Clinton Elementary School

Clinton Elementary School is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in MAPLEWOOD, New Jersey, operated by South Orange-Maplewood School District, educateing 542 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 34% above typical.

South Orange-Maplewood School District runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 6,728 students. Clinton Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Clinton Elementary School records that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 24% Black, 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 30% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Clinton Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Essex County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Clinton Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Essex County) logs that median household income runs about $80,789, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Clinton Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Mt Vernon Place School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Clinton Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 41.8%.

Clinton Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Clinton Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 578 (now 542). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 59% to 51%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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