Developmental Learning Center New Providence

Developmental Learning Center New Providence is one of the very small combined-grade schools in NEW PROVIDENCE, New Jersey, one of the schools within Morris-Union Jointure Commission School District, with 91 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 9. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 934 students each, so Developmental Learning Center New Providence sits 90% below that benchmark.

Morris-Union Jointure Commission School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 185 students; Developmental Learning Center New Providence is among them.

On demographics, Developmental Learning Center New Providence records that 34% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 27% Black, 25% White, 12% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Union County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Developmental Learning Center New Providence has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Developmental Learning Center New Providence tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Union County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,202, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Developmental Learning Center New Providence is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

The closest other public school is Salt Brook School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 102%: 45 students in 2018 compared to 91 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 44% to 25% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 4.1:1 in 2018 to 6.1:1 in 2025.

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