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Enrollment
485
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAYREVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341464003584
Emma Arleth Elementary School
3198 WASHINGTON ROAD, PARLIN, NJ 08859 · (732) 525-5245 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL485 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
228 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 133 | 27% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 25% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 22% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
Emma Arleth Elementary School→Samsel Upper Elementary School→Sayreville Middle School→Sayreville War Memorial High School
Based on grade levels within Sayreville School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
47.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +9.9pp since 2023
Math
56.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.9% | 56.3% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Emma Arleth Elementary School
Emma Arleth Elementary School's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Arleth Elementary School this school | 485 | 47.0% | 48.0% |
| Harry S. Truman Elementary School PARLIN | 425 | 46.4% | 52.8% |
| Shady Lane Elementary School WESTVILLE | 422 | 48.3% | 31.6% |
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary School SAYREVILLE | 401 | 46.6% | 47.7% |
| Reeds Road Elementary School GALLOWAY | 493 | 53.5% | 32.2% |
| Ocean Township Elementary School OAKHURST | 410 | 50.0% | 48.6% |
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 Emma Arleth Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #571 of 1,290 | #57 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #477 of 1,319 ▲ 71 | #45 of 111 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #765 of 1,319 ▲ 156 | #64 of 111 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 485 | #436 of 1,562 | #48 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #686 of 1,390 | #60 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #77 of 1,392 | #23 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.0% | #624 of 1,481 | #44 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #647 of 798 | #79 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
485
+32 (+7%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 410
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 485 | 43 | 11.3:1 | 47% (228) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 44 | 10.4:1 | 35% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 42.8 | 11.4:1 | 33% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 40 | 11.3:1 | 35% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 37.1 | 13.6:1 | 38% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 512 | 38 | 13.5:1 | 38% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 476 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 29% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 657 | 28 | 23.5:1 | 17% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 410 | 23 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emma Arleth Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (506 to 485); teachers up 16% (37.1 to 43).
About Emma Arleth Elementary School
Emma Arleth Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in PARLIN, New Jersey, (ZIP code 08859). Students in kindergarten through 3 attend the school, which enrolls 485 students.
Emma Arleth Elementary School sits within Sayreville School District, which has 9 schools and 6,215 students.
Emma Arleth Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 43%. The rest of enrollment is 22% Hispanic, 15% Black, 12% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The White share in Middlesex County as a whole is similar, at about 41%. Emma Arleth Elementary School's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 43 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 11.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Emma Arleth Elementary School reports 47% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Emma Arleth Elementary School scores 48.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 40.4%.
Middlesex County has about 871,290 residents, and the median household income is $111,549, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Besides Emma Arleth Elementary School, Middlesex County has 213 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Harry S. Truman Elementary School, at about 0.4 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 43.2%, lower than Emma Arleth Elementary School's 48.0%.
Federal data place Emma Arleth Elementary 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.
Over 4 years, Emma Arleth Elementary School's enrollment grew 7%, to 485.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Sayreville School District
- Sayreville War Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,764 students
- Sayreville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,294 students
- Samsel Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 870 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Harry S. Truman Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 401 students
Other schools in PARLIN
- Sayreville War Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,764 students
- Sayreville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,294 students
- Samsel Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 870 students
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Harry S. Truman Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Madison Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 328 students
Nearby schools
- Harry S. Truman Elementary School0.4 mi · 425
- Sayreville War Memorial High School0.7 mi · 1,764
- Samsel Upper Elementary School0.9 mi · 870
- Sayreville Middle School1.0 mi · 1,294
- Madison Park Elementary School1.2 mi · 328
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School1.3 mi · 488
Frequently asked questions
About Emma Arleth Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Emma Arleth Elementary School?
Emma Arleth Elementary School enrolls approximately 485 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does Emma Arleth Elementary School serve?
Emma Arleth Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many teachers does Emma Arleth Elementary School have?
Emma Arleth Elementary School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Emma Arleth Elementary School?
Student demographics at Emma Arleth Elementary School are roughly 43% White, 22% Hispanic, 15% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Emma Arleth Elementary School?
Emma Arleth Elementary School is overseen by Sayreville School District in Middlesex County.
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