Avenel Street Elementary School

Located at AVENEL STREET, in AVENEL, New Jersey, Avenel Street Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary campus that enrolls 403 students (grades K through 5), part of Woodbridge Township School District.

Across the 24 schools in Woodbridge Township School District (13,869 students total), Avenel Street Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Avenel Street Elementary School shows that 31% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 29% Black, 22% White, 18% Asian.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Avenel Street Elementary School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Avenel Street Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 55% of students at Avenel Street Elementary School qualify 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.

With demographic context factored in, Avenel Street Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.0%, the actual is 35.3%, a residual of -0.7 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) reports that median household earnings sit near $111,549, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Middlesex County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), Avenel Street Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Woodbine Avenue Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Avenel Street Elementary School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 33.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Avenel Street Elementary School has shrank 9%, going from 442 students in 2018 to 403 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 41% to 22% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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