Claremont Elementary School

Set in Franklin Park, New Jersey, Claremont Elementary School is a heavily attended K-5 school, run under Franklin Township Public School District. It educates 685 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 69% larger than typical.

Claremont Elementary School is one of 10 schools operated by Franklin Township Public School District, a district that educates 6,950 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Claremont Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% Black, 20% Asian, 9% White, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the income-and-resources front, Claremont Elementary School shows 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Claremont Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Somerset County's rate of about 28%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Claremont Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.2%; this one delivers 37.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Somerset County) reports that median household income runs about $140,374, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Claremont Elementary School is one of 84 public schools in Somerset County (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students).

Nearest neighbor: Franklin Park School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Claremont Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Claremont Elementary School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.3%.

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