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What's something Campbell Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
698
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·METUCHEN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340999003394
Campbell Elementary School
24 DURHAM AVENUE, METUCHEN, NJ 08840 · (732) 321-8777 · Middlesex County
GRADES 01–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL698 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
12.3:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
78 students
DISTRICT 9% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 167 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 156 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 184 | 26% |
| Grade 4 | 191 | 27% |
This year's 1st grade class (167) is 13% smaller than its 4th grade class (191).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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 Metuchen Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
68.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
68.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 | 68.9% | 68.4% |
| 2023-24 | 67.6% | 67.6% |
% 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
68.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Campbell Elementary School
Campbell Elementary School's state test result (68.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell Elementary School this school | 698 | 11.2% | 68.1% |
| Chesterfield Township Elementary School Chesterfield | 675 | 5.6% | 51.0% |
| Yantacaw School NUTLEY | 512 | 7.2% | 65.8% |
| Allen W. Roberts School NEW PROVIDENCE | 641 | 1.7% | 80.2% |
| Memorial Elementary School Montvale | 532 | 7.1% | 74.7% |
| Cedar Hill School Basking Ridge | 568 | 3.5% | 75.4% |
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 Campbell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #180 of 1,290 | #16 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #266 of 1,319 ▼ 15 | #18 of 111 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #288 of 1,319 ▲ 11 | #20 of 111 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 698 | #115 of 1,562 | #11 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #948 of 1,390 | #84 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.5% | #106 of 1,392 | #29 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.2% | #1,222 of 1,481 | #119 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #433 of 545 | #24 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
698
+44 (+7%) vs 2020
+107% since 1990-91, when it was 337
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 698 | 56.9 | 12.3:1 | 11% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 678 | 53.9 | 12.6:1 | 8% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 689 | 54.9 | 12.6:1 | 7% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 654 | 65 | 10.1:1 | 6% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 675 | 50 | 13.5:1 | 8% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 49 | 13.1:1 | 7% (46) |
| 2010-11 | 670 | 38 | 17.6:1 | 6% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 545 | 29 | 18.8:1 | 6% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 337 | 25 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Campbell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (675 to 698); teachers up 14% (50 to 56.9).
About Campbell Elementary School
Students in METUCHEN, New Jersey, attend Campbell Elementary School, a large elementary school. It had 698 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 1 through 4. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students, which makes this school 72% larger than average.
Metuchen Public School District serves 2,329 students across 4 schools.
The largest group at Campbell Elementary School is White students, at 42%. It is also 27% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 4% Black. Census estimates put Middlesex County at about 41% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Campbell Elementary School is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 56.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.3:1. The gap from the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 0.8 students per teacher. On the income side, 11% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 42% average for public schools in Middlesex County is 31 points.
Campbell Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 84% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Campbell Elementary School is 8.0 points above its prediction. Actual: 68.1%. Predicted: 60.0%.
Middlesex County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $111,549, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 214 public schools in the county, enrolling about 129,255, Campbell Elementary School among them.
Mildred B. Moss Elementary School sits about 0.7 miles from Campbell Elementary School. Campbell Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 61.9% proficiency; Campbell Elementary School posts 68.1%.
Campbell Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 7%, from 654 to 698. The number of students per teacher increased from 10.1 to 12.3 over 4 years.
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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 Metuchen Public School District
- Edgar Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Metuchen High SchoolHigh · 718 students
- Mildred B. Moss Elementary SchoolElementary · 152 students
Other schools in METUCHEN
- Edgar Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Metuchen High SchoolHigh · 718 students
- Menlo Park Terrace Elementary SchoolElementary · 330 students
- Mildred B. Moss Elementary SchoolElementary · 152 students
Other Campbell Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 10 states are named Campbell Elementary. Campbell Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 14.
- Campbell Elementary SchoolKATY, TX · 1,173 students
- Campbell Elementary SchoolLEAGUE CITY, TX · 791 students
- Campbell Elementary SchoolFairburn, GA · 730 students
- CAMPBELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 669 students
- Campbell Elementary SchoolCampbell, OH · 622 students
Nearby schools
- Mildred B. Moss Elementary School0.7 mi · 152
- Metuchen High School0.8 mi · 718
- Woodrow Wilson Middle School0.9 mi · 1,206
- Edgar Middle School1.0 mi · 761
- Woodbrook Elementary School1.1 mi · 786
- Menlo Park Elementary School1.4 mi · 802
Frequently asked questions
About Campbell Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Campbell Elementary School?
Campbell Elementary School enrolls approximately 698 students in grades 01-04.
Is Campbell Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Campbell Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-04.
How many students per teacher at Campbell Elementary School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Campbell Elementary School.
How diverse is Campbell Elementary School?
Campbell Elementary School reports a student body of 42% White, 16% Hispanic, 4% Black, 27% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Campbell Elementary School?
Campbell Elementary School is overseen by Metuchen Public School District in Middlesex County.
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