Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School

Located at 601 ERNSTON ROAD, in PARLIN, New Jersey, Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary campus that enrolls 488 students (grades K through 3), operated by Sayreville School District. That puts it 20% above the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Across the 9 schools in Sayreville School District (6,215 students total), Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 20% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Middlesex County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.6%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Middlesex County put median household earnings sit near $111,549, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Middlesex County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Project Before at Selover School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 525 (now 488). White enrollment moved from 30% to 38% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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