Enrollment
138
Elementary
DISTRICT 326 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340135001972
Belleville PS9
301 RALPH ST, BELLEVILLE, NJ 07109 · (973) 969-4337 · Essex County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL138 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
106 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Belleville Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
68.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +7.3pp since 2023
Math
42.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . -4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 24% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 27 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
138
+13 (+10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 17.9:1
% White
6%
was 9%
% Hispanic
83%
was 72%
% Black
4%
was 8%
% Asian
6%
was 10%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Belleville PS9
Belleville PS9, a tiny elementary school in BELLEVILLE, New Jersey, one of the schools within Belleville Public School District, teaches 138 students, covering grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 66% leaner than the state mean of about 405.
Within Belleville Public School District, which oversees 10 schools and 4,886 students, Belleville PS9 is one campus in the system.
On demographics, Belleville PS9 logs that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 6% White, 6% Asian, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Belleville PS9 has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 77% of students at Belleville PS9 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Essex County (around 54%), the school's rate is north of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Belleville PS9 is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 24.1%; this one delivers 50.8%, a residual of +26.7 points.
In the broader community, census data for Essex County shows median household income runs about $80,789, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 PS9 is one.
The closest other public school is George Washington Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Belleville PS9 at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 43.4%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 10%: 125 students in 2018 compared to 138 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 72% to 83% over that span.
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Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Belleville Public School District
- Belleville High SchoolHigh · 1,590 students
- Belleville Middle SchoolMiddle · 685 students
- Belleville PS8Elementary · 505 students
- Belleville PS4Elementary · 438 students
- Belleville PS7Elementary · 425 students
- Belleville PS5Elementary · 362 students
Other schools in BELLEVILLE
- Belleville High SchoolHigh · 1,590 students
- Belleville Middle SchoolMiddle · 685 students
- Belleville PS8Elementary · 505 students
- Belleville PS4Elementary · 438 students
- Belleville PS7Elementary · 425 students
- Belleville PS5Elementary · 362 students
Nearby schools
- George Washington Elementary School0.5 mi · 335
- Hornblower Early Childhood Center0.7 mi · 245
- Belleville PS30.7 mi · 334
- Belleville Middle School0.7 mi · 685
- Belleville PS50.8 mi · 362
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School0.8 mi · 164
Frequently asked questions
About Belleville PS9How many students attend Belleville PS9?
Belleville PS9 enrolls approximately 138 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Belleville PS9 serve?
Belleville PS9 serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Belleville PS9?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Belleville PS9 is approximately 17.3:1 (8 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Belleville PS9?
At Belleville PS9, the student body is approximately 6% White, 83% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Belleville PS9 public or private?
Belleville PS9 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Belleville Public School District.
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