Enrollment
338
Elementary
DISTRICT 334 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340411003312
Chittick Elementary School
5 FLAGLER STREET, EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ 08816 · (732) 613-6830 · Middlesex County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL338 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B+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.
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
8.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
130 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 | 33 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 24% smaller than its 4th grade class (68).
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
Chittick 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
59.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.5pp since 2023
Math
53.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 53.3% |
| 2023-24 | 54.5% | 53.8% |
% 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
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Chittick Elementary School
Chittick Elementary School's state test result (55.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chittick Elementary School this school | 338 | 38.5% | 55.1% |
| Pennsylvania Avenue Elementary School COLONIA | 282 | 33.7% | 46.4% |
| Memorial Elementary School LAURENCE HARBOR | 388 | 34.8% | 50.2% |
| School Street School BOONTON | 325 | 35.4% | N/A |
| Joyce Kilmer Elementary School CHERRY HILL | 412 | 34.0% | 38.7% |
| John F. Kennedy Primary School Raritan | 431 | 41.1% | 48.5% |
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 Chittick Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #426 of 1,290 | #39 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #525 of 1,319 ▼ 37 | #56 of 111 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #507 of 1,319 ▲ 73 | #39 of 111 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 338 | #951 of 1,562 | #89 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.4:1 | #70 of 1,390 | #8 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #110 of 1,392 | #30 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.5% | #730 of 1,481 | #63 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #127 of 798 | #22 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
338
-131 (-28%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 400
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 338 | 40.2 | 8.4:1 | 38% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 40 | 8.8:1 | 35% (123) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 41.9 | 9.4:1 | 31% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 469 | 49 | 9.6:1 | 27% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 43.7 | 10.0:1 | 22% (94) |
| 2015-16 | 396 | 40 | 9.9:1 | 20% (80) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 15% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 548 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 8% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 400 | 24 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chittick Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (437 to 338); teachers down 8% (43.7 to 40.2).
About Chittick Elementary School
As a small elementary school, Chittick Elementary School serves students in EAST BRUNSWICK, New Jersey. Enrollment is 338 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 4.
In East Brunswick Township School District, 11 schools enroll a combined 8,096 students.
At Chittick Elementary School, the largest share of students is White, at 38%. After that, the student body is 30% Hispanic, 23% Asian, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, Middlesex County is about 41% White. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Chittick Elementary School total 40.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 8.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. The school counts 130 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 38%.
Chittick Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 74% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Chittick Elementary School is 10.0 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
Middlesex County census figures show that the median household income is $111,549, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Middlesex County is home to 214 public schools and about 129,255 public school students.
The nearest public school is East Brunswick Magnet School, at about 0.6 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Chittick Elementary School is 3rd on average proficiency.
Chittick 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.
Enrollment has fallen by 131 students since 2020-21, to 338. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 9.6:1 to 8.4:1.
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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 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 Chittick Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Chittick Elementary. Chittick Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Chittick Elementary SchoolMattapan, MA · 248 students
Nearby schools
- East Brunswick Magnet School0.6 mi · 745
- Irwin Elementary School0.7 mi · 305
- South River Early Learning Center0.9 mi · 151
- Bowne-Munro Elementary School0.9 mi · 201
- South River High School1.0 mi · 716
- South River Middle School1.1 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About Chittick Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Chittick Elementary School?
Chittick Elementary School enrolls approximately 338 students in grades PK-04.
Is Chittick Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chittick Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chittick Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chittick Elementary School is approximately 8.4:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chittick Elementary School?
At Chittick Elementary School, the student body is approximately 38% White, 30% Hispanic, 5% Black, 23% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Chittick Elementary School in?
Chittick Elementary School is part of East Brunswick Township School District.
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