Community Park School

Community Park School is an elementary campus of low-enrollment scale in PRINCETON, New Jersey, run under Princeton Public School District, serveing 316 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% leaner than the state mean of about 405.

Princeton Public School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,668 students. Community Park School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Community Park School shows that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 27% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 9% multiracial, 5% Black. Compared to Mercer County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Mercer County (around 48%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Community Park School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.8%; this one delivers 63.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Mercer County shows the typical household earns roughly $100,645 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Community Park School is one of 110 public schools in Mercer County (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students).

Nearest neighbor: Princeton High School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Community Park School. On composite proficiency, Community Park School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 73.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Community Park School has ticked down 16%, going from 376 students in 2018 to 316 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 19% to 27% across the same window.

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