E Raymond Appleby Elementary School

E Raymond Appleby Elementary School, a reasonably sized K-5 school in SPOTSWOOD, New Jersey, run under Spotswood Public School District, serves 365 students, covering grades 2 through 5.

E Raymond Appleby Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Spotswood Public School District, a district that caters to 1,631 students overall.

On the student-mix side, E Raymond Appleby Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment; the rest reads as 27% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Middlesex County's rate of about 42%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, E Raymond Appleby Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 38.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Middlesex County put median household income runs about $111,549, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Middlesex County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), E Raymond Appleby Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Spotswood High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, E Raymond Appleby Elementary School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.2%.

E Raymond Appleby Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 17%: 442 students in 2018 compared to 365 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 58% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

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