Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary School

Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary School operates as a high-enrollment primary school in Jackson, New Jersey, operated by Jackson Township School District. Current enrollment sits at 718 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 77% larger than the state mean of about 405.

Across the 10 schools in Jackson Township School District (7,627 students total), Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 42% White, 9% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Ocean County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary School has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Ocean County (around 44%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.2%, the actual is 28.6%, a residual of -2.6 points.

In the broader community, Ocean County reports that median household income runs about $89,863, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary School is one of 117 public schools in Ocean County (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students).

Nearest neighbor: Howard C. Johnson Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary School has climbed 7%, going from 672 students in 2018 to 718 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 69% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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