is one campus in the mix.

New Providence High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Allen W. Roberts School. On composite proficiency, Allen W. Roberts School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 70.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 9%: 707 students in 2018 compared to 641 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 61% to 50%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.