Developmental Learning Center Warren

Set in WARREN, New Jersey, Developmental Learning Center Warren is a tiny multi-level school, one of the schools within Morris-Union Jointure Commission School District. It hosts 94 students across grades 1 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 90% leaner than the state mean of about 934.

Morris-Union Jointure Commission School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 185 students. Developmental Learning Center Warren is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Developmental Learning Center Warren lists that 30% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 28% White, 26% Hispanic, 17% Asian. By comparison, Somerset County as a whole is about 10% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Developmental Learning Center Warren tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Somerset County's rate of about 28%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Somerset County shows median household income runs about $140,374, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Somerset County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students), Developmental Learning Center Warren is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Central School, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Developmental Learning Center Warren.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 52%: 194 students in 2018 compared to 94 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 43% to 28%. Class-load math has grew: from 4.5:1 in 2018 to 5.9:1 in 2025.

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