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What's the biggest difference between Brunswick Acres Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
448
Elementary
DISTRICT 353 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH BRUNSWICK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341521003612
Brunswick Acres Elementary School
41 KORY DRIVE, KENDALL PARK, NJ 08824 · (732) 297-6621 · Middlesex County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest 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
11.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
130 students
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 43 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
54.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.1% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.7% | 56.4% |
% 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
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Brunswick Acres Elementary School
Brunswick Acres Elementary School's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick Acres Elementary School this school | 448 | 29.0% | 50.5% |
| Knollwood Elementary School Lake Hiawatha | 394 | 29.2% | 60.4% |
| School No. 2 FORT LEE | 362 | 24.6% | 71.5% |
| Greenbrook Elementary School KENDALL PARK | 392 | 35.2% | 46.7% |
| Constable Elementary School KENDALL PARK | 476 | 19.5% | 58.1% |
| School No. 3 FORT LEE | 330 | 27.9% | 69.2% |
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 Brunswick Acres Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #513 of 1,290 | #50 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #538 of 1,319 ▼ 99 | #57 of 111 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #613 of 1,319 ▲ 38 | #50 of 111 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #545 of 1,562 | #58 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #840 of 1,390 | #74 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #243 of 1,392 | #53 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.0% | #873 of 1,481 | #79 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #233 of 798 | #41 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
448
-29 (-6%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 441
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 448 | 37.8 | 11.8:1 | 29% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 42.2 | 10.5:1 | 21% (92) |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 40.9 | 10.4:1 | 19% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 477 | 39 | 12.2:1 | 16% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 539 | 38 | 14.2:1 | 17% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 518 | 37 | 14.0:1 | 13% (68) |
| 2010-11 | 547 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 12% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 453 | 30 | 15.1:1 | 10% (44) |
| 1990-91 | 441 | 25 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brunswick Acres Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (539 to 448); teachers down 1% (38 to 37.8).
About Brunswick Acres Elementary School
Brunswick Acres Elementary School is an elementary school in KENDALL PARK, New Jersey, and it is part of South Brunswick School District. The school serves 448 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
South Brunswick School District has 12 schools and 7,589 students, and Brunswick Acres Elementary School is one of those schools.
At Brunswick Acres Elementary School, Asian students make up 51% of the student body. It is also 17% White, 17% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Middlesex County is roughly 26% Asian. Brunswick Acres Elementary School's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 11.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Eligible students account for 29% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Across public schools in Middlesex County, the average is 42%.
The allk12 Grade for Brunswick Acres Elementary School is B-. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 54% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Brunswick Acres Elementary School scores 50.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 50.3%.
Federal survey data for Middlesex County show that the median household income is $111,549, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 214 public schools in Middlesex County, enrolling about 129,255 students in all.
The closest public school, Franklin Park School, is about 0.9 miles from Brunswick Acres Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Brunswick Acres Elementary School is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Brunswick Acres Elementary School declined 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 477 to 448 students.
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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 South Brunswick School District
- South Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 2,666 students
- Crossroads North Middle SchoolMiddle · 935 students
- Crossroads South Middle SchoolMiddle · 812 students
- Brooks Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- Constable Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Indian Fields Elementary SchoolElementary · 460 students
Other schools in KENDALL PARK
- Constable Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Cambridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 416 students
- Greenbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 392 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin Park School0.9 mi · 671
- Greenbrook Elementary School1.3 mi · 392
- Claremont Elementary School1.5 mi · 685
- North Brunswick Twp. Middle School1.8 mi · 754
- Cambridge Elementary School2.2 mi · 416
- Deans Elementary School2.2 mi · 75
Frequently asked questions
About Brunswick Acres Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Brunswick Acres Elementary School?
Brunswick Acres Elementary School enrolls approximately 448 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Brunswick Acres Elementary School serve?
Brunswick Acres Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Brunswick Acres Elementary School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Brunswick Acres Elementary School.
How diverse is Brunswick Acres Elementary School?
Brunswick Acres Elementary School reports a student body of 17% White, 17% Hispanic, 10% Black, 51% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Brunswick Acres Elementary School?
Brunswick Acres Elementary School is overseen by South Brunswick School District in Middlesex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.