Brookside Place School

Brookside Place School operates as a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in CRANFORD, New Jersey, one of the schools within Cranford Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 364 students spanning grades K through 5.

Brookside Place School is one of 7 schools operated by Cranford Public School District, a district that serves 3,773 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Brookside Place School lists that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Union County put median household earnings sit near $103,202, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Union County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), Brookside Place School is one campus in the mix.

Cranford High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 6%: 342 students in 2018 compared to 364 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 76% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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