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What advice would you give to incoming students at Cambridge Elementary School?
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Enrollment
416
Elementary
DISTRICT 353 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH BRUNSWICK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341521003614
Cambridge Elementary School
35 CAMBRIDGE ROAD, KENDALL PARK, NJ 08824 · (732) 297-2941 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
11.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
65 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
64%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
71.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
70.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.3% | 70.1% |
| 2023-24 | 70.2% | 70.8% |
% 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
67.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Cambridge Elementary School
Cambridge Elementary School's state test result (67.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Elementary School this school | 416 | 15.6% | 67.1% |
| Lake Hiawatha Elementary School Lake Hiawatha | 445 | 20.7% | 65.3% |
| Constable Elementary School KENDALL PARK | 476 | 19.5% | 58.1% |
| Brookside Elementary School MONROE TOWNSHIP | 431 | 10.2% | 59.3% |
| Princeton Charter School PRINCETON | 423 | 7.8% | 89.1% |
| Anna C. Scott Elementary School Leonia | 517 | 18.2% | 64.7% |
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 Cambridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #194 of 1,290 | #17 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #241 of 1,319 ▼ 39 | #16 of 111 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #239 of 1,319 ▲ 5 | #14 of 111 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #648 of 1,562 | #69 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #812 of 1,390 | #73 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #360 of 1,392 | #64 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.6% | #1,120 of 1,481 | #110 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.7% | #147 of 798 | #29 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
416
-72 (-15%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 416 | 35.5 | 11.7:1 | 16% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 35.6 | 12.0:1 | 11% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 32.3 | 12.7:1 | 8% (33) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 34 | 14.3:1 | 6% (28) |
| 2017-18 | 531 | 32.7 | 16.3:1 | 7% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 37 | 14.9:1 | 8% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 580 | 32 | 18.1:1 | 6% (33) |
| 2000-01 | 524 | 32 | 16.4:1 | 5% (28) |
| 1990-91 | 422 | 24 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cambridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (531 to 416); teachers up 9% (32.7 to 35.5).
About Cambridge Elementary School
Cambridge Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in KENDALL PARK, New Jersey. It had 416 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5.
Cambridge Elementary School is one of 12 schools in South Brunswick School District, which enrolls 7,589 students in total.
At Cambridge Elementary School, 53% of students are Asian. Other students are 25% White, 12% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 26% Asian share among all Middlesex County residents. The diversity index for Cambridge Elementary School is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.7 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 11.4:1. The school reported 16% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. It compares with 42% for public schools in Middlesex County.
Cambridge Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 84% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Cambridge Elementary School scores 67.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 57.6%.
In Middlesex County, 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.
Constable Elementary School is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Cambridge Elementary School's average proficiency of 67.1% compares with 54.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 416, down from 488 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.7:1, from 14.3:1.
Cambridge Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Brunswick Acres Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Greenbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · 392 students
Other Cambridge Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 9 states are named Cambridge Elementary. Cambridge Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 11.
- Cambridge Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 806 students
- Cambridge ElementaryVacaville, CA · 738 students
- CAMBRIDGE ELEM.BELTON, MO · 501 students
- Cambridge ElementaryConcord, CA · 469 students
- CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCAMBRIDGE, NY · 435 students
Nearby schools
- Constable Elementary School0.7 mi · 476
- Greenbrook Elementary School1.0 mi · 392
- Claremont Elementary School1.9 mi · 685
- Franklin Park School2.1 mi · 671
- Brunswick Acres Elementary School2.2 mi · 448
- Deans Elementary School2.7 mi · 75
Frequently asked questions
About Cambridge Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cambridge Elementary School?
Cambridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 416 students in grades KG-05.
Is Cambridge Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cambridge Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Cambridge Elementary School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Cambridge Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cambridge Elementary School?
At Cambridge Elementary School, the student body is approximately 25% White, 12% Hispanic, 6% Black, 53% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Cambridge Elementary School?
Cambridge 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.