Dr. Charles C. Polk School

Dr. Charles C. Polk School is a K-5 school of modestly sized scale in ROSELLE, New Jersey, overseen by Roselle Public School District, hosting 315 students in grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 22% smaller than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Roselle Public School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,147 students. Dr. Charles C. Polk School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dr. Charles C. Polk School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 45% Black, 6% White. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Union County (around 52%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Dr. Charles C. Polk School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.0%; this one delivers 28.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Union County shows median household income runs about $103,202, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Dr. Charles C. Polk School is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

Nearest neighbor: Number 5, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dr. Charles C. Polk School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 24.7%.

Dr. Charles C. Polk School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 311 students in 2018 compared to 315 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 70% to 45%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.