Belleville PS5

Located at 149 ADELAIDE ST, in BELLEVILLE, New Jersey, Belleville PS5 is a moderately sized primary school that instructs 362 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by Belleville Public School District.

Across the 10 schools in Belleville Public School District (4,886 students total), Belleville PS5 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Belleville PS5 shows that 78% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 9% White, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Belleville PS5 lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Belleville PS5 higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Essex County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Belleville PS5 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.6%, the actual is 38.7%, a residual of +8.1 points.

Across the wider county, 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 roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Belleville PS5 is one of 249 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students).

The closest other public school is Belleville High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Belleville PS5 comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 36.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Belleville PS5 has ticked up 3%, going from 351 students in 2018 to 362 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 69% to 78% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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