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What's the most underrated thing about Bedminster Township Public School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
412
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEDMINSTER TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340132005120
Bedminster Township Public School
234 Somerville Road, Bedminster, NJ 07921 · (908) 234-0768 · Somerset County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
49 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
54 students
STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (51).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
78.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +8.5pp since 2023
Math
68.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.3% | 68.8% |
| 2023-24 | 69.8% | 58.4% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bedminster Township Public School
Bedminster Township Public School's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedminster Township Public School this school | 412 | 13.1% | 64.2% |
| John F. Kennedy Elementary School WAYNE | 387 | 14.2% | 64.4% |
| Sandshore Rd. Elementary School BUDD LAKE | 409 | 10.5% | 57.2% |
| Hoboken Dual Language Charter School HOBOKEN | 441 | 8.8% | 81.7% |
| Lenape Meadows MAHWAH | 418 | 18.2% | 65.2% |
| Mill Lake MONROE TWP | 462 | 17.5% | 50.6% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bedminster Township Public School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #258 of 1,290 | #20 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #262 of 1,319 ▲ 144 | #23 of 42 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #115 of 1,319 ▲ 134 | #5 of 42 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #661 of 1,562 | #22 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.4:1 | #75 of 1,390 | #8 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.6% | #362 of 1,392 | #24 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.1% | #1,182 of 1,481 | #28 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.2% | #155 of 798 | #4 of 31 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
412
-71 (-15%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 383
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 8.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 412 | 48.8 | 8.4:1 | 13% (54) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 49.8 | 8.6:1 | 10% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 452 | 53.9 | 8.4:1 | 11% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 483 | 54 | 8.9:1 | 11% (55) |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 54.7 | 9.6:1 | 9% (49) |
| 2015-16 | 518 | 54 | 9.6:1 | 6% (29) |
| 2010-11 | 590 | 47 | 12.6:1 | 8% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 600 | 56 | 10.7:1 | 8% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 383 | 31 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bedminster Township Public School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (523 to 412); teachers down 11% (54.7 to 48.8).
About Bedminster Township Public School
Bedminster Township Public School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Bedminster, New Jersey. It teaches 412 students in pre-K through 8.
Bedminster Township Public School District operates Bedminster Township Public School.
More than half of the students at Bedminster Township Public School are White (53%). The next largest groups are 21% Hispanic, 17% Asian, and 6% multiracial. That is in line with Somerset County, where about 52% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.
Bedminster Township Public School lists 48.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 8.4 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1. About 13% of students at Bedminster Township Public School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 28% average for public schools in Somerset County is 15 points higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Bedminster Township Public School lands at A-, ahead of 76% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Bedminster Township Public School is +5.3 points: 64.2% actual, 59.0% predicted.
In Somerset County, home to about 349,846 people, median household income comes to about $140,374, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 84 public schools in the county, enrolling about 51,276, Bedminster Township Public School among them.
The closest school to Bedminster Township Public School is Mount Prospect Elementary School, located about 1.9 miles away. There are 6 more public schools inside five miles. Bedminster Township Public School's average proficiency of 64.2% compares with 68.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 15% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,846
Census ACS
Median income
$140,374
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,276 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Mount Prospect Elementary School1.9 mi · 522
- Hamilton Primary School3.2 mi · 462
- Liberty Corner School3.3 mi · 429
- Hillside Intermediate School3.6 mi · 568
- William Annin Middle School4.1 mi · 1,122
- Eisenhower Intermediate School4.4 mi · 625
Frequently asked questions
About Bedminster Township Public SchoolHow many students attend Bedminster Township Public School?
Bedminster Township Public School enrolls approximately 412 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Bedminster Township Public School serve?
Bedminster Township Public School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bedminster Township Public School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bedminster Township Public School is approximately 8.4:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bedminster Township Public School?
Student demographics at Bedminster Township Public School are roughly 53% White, 21% Hispanic, 2% Black, 17% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Bedminster Township Public School?
Bedminster Township Public School is overseen by Bedminster Township Public School District in Somerset County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.