Enrollment
350
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340549005196
Conerly Road School
35 Conerly Road, Somerset, NJ 08873 · (732) 249-9362 · Somerset County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL350 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% 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.
- C+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
9.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
109 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 69 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
50.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -8.1pp since 2023
Math
45.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.7% | 45.9% |
| 2023-24 | 58.8% | 50.7% |
% 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
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Conerly Road School
Conerly Road School's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conerly Road School this school | 350 | 31.1% | 47.0% |
| MacAfee Road School Somerset | 405 | 33.1% | 47.3% |
| Mount Pleasant Elementary School WEST ORANGE | 349 | 32.7% | 65.9% |
| Redwood Elementary School W ORANGE | 446 | 30.7% | 62.9% |
| Teaneck Community Charter school TEANECK | 377 | 20.4% | 49.0% |
| Holly Hills Elementary School WESTAMPTON | 460 | 37.2% | 38.8% |
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 Conerly Road School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #592 of 1,290 | #30 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #669 of 1,319 ▼ 132 | #32 of 42 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #686 of 1,319 ▼ 199 | #31 of 42 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 350 | #895 of 1,562 | #32 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #278 of 1,390 | #23 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.2% | #16 of 1,392 | #2 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.1% | #838 of 1,481 | #17 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #490 of 798 | #22 of 31 |
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
350
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 353
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 350 | 36 | 9.7:1 | 31% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 333 | 33.2 | 10.0:1 | 32% (108) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 34.9 | 9.0:1 | 30% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 353 | 35 | 10.1:1 | 28% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 35.9 | 10.6:1 | 33% (126) |
| 2015-16 | 422 | 32 | 13.2:1 | 32% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 500 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 27% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 453 | 32 | 14.2:1 | 36% (161) |
| 1990-91 | 353 | 27 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Conerly Road School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (382 to 350); teachers unchanged (35.9 to 36).
About Conerly Road School
Somerset, New Jersey, is home to Conerly Road School, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 350 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
Franklin Township Public School District has 10 schools and 6,950 students, and Conerly Road School is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at Conerly Road School, at 35%. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 18% White, 14% Asian, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Somerset County residents are about 10% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 75% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 36 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Conerly Road School was 9.7:1. This ratio sits 1.7 below the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 31%. For comparison, public schools in Somerset County average 28%.
The allk12 Grade for Conerly Road School is B-. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 45% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In New Jersey, Conerly Road School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 47.0% actual against a predicted 49.1%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Somerset County show that the median household income is $140,374, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Besides Conerly Road School, Somerset County has 83 other public schools.
MacAfee Road School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Conerly Road School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Conerly Road School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Conerly Road School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 353 in 2020-21 and 350 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Conerly Road School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,846
Census ACS
Median income
$140,374
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,276 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin Township Public School District
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Franklin Middle School at Sampson G. Smith CampusMiddle · 787 students
- Claremont Elementary SchoolElementary · 685 students
- Franklin Park SchoolElementary · 671 students
- Franklin Middle School at Hamilton Street CampusMiddle · 592 students
- Elizabeth Avenue SchoolElementary · 541 students
Other schools in Somerset
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Central Jersey College Prep Charter SchoolCombined · 1,396 students
- Franklin Middle School at Sampson G. Smith CampusMiddle · 787 students
- Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter SchoolCombined · 613 students
- Franklin Middle School at Hamilton Street CampusMiddle · 592 students
- Elizabeth Avenue SchoolElementary · 541 students
Nearby schools
- MacAfee Road School0.7 mi · 405
- Hillcrest School1.0 mi · 439
- Franklin Middle School at Hamilton Street Campus1.1 mi · 592
- Pine Grove Manor School1.3 mi · 346
- Franklin Middle School at Sampson G. Smith Campus1.4 mi · 787
- NuView Academy1.5 mi · 46
Frequently asked questions
About Conerly Road SchoolHow large is Conerly Road School?
Conerly Road School enrolls approximately 350 students in grades PK-05.
Is Conerly Road School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Conerly Road School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Conerly Road School?
Approximately 9.7:1 students per teacher at Conerly Road School.
What is the student diversity at Conerly Road School?
Student demographics at Conerly Road School are roughly 18% White, 27% Hispanic, 35% Black, 14% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Conerly Road School in?
Conerly Road School is part of Franklin Township Public School District.
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