Eldridge Park School

Eldridge Park School is an elementary school of intimate scale in LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey, operated by Lawrence Township Public School District, instructing 212 students in grades pre-K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 48% below the state mean of about 405.

Lawrence Township Public School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,690 students; Eldridge Park School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Eldridge Park School logs that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 27% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 9% multiracial, 7% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Mercer County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Eldridge Park School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Mercer County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Eldridge Park School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.3%; this one delivers 46.6%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Mercer County put median household income runs about $100,645, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Mercer County runs 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students), of which Eldridge Park School is one.

Lawrence Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eldridge Park School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eldridge Park School has decreased 9%, going from 232 students in 2018 to 212 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 53% to 46% over that span.

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