Arbor Elementary School

Arbor Elementary School is one of the mid-tier primary schools in PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, part of Piscataway Township School District, with 528 students on its rolls from grades 4 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 30% above typical.

Across the 11 schools in Piscataway Township School District (7,289 students total), Arbor Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Arbor Elementary School logs that 36% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 27% Asian, 22% Black, 10% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 56% of students at Arbor Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Middlesex County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Arbor Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Middlesex County indicate median household earnings sit near $111,549, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Arbor Elementary School is one of 214 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students).

Nearest neighbor: Plainfield Academy For The Arts & Advanced Studies, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Arbor Elementary School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 29.8%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arbor Elementary School has fell 4%, going from 548 students in 2018 to 528 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 26% to 36%.

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