Enrollment
201
Elementary
DISTRICT 334 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340411003300
Bowne-Munro Elementary School
120 MAIN STREET, EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ 08816 · (732) 613-6810 · Middlesex County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL201 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.0:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
48 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 25 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 44% smaller than its 4th grade class (45).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Bowne-Munro Elementary School→Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School→Churchill Junior High School→East Brunswick High School
Based on grade levels within East Brunswick Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
82.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +19.6pp since 2023
Math
68.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +9.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 83 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.8% | 68.6% |
| 2023-24 | 63.2% | 59.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% 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 16 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 →
Schools most like Bowne-Munro Elementary School
Bowne-Munro Elementary School's state test result (68.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowne-Munro Elementary School this school | 201 | 23.9% | 68.9% |
| Jefferson Elementary School SUMMIT | 221 | 27.1% | 66.0% |
| Estelle V. Malberg Early Childhood Center CHERRY HILL | 174 | 21.8% | N/A |
| Project Before at Selover School South Amboy | 233 | 31.3% | N/A |
| John F Kennedy Elementary School SOUTH PLAINFIELD | 256 | 27.0% | 46.3% |
| Lyncrest Elementary School FAIR LAWN | 185 | 16.8% | 77.6% |
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 Bowne-Munro Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #171 of 1,290 | #14 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #264 of 1,319 ▲ 129 | #17 of 111 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #64 of 1,319 ▲ 318 | #3 of 111 ▲ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 201 | #1,388 of 1,562 | #121 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #878 of 1,390 | #77 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.6% | #45 of 1,392 | #13 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.9% | #960 of 1,481 | #96 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #410 of 798 | #57 of 84 |
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
201
-39 (-16%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 244
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 201 | 16.8 | 12.0:1 | 24% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 187 | 20.9 | 8.9:1 | 23% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 176 | 17.8 | 9.9:1 | 23% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 240 | 23 | 10.4:1 | 24% (58) |
| 2017-18 | 224 | 20.3 | 11.0:1 | 17% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 205 | 19 | 10.8:1 | 18% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 256 | 17 | 15.1:1 | 12% (30) |
| 2000-01 | 302 | 17 | 17.8:1 | 6% (18) |
| 1990-91 | 244 | 13 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bowne-Munro Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (224 to 201); teachers down 17% (20.3 to 16.8).
About Bowne-Munro Elementary School
Bowne-Munro Elementary School is a small elementary school in EAST BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, one of the schools in East Brunswick Township School District. The school serves pre-K through 4. Enrollment is 201 students. That is 50% below the average of about 405 students for elementary schools in New Jersey.
East Brunswick Township School District runs 11 schools with a combined 8,096 students. Bowne-Munro Elementary School is one of them.
White students make up 38% of enrollment at Bowne-Munro Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 26% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 11% Black, and 5% multiracial. That is in line with Middlesex County, where about 41% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 74, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 12.0:1 is based on 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. In all, 24% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Middlesex County, the average is 42%.
Bowne-Munro Elementary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 89% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Bowne-Munro Elementary School is in the top 10% of New Jersey schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.1%. The school's actual rate is 68.9%, 15.8 points higher.
American Community Survey estimates for Middlesex County show that the median household earns about $111,549 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Middlesex County, 214 public schools serve about 129,255 students.
William A. Miller Elementary School is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Bowne-Munro Elementary School's average proficiency of 68.9% compares with 47.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Bowne-Munro Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 16% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 12.0:1, from 10.4:1.
This page collects posts and questions about Bowne-Munro Elementary School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Brunswick Township School District
- East Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Churchill Junior High SchoolMiddle · 2,080 students
- Hammarskjold Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 1,221 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Frost Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
- Lawrence Brook Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
Other schools in EAST BRUNSWICK
- East Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Churchill Junior High SchoolMiddle · 2,080 students
- Hammarskjold Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 1,221 students
- East Brunswick Magnet SchoolHigh · 745 students
- Hatikvah International Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 657 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
Nearby schools
- William A. Miller Elementary School0.8 mi · 314
- Chittick Elementary School0.9 mi · 338
- East Brunswick Magnet School1.0 mi · 745
- Southwood Elementary School1.1 mi · 265
- G Austin Schoenly Elementary School1.3 mi · 235
- Spotswood Memorial Middle School1.3 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About Bowne-Munro Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bowne-Munro Elementary School?
Bowne-Munro Elementary School enrolls approximately 201 students in grades PK-04.
Is Bowne-Munro Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bowne-Munro Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Bowne-Munro Elementary School?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Bowne-Munro Elementary School.
How diverse is Bowne-Munro Elementary School?
Bowne-Munro Elementary School reports a student body of 38% White, 26% Hispanic, 11% Black, 19% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Bowne-Munro Elementary School?
Bowne-Munro Elementary School is overseen by East Brunswick Township School District in Middlesex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.