Enrollment
212
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340840006069
Eldridge Park School
55 LAWN PARK AVE, LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ 08648 · (609) 671-5560 · Mercer County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL212 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
10.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
73 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 32% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Lawrence Township Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
44.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
52.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.8% | 52.2% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 47.4% |
% 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
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Eldridge Park School
Eldridge Park School's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eldridge Park School this school | 212 | 34.4% | 46.6% |
| Little Falls Township Public School # 3 LITTLE FALLS | 217 | 35.0% | 60.3% |
| Ryerson Elementary School WAYNE | 250 | 29.6% | 38.4% |
| Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School OLD BRIDGE | 211 | 27.0% | 47.3% |
| Franklin Elementary School SOUTH PLAINFIELD | 270 | 33.0% | 49.6% |
| Watchung Elementary School MIDDLESEX | 221 | 41.6% | 57.4% |
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 Eldridge Park School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #606 of 1,290 | #19 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #551 of 1,319 ▲ 50 | #18 of 56 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #835 of 1,319 ▲ 7 | #28 of 56 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 212 | #1,374 of 1,562 | #56 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #480 of 1,390 | #16 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #184 of 1,392 | #10 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.4% | #785 of 1,481 | #38 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #483 of 798 | #17 of 30 |
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
212
+9 (+4%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 212
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 | 212 | 20.3 | 10.5:1 | 34% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 211 | 19.3 | 11.0:1 | 32% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 222 | 20.3 | 11.0:1 | 36% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 203 | N/A | N/A | 29% (58) |
| 2017-18 | 232 | 21.5 | 10.8:1 | 28% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 281 | 22 | 12.8:1 | 32% (90) |
| 2010-11 | 253 | 19 | 13.3:1 | 19% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 240 | 17 | 14.1:1 | 9% (21) |
| 1990-91 | 212 | 13 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eldridge Park School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (232 to 212); teachers down 6% (21.5 to 20.3).
About Eldridge Park School
At 55 LAWN PARK AVE in LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey, Eldridge Park School operates as a small elementary school. It had 212 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 3. By comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey enroll about 405 students on average.
Lawrence Township Public School District serves 3,690 students across 7 schools.
About 46% of students at Eldridge Park School are White, the largest single group. The school is also 27% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 7% Black. Among Mercer County residents, the White share is about 46%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
Its staff includes 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.5 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey, 11.4:1, is higher. Eldridge Park School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 34%. Among public schools in Mercer County, the average eligibility rate is 48%.
On the allk12 Grade, Eldridge Park School lands at B-, ahead of 46% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Eldridge Park School sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.6% and a predicted 47.3%.
In Mercer County, home to about 385,864 people, the median household earns about $100,645 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Eldridge Park School shares Mercer County with 109 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Eldridge Park School is closest to Lawrence Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Eldridge Park School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place Eldridge Park School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 212 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 203.
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Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
385,864
Census ACS
Median income
$100,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
58,647 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lawrence Township Public School District
- Lawrence High SchoolHigh · 1,225 students
- Lawrence Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- Lawrence Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
- Ben Franklin ElementaryElementary · 342 students
- Lawrenceville Elementary SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Slackwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 251 students
Other schools in LAWRENCEVILLE
- Lawrence High SchoolHigh · 1,225 students
- Lawrence Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- Lawrence Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
- Ben Franklin ElementaryElementary · 342 students
- Lawrenceville Elementary SchoolElementary · 301 students
- Slackwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 251 students
Nearby schools
- Lawrence Middle School0.5 mi · 584
- Lawrence High School0.7 mi · 1,225
- Lawrence Intermediate School0.8 mi · 775
- Slackwood Elementary School0.8 mi · 251
- Dr. Crosby Copeland Jr Elementary1.4 mi · 353
- William L Antheil Elementary School1.4 mi · 746
Frequently asked questions
About Eldridge Park SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Eldridge Park School?
Eldridge Park School enrolls approximately 212 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does Eldridge Park School serve?
Eldridge Park School serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Eldridge Park School?
Approximately 10.5:1 students per teacher at Eldridge Park School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Eldridge Park School?
At Eldridge Park School, the student body is approximately 46% White, 27% Hispanic, 7% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Eldridge Park School in?
Eldridge Park School is part of Lawrence Township Public School District.
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