Enrollment
306
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341812003690
Claremont Avenue Elementary School
CLAREMONT AVENUE, COLONIA, NJ 07067 · (732) 596-4153 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A-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.
- ·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
13.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
76 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
60.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -7.4pp since 2023
Math
63.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . -9.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.4% | 63.5% |
| 2023-24 | 67.8% | 73.1% |
% 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
62.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Claremont Avenue Elementary School
Claremont Avenue Elementary School's state test result (62.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont Avenue Elementary School this school | 306 | 24.8% | 62.6% |
| Lynn Crest Elementary School COLONIA | 300 | 27.7% | 58.0% |
| Ben Franklin Elementary LAWRENCEVILLE | 342 | 21.3% | 55.0% |
| Lawrence Brook Elementary School EAST BRUNSWICK | 362 | 25.4% | 66.0% |
| Johnson Park School PRINCETON | 360 | 21.1% | 66.6% |
| Oak Ridge Heights Elementary School COLONIA | 292 | 20.9% | 55.6% |
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 Claremont Avenue Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #291 of 1,290 | #25 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #353 of 1,319 ▼ 188 | #27 of 111 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #474 of 1,319 ▼ 179 | #36 of 111 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #1,084 of 1,562 | #99 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,227 of 1,390 | #106 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #129 of 1,392 | #35 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.8% | #947 of 1,481 | #94 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.9% | #356 of 545 | #18 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
306
+9 (+3%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 267
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 306 | 22 | 13.9:1 | 25% (76) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 23 | 13.5:1 | 25% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 319 | 23 | 13.9:1 | 26% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | 22 | 13.5:1 | 21% (63) |
| 2017-18 | 289 | 19.5 | 14.8:1 | 19% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 310 | 21 | 14.8:1 | 22% (69) |
| 2010-11 | 324 | 20 | 16.2:1 | 16% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 344 | 16 | 21.5:1 | 8% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 267 | 15 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Claremont Avenue Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (289 to 306); teachers up 13% (19.5 to 22).
About Claremont Avenue Elementary School
Claremont Avenue Elementary School is an elementary school in COLONIA, New Jersey, reachable at (732) 596-4153. Enrollment totals 306 students across kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 24% below the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Federal data list 24 schools in Woodbridge Township School District, with 13,869 students enrolled.
The student body at Claremont Avenue Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 42%. Other groups make up 26% Asian, 21% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Middlesex County overall, the White share is about 41%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Claremont Avenue Elementary School is 13.9:1, based on 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Lunch program data show 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Middlesex County average 42%.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Claremont Avenue Elementary School outscored 81%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 52.6%. Claremont Avenue Elementary School scores 62.6%.
In the surrounding county, Middlesex County, median household income comes to about $111,549, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 214 public schools and about 129,255 students.
Pennsylvania Avenue Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Claremont Avenue Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Claremont Avenue Elementary School comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Claremont Avenue Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 306, compared with 297 in 2020-21.
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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 Woodbridge Township School District
- Woodbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- John F. Kennedy Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Colonia High SchoolHigh · 1,354 students
- Iselin Middle SchoolMiddle · 794 students
- Lafayette Estates Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Fords Middle SchoolMiddle · 645 students
Other schools in COLONIA
- Colonia High SchoolHigh · 1,354 students
- Colonia Middle SchoolMiddle · 628 students
- Lynn Crest Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
- Oak Ridge Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Pennsylvania Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 282 students
Nearby schools
- Pennsylvania Avenue Elementary School0.7 mi · 282
- Colonia High School0.7 mi · 1,354
- Colonia Middle School0.9 mi · 628
- Roosevelt Elementary School1.2 mi · 608
- Avenel Middle School1.2 mi · 629
- Madison Elementary School1.3 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Claremont Avenue Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Claremont Avenue Elementary School?
Claremont Avenue Elementary School enrolls approximately 306 students in grades KG-05.
Is Claremont Avenue Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Claremont Avenue Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Claremont Avenue Elementary School have?
Claremont Avenue Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Claremont Avenue Elementary School?
At Claremont Avenue Elementary School, the student body is approximately 42% White, 21% Hispanic, 8% Black, 26% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Claremont Avenue Elementary School public or private?
Claremont Avenue Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Woodbridge Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.