Enrollment
349
Elementary
DISTRICT 334 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340411003302
Central Elementary School
371 CRANBURY ROAD, EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ 08816 · (732) 613-6820 · Middlesex County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% 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.
- ABeats 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
9.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
95 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 26 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 29% smaller than its 4th grade class (76).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Central Elementary School→Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School→Churchill Junior High School→East Brunswick High School
Based on grade levels within East Brunswick Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
65.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
72.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.8% | 72.6% |
| 2023-24 | 69.4% | 69.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 Central Elementary School
Central Elementary School's state test result (69.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Elementary School this school | 349 | 27.2% | 69.2% |
| Memorial Elementary School EAST BRUNSWICK | 408 | 24.8% | 57.6% |
| Irwin Elementary School EAST BRUNSWICK | 305 | 30.5% | 73.6% |
| Mawbey Street Elementary School WOODBRIDGE | 304 | 25.0% | 50.9% |
| Warnsdorfer Elementary School EAST BRUNSWICK | 325 | 20.3% | 73.3% |
| Lawrence Brook Elementary School EAST BRUNSWICK | 362 | 25.4% | 66.0% |
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 Central Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #167 of 1,290 | #13 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #201 of 1,319 ▲ 22 | #13 of 111 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #365 of 1,319 ▼ 101 | #23 of 111 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 349 | #901 of 1,562 | #86 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #158 of 1,390 | #17 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #112 of 1,392 | #31 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.2% | #899 of 1,481 | #85 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #336 of 798 | #50 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
349
-81 (-19%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 369
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 349 | 38.1 | 9.2:1 | 27% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 351 | 35.4 | 9.9:1 | 21% (75) |
| 2022-23 | 355 | 42.1 | 8.4:1 | 21% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | 39 | 11.0:1 | 19% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 39.1 | 10.2:1 | 15% (61) |
| 2015-16 | 419 | 38 | 11.0:1 | 15% (61) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | 21 | 20.5:1 | 9% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 475 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 6% (28) |
| 1990-91 | 369 | 24 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (399 to 349); teachers down 3% (39.1 to 38.1).
About Central Elementary School
Central Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in EAST BRUNSWICK, New Jersey. Enrollment is 349 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 4.
East Brunswick Township School District has 11 schools; together they serve 8,096 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Central Elementary School, at 37%. Beyond that, enrollment is 34% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 6% multiracial. That is close to the 41% White share among all Middlesex County residents. Central Elementary School's diversity index is 71%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Central Elementary School is 38.1 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 9.2:1. That is lower than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. The school counts 95 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 27%. It compares with 42% for public schools in Middlesex County.
allk12 grades Central Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Central Elementary School is +18.0 points, in the top 10% of New Jersey. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 69.2%, and the predicted rate is 51.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Middlesex County, the median household income is $111,549, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Middlesex County is home to 214 public schools and about 129,255 public school students.
Nearest public school: East Brunswick High School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Central Elementary School is 2nd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment at Central Elementary School declined 19% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 430 to 349 students. The ratio was 11.0:1 in 2020-21 and 9.2:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 East Brunswick Township School District
- East Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Churchill Junior High SchoolMiddle · 2,080 students
- Hammarskjold Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 1,221 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
- Frost Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
- Lawrence Brook Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
Other schools in EAST BRUNSWICK
- East Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Churchill Junior High SchoolMiddle · 2,080 students
- Hammarskjold Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 1,221 students
- East Brunswick Magnet SchoolHigh · 745 students
- Hatikvah International Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 657 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 408 students
Other Central Elementary schools
151 other US public schools in 35 states are named Central Elementary. Central Elementary School is the 84th largest of the 152.
- Central Elementary SchoolWALL, NJ · 494 students
- Central Elementary SchoolEAST HANOVER, NJ · 439 students
- Central Elementary SchoolOrange, NJ · 369 students
- Central Elementary SchoolGREAT MEADOWS, NJ · 349 students
- Central Elementary SchoolCarrollton, GA · 991 students
Nearby schools
- East Brunswick High School0.3 mi · 2,124
- South River Primary School0.7 mi · 508
- Irwin Elementary School0.8 mi · 305
- South River Middle School0.9 mi · 524
- South River Early Learning Center0.9 mi · 151
- South River Elementary School1.0 mi · 496
Frequently asked questions
About Central Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Central Elementary School?
Central Elementary School enrolls approximately 349 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Central Elementary School serve?
Central Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Central Elementary School?
Approximately 9.2:1 students per teacher at Central Elementary School.
How diverse is Central Elementary School?
Central Elementary School reports a student body of 37% White, 15% Hispanic, 7% Black, 34% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Central Elementary School?
Central Elementary School is overseen by East Brunswick Township School District in Middlesex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.