John P. Faber Elementary School

John P. Faber Elementary School operates as a sprawling elementary school in DUNELLEN, New Jersey, one of the schools within Dunellen Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 621 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 53% larger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Dunellen Public School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,363 students; John P. Faber Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, John P. Faber Elementary School lists that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 20% White, 9% Black, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Middlesex County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, John P. Faber Elementary School has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting John P. Faber Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Middlesex County (around 42%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, John P. Faber Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.1%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) shows that median household earnings sit near $111,549, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Middlesex County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), of which John P. Faber Elementary School is one.

Lincoln 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. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John P. Faber Elementary School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 35.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 5%: 591 students in 2018 compared to 621 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 47% to 60% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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