Belleville PS3

Belleville PS3 is a compact K-5 school in BELLEVILLE, New Jersey, part of Belleville Public School District. The school serves 334 students in grades K through 6.

Belleville Public School District runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 4,886 students. Belleville PS3 is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Belleville PS3 lists that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic; the rest comes out to 6% Black, 6% White, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Belleville PS3 has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Essex County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Belleville PS3 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.1%, the actual is 38.8%, a residual of +9.7 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Essex County) reports that median household earnings sit near $80,789, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Belleville PS3 is one.

The closest other public school is Belleville Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Belleville PS3 at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 33.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Belleville PS3 has declined 3%, going from 344 students in 2018 to 334 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 74% to 81%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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