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Enrollment
434
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341467005684
Howard B. Brunner Elementary School
721 WESTFIELD ROAD, SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ 07076 · (908) 889-2148 · Union County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
19 students
DISTRICT 4% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 61 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 29% larger than its 4th grade class (55).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
74.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
78.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.3% | 78.3% |
| 2023-24 | 72.8% | 77.2% |
% 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
76.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Howard B. Brunner Elementary School
Howard B. Brunner Elementary School's state test result (76.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard B. Brunner Elementary School this school | 434 | 4.4% | 76.2% |
| Evergreen Elementary School SCOTCH PLAINS | 449 | 2.2% | 59.3% |
| Lester C Noecker ROSELAND | 451 | 6.4% | 73.8% |
| Signal Hill School VOORHEES | 436 | 8.5% | 63.9% |
| School One Elementary SCOTCH PLAINS | 424 | 9.0% | 61.2% |
| J. Ackerman Coles Elementary School SCOTCH PLAINS | 526 | 3.4% | 75.4% |
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 Howard B. Brunner Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #69 of 1,290 | #8 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #108 of 1,319 ▼ 9 | #10 of 93 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #181 of 1,319 ▲ 16 | #14 of 93 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #590 of 1,562 | #49 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #1,079 of 1,390 | #74 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #444 of 1,392 | #26 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.4% | #1,354 of 1,481 | #83 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.3% | #183 of 545 | #10 of 42 |
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
434
+65 (+18%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 315
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 434 | 33.5 | 13.0:1 | 4% (19) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 33.2 | 12.5:1 | 6% (23) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 34.8 | 12.2:1 | 4% (16) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | 32 | 11.5:1 | 4% (16) |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 31.6 | 12.1:1 | 7% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 8% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 6% (25) |
| 2000-01 | 462 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 4% (17) |
| 1990-91 | 315 | 20 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Howard B. Brunner Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (383 to 434); teachers up 6% (31.6 to 33.5).
About Howard B. Brunner Elementary School
Howard B. Brunner Elementary School serves students in SCOTCH PLAINS, New Jersey, as a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 434 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 4.
Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District operates 8 schools. Combined enrollment is 5,673 students.
Roughly 58% of students at Howard B. Brunner Elementary School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 14% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 9% Black, and 5% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 39%. Howard B. Brunner Elementary School's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.0:1. That is 1.5 students per teacher above the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Howard B. Brunner Elementary School reports 4% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 52% average among public schools in Union County.
allk12 grades Howard B. Brunner Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Howard B. Brunner Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 76.2% is 12.4 points above the 63.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Union County, the median household income is $103,202, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. There are 180 public schools in Union County, enrolling about 99,046 students in all.
Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School is the public school closest to Howard B. Brunner Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 63.2%, lower than Howard B. Brunner Elementary School's 76.2%.
Under the NCES locale system, Howard B. Brunner Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is up 18% from 2020-21, when Howard B. Brunner Elementary School had 369 students, to 2024-25, when it had 434. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.5:1 to 13.0:1 over the same years.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Howard B. Brunner Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood High SchoolHigh · 1,562 students
- Malcolm E Nettingham Middle SchoolMiddle · 913 students
- Terrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 822 students
- William J. McGinn Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- J. Ackerman Coles Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Evergreen Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
Other schools in SCOTCH PLAINS
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood High SchoolHigh · 1,562 students
- Malcolm E Nettingham Middle SchoolMiddle · 913 students
- Terrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 822 students
- William J. McGinn Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- J. Ackerman Coles Elementary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Union County TechHigh · 502 students
Nearby schools
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School0.3 mi · 1,562
- Evergreen Elementary School0.4 mi · 449
- Hillcrest Academy-North0.4 mi · 74
- Malcolm E Nettingham Middle School0.8 mi · 913
- William J. McGinn Elementary School0.8 mi · 543
- School One Elementary0.9 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Howard B. Brunner Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Howard B. Brunner Elementary School?
Howard B. Brunner Elementary School enrolls approximately 434 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Howard B. Brunner Elementary School serve?
Howard B. Brunner Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Howard B. Brunner Elementary School have?
Howard B. Brunner Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Howard B. Brunner Elementary School?
Student demographics at Howard B. Brunner Elementary School are roughly 58% White, 14% Hispanic, 9% Black, 14% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Howard B. Brunner Elementary School in?
Howard B. Brunner Elementary School is part of Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District.
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