Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School

Located at 445 STATE STREET, in PERTH AMBOY, New Jersey, Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus that enrolls 559 students (grades K through 5), part of Perth Amboy Public School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School sits 38% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 12 schools in Perth Amboy Public School District (9,845 students total), Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School lists that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 6% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Middlesex County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.3%; this one delivers 22.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Middlesex County shows median household earnings sit near $111,549, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Middlesex County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Perth Amboy Magnet School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 22.6%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School's enrollment has fell 19% since 2018, when it stood at 694 (now 559). The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 96% to 91% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.