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Enrollment
513
Elementary
DISTRICT 521 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PISCATAWAY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341305003564
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School
360 STELTON ROAD, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08854 · (732) 752-1801 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
274 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 138 | 27% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 134 | 26% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
40.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
46.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +17.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.1% | 46.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 29.3% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School this school | 513 | 53.4% | 39.5% |
| Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26 Jersey City | 539 | 54.5% | 35.5% |
| Arbor Elementary School PISCATAWAY | 528 | 55.7% | 39.7% |
| Lafayette Estates Elementary School FORDS | 705 | 54.5% | 31.6% |
| John Adams NORTH BRUNSWICK | 561 | 43.3% | 42.0% |
| Livingston Park NORTH BRUNSWICK | 494 | 54.5% | 36.8% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #760 of 1,290 | #77 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #655 of 1,319 ▲ 289 | #67 of 111 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #932 of 1,319 ▼ 87 | #82 of 111 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #378 of 1,562 | #41 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,338 of 1,390 | #117 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #116 of 1,392 | #33 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.4% | #550 of 1,481 | #37 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #688 of 798 | #83 of 84 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
513
+35 (+7%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 458
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 513 | 32.5 | 15.8:1 | 53% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 29.5 | 17.1:1 | 42% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 31.5 | 16.5:1 | 38% (198) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 34 | 14.1:1 | 41% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 530 | 39.1 | 13.6:1 | 40% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 564 | 39 | 14.5:1 | 40% (223) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 30 | 17.8:1 | 32% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 481 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 21% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 458 | 32 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (530 to 513); teachers down 17% (39.1 to 32.5).
About Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in PISCATAWAY, New Jersey. The school offers kindergarten through 3 and enrolls 513 students. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average enrollment is about 405.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School is one of 11 schools in Piscataway Township School District, which enrolls 7,289 students in total.
No group is above 50% at Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School; the largest is Hispanic, at 41%. The school is also 29% Asian, 15% Black, 10% White, and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 24%. The diversity index for Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 15.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, which has 32.5. Elementary schools in New Jersey have an average ratio of 11.4:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 53%. That rate is above the 42% average among public schools in Middlesex County.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School outscored 44%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 36.9% at Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 39.5%.
For Middlesex County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $111,549 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Middlesex County has 214 public schools.
About 0.7 miles separate Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School from the closest public school, Theodore Schor Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School ranks 7th of 8 nearby schools, at 39.5% versus a 43.1% average.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 513, from 478 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.1:1 in 2020-21, and 15.8:1 in 2024-25.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Piscataway Township School District
- Piscataway Township High SchoolHigh · 2,144 students
- Piscataway Township Schools Children's CornerElementary · 616 students
- Grandview Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Theodore Schor Middle SchoolMiddle · 563 students
- Arbor Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
- Martin Luther King Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
Other schools in PISCATAWAY
- Piscataway Township High SchoolHigh · 2,144 students
- Piscataway Magnet SchoolHigh · 640 students
- Piscataway Township Schools Children's CornerElementary · 616 students
- Grandview Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Theodore Schor Middle SchoolMiddle · 563 students
- Arbor Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
Other Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 3 states are named Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary. Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary SchoolPARLIN, NJ · 488 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ElementaryCorona, CA · 757 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ElementaryGarden Grove, CA · 480 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ElementarySanta Clara, CA · 453 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ElementaryAbilene, KS · 218 students
Nearby schools
- Theodore Schor Middle School0.7 mi · 563
- Quibbletown Middle School0.8 mi · 467
- Grandview Elementary School1.1 mi · 579
- Randolphville Elementary School1.1 mi · 465
- Piscataway Township Schools Children's Corner1.4 mi · 616
- Piscataway Township High School1.4 mi · 2,144
Frequently asked questions
About Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School?
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School enrolls approximately 513 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School serve?
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School serves grades KG-03.
How many students per teacher at Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School.
How diverse is Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School?
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School reports a student body of 10% White, 41% Hispanic, 15% Black, 29% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School in?
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School is part of Piscataway Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.