James A. McDivitt Elementary School

James A. McDivitt Elementary School is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in OLD BRIDGE, New Jersey, one of the schools within Old Bridge Township School District, with 536 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 32% larger than the state mean of about 405.

Old Bridge Township School District runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 7,921 students. James A. McDivitt Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, James A. McDivitt Elementary School records that 60% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Middlesex County's rate of about 42%.

After controlling for student poverty, James A. McDivitt Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.4%; this one delivers 51.6%.

In the surrounding community, Middlesex County reports that median household earnings sit near $111,549, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Middlesex County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), of which James A. McDivitt Elementary School is one.

Carl Sandburg Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, James A. McDivitt Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 52.7%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at James A. McDivitt Elementary School has ticked up 28%, going from 419 students in 2018 to 536 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 19% to 14% across the same window.

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