Dr. Antonia Pantoja School No. 27

Dr. Antonia Pantoja School No. 27 is one of the large elementary schools in ELIZABETH, New Jersey, operated by Elizabeth Public Schools, with 934 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Dr. Antonia Pantoja School No. 27 sits 131% above that benchmark.

Within Elizabeth Public Schools, which oversees 37 schools and 27,580 students, Dr. Antonia Pantoja School No. 27 is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Dr. Antonia Pantoja School No. 27 logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%; the rest is composed of 16% Black, 4% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

On the resource side, Dr. Antonia Pantoja School No. 27 reports 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 83% of students at Dr. Antonia Pantoja School No. 27 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Union County's rate of about 52%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dr. Antonia Pantoja School No. 27 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Union County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $103,202 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Union County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), of which Dr. Antonia Pantoja School No. 27 is one.

Nearest neighbor: Joseph Battin School No 4, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Dr. Antonia Pantoja School No. 27 comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.5%.

Dr. Antonia Pantoja School No. 27 operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dr. Antonia Pantoja School No. 27 has contracted 7%, going from 1,006 students in 2018 to 934 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Dr. Antonia Pantoja School No. 27 community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.