Carteret Elementary School

Carteret Elementary School is one of the mid-tier K-5 schools in Bloomfield, New Jersey, run under Bloomfield Township School District, with 383 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Carteret Elementary School is one of 11 schools operated by Bloomfield Township School District, a district that enrolls 6,400 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Carteret Elementary School shows that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 18% Black, 9% White, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.6:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Essex County (around 54%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Carteret Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.4%, the actual is 39.1%, a residual of +12.7 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Essex County) logs that median household income runs about $80,789, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Carteret Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Berkeley Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Carteret Elementary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 30.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Carteret Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 415 (now 383). Hispanic enrollment moved from 57% to 69% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

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