Brayton Elementary School

Brayton Elementary School is an elementary campus of intimate scale in SUMMIT, New Jersey, run under Summit Public School District, serveing 335 students in grades 1 through 5.

Across the 9 schools in Summit Public School District (3,987 students total), Brayton Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Brayton Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 5% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 17% of students at Brayton Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Union County (around 52%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Brayton Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 56.7%; Brayton Elementary School posts 73.6%, +16.9 points above that line.

In the broader community, Union County reports that median household income runs about $103,202, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Brayton Elementary School is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

The closest other public school is Lawton C. Johnson Summit Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brayton Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 74.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Brayton Elementary School's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 367 (now 335). Class-load math has fell: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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