Crossroads School

Crossroads School is an elementary school of one-room-style scale in WESTFIELD, New Jersey, one of the schools within Union County Educational Services Commission, teacheing 52 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Crossroads School sits 87% smaller than that benchmark.

Union County Educational Services Commission comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 324 students; Crossroads School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Crossroads School logs that the most-represented group is Black (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 13% White, 8% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Union County (around 52%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Union County) shows that median household income runs about $103,202, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Crossroads School is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

The closest other public school is Thelma L. Sandmeier Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 11%: 47 students in 2018 compared to 52 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 28% to 13% over that span.

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