Berkeley Elementary School

Berkeley Elementary School operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in Bloomfield, New Jersey, part of Bloomfield Township School District. Current enrollment sits at 453 students spanning grades K through 6.

Across the 11 schools in Bloomfield Township School District (6,400 students total), Berkeley Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Berkeley Elementary School shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%. Other groups include 22% Black, 13% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Berkeley Elementary School logs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 68% of students at Berkeley Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Essex County (around 54%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Berkeley Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.8%; this one delivers 26.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Essex County indicate the typical household earns roughly $80,789 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Berkeley Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Watsessing Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Berkeley Elementary School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.3%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Berkeley Elementary School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 459 (now 453). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 29% to 22%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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