Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School

Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School is an elementary campus of roomy scale in PERTH AMBOY, New Jersey, operated by Perth Amboy Public School District, hosting 632 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School sits 56% above that benchmark.

Across the 12 schools in Perth Amboy Public School District (9,845 students total), Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). The remainder reads as 4% Black. By comparison, Middlesex County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Middlesex County's rate of about 42%.

After controlling for student poverty, Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.5%; this one delivers 15.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) shows that median household income runs about $111,549, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Middlesex County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School is one campus in the mix.

Rose M. Lopez Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 21.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School has fell 19%, going from 779 students in 2018 to 632 in 2025.

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