Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School

Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School is one of the medium-sized primary schools in Green Brook, New Jersey, run under Green Brook Township Public School District, with 404 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4.

Green Brook Township Public School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 708 students; Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 24% Hispanic, 21% Asian, 7% multiracial, 6% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Somerset County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.0%; this one delivers 62.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Somerset County shows median household earnings sit near $140,374, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Somerset County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students), Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Green Brook Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 30.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 404). Hispanic enrollment moved from 16% to 24% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.