Cheesequake School

Cheesequake School is an elementary campus of compact scale in Matawan, New Jersey, one of the schools within Sayreville School District, educateing 255 students in grade pre-K. That puts it 37% leaner than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Sayreville School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 6,215 students. Cheesequake School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Cheesequake School records that 25% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% Black, 23% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 3% Native American. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

In terms of school funding signals, Cheesequake School logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Cheesequake School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 46% of students at Cheesequake School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) logs that median household earnings sit near $111,549, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Middlesex County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), Cheesequake School is one campus in the mix.

James A. McDivitt Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cheesequake School.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

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