Emma Arleth Elementary School

Located at 3198 WASHINGTON ROAD, in PARLIN, New Jersey, Emma Arleth Elementary School is a moderately sized K-5 school that caters to 485 students (grades K through 3), one of the schools within Sayreville School District.

Emma Arleth Elementary School is one of 9 schools operated by Sayreville School District, a district that caters to 6,215 students overall.

On demographics, Emma Arleth Elementary School shows that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 22% Hispanic, 15% Black, 12% Asian, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Emma Arleth Elementary School logs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Emma Arleth Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.4%; this one delivers 48.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Middlesex County shows the typical household earns roughly $111,549 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Emma Arleth Elementary School is one of 214 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students).

Nearest neighbor: Harry S. Truman Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Emma Arleth Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Emma Arleth Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Emma Arleth Elementary School has fell 4%, going from 506 students in 2018 to 485 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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