Enrollment
431
Elementary
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONROE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341050006096
Brookside Elementary School
370 BUCKELEW AVENUE, MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ 08831 · (732) 521-1101 · Middlesex County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
10.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
44 students
DISTRICT 11% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 149 | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 144 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 138 | 32% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Monroe Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
57.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
65.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.4% | 65.7% |
| 2023-24 | 59.6% | 64.4% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 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 Brookside Elementary School
Brookside Elementary School's state test result (59.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookside Elementary School this school | 431 | 10.2% | 59.3% |
| Princeton Charter School PRINCETON | 423 | 7.8% | 89.1% |
| Cambridge Elementary School KENDALL PARK | 416 | 15.6% | 67.1% |
| Hillside Elementary School LIVINGSTON | 476 | 2.7% | 80.2% |
| Barclay Brook School MONROE TWP | 332 | 9.3% | N/A |
| Riker Hill Elementary School LIVINGSTON | 477 | 4.0% | 72.6% |
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 Brookside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #347 of 1,290 | #29 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #320 of 1,319 ▼ 22 | #25 of 111 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #547 of 1,319 ▼ 79 | #46 of 111 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #601 of 1,562 | #63 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #561 of 1,390 | #47 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #546 of 1,392 | #75 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.2% | #1,247 of 1,481 | #121 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.9% | #383 of 545 | #21 of 30 |
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
431
+30 (+7%) vs 2020
0% since 2000-01, when it was 432
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 431 | 40 | 10.8:1 | 10% (44) |
| 2023-24 | 406 | 35.5 | 11.4:1 | 6% (25) |
| 2022-23 | 391 | 39.5 | 9.9:1 | 5% (20) |
| 2020-21 | 401 | 36 | 11.1:1 | 7% (29) |
| 2017-18 | 411 | 32 | 12.8:1 | 6% (24) |
| 2015-16 | 419 | 47 | 8.9:1 | 6% (27) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | 36 | 18.9:1 | 4% (28) |
| 2000-01 | 432 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 13% (57) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brookside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (411 to 431); teachers up 25% (32 to 40).
About Brookside Elementary School
Brookside Elementary School is an elementary school in MONROE TOWNSHIP, New Jersey, and it is part of Monroe Township School District. It enrolled 431 students in grades 3 through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
The Monroe Township School District system has 8 schools and 6,701 students.
By race and ethnicity, Brookside Elementary School is 55% Asian. The school is also 32% White, 7% Hispanic, and 5% Black. That is higher than the 26% Asian share among all Middlesex County residents. By the diversity index, Brookside Elementary School comes in at 59%.
The count of teachers at Brookside Elementary School is 40 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 10.8:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 11.4:1, a similar figure. Around 10% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Middlesex County average 42%.
The allk12 Grade for Brookside Elementary School is B. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 61% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Brookside Elementary School, the prediction is 60.6% and the result is 59.3%.
Middlesex County has these Census figures: median household income is about $111,549, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Brookside Elementary School is among the 214 public schools in Middlesex County.
The shortest distance from Brookside Elementary School to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to Barclay Brook School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Brookside Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 7%, from 401 to 431.
The Brookside Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Monroe Township School District
- Monroe Township High SchoolHigh · 2,583 students
- Monroe Township Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,681 students
- Oak Tree Elementary SchoolElementary · 578 students
- Mill LakeElementary · 462 students
- Applegarth Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Barclay Brook SchoolElementary · 332 students
Other schools in MONROE TOWNSHIP
- Monroe Township High SchoolHigh · 2,583 students
- Monroe Township Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,681 students
- Oak Tree Elementary SchoolElementary · 578 students
- Woodland SchoolElementary · 261 students
- Academy Learning CenterCombined · 113 students
Other Brookside Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 12 states are named Brookside Elementary. Brookside Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 18.
- Brookside Elementary SchoolWESTWOOD, NJ · 390 students
- Brookside ElementaryRAMSEY, MN · 779 students
- Brookside ElementaryBeaumont, CA · 691 students
- Brookside ElementaryOak Park, CA · 556 students
- Brookside Elementary SchoolNicholasville, KY · 515 students
Nearby schools
- Barclay Brook School0.1 mi · 332
- Academy Learning Center1.2 mi · 113
- Monroe Township High School1.2 mi · 2,583
- Monroe Township Middle School1.5 mi · 1,681
- Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School1.6 mi · 217
- John F. Kennedy Elementary School1.6 mi · 477
Frequently asked questions
About Brookside Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Brookside Elementary School?
Brookside Elementary School enrolls approximately 431 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Brookside Elementary School serve?
Brookside Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Brookside Elementary School?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at Brookside Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Brookside Elementary School?
Student demographics at Brookside Elementary School are roughly 32% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 55% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Brookside Elementary School?
Brookside Elementary School is overseen by Monroe Township School District in Middlesex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.