Frances C. Smith Early Childhood Center No 50

As a compact elementary campus in ELIZABETH, New Jersey, Frances C. Smith Early Childhood Center No 50 enrolls 306 students from grade pre-K, part of Elizabeth Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 405.

Elizabeth Public Schools runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 27,580 students. Frances C. Smith Early Childhood Center No 50 is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Frances C. Smith Early Childhood Center No 50 reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (89%). The remainder reads as 6% Black, 5% White. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Frances C. Smith Early Childhood Center No 50 higher than the state norm the norm. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Union County's rate of about 52%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Union County indicate median household income runs about $103,202, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Union County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), Frances C. Smith Early Childhood Center No 50 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dr. Orlando Edreira Academy School No. 26, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Frances C. Smith Early Childhood Center No 50 operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Frances C. Smith Early Childhood Center No 50's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 310 (now 306). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 83% to 89% over that span.

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