Lafayette Estates Elementary School

Lafayette Estates Elementary School, an expansive K-5 school in FORDS, New Jersey, one of the schools within Woodbridge Township School District, teaches 705 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Lafayette Estates Elementary School sits 74% above that benchmark.

Woodbridge Township School District runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 13,869 students. Lafayette Estates Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Lafayette Estates Elementary School logs that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% Asian, 15% White, 11% Black. By comparison, Middlesex County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 54% 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 meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lafayette Estates Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.4%, the actual is 31.6%, a residual of -4.7 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) shows that median household income runs about $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 Lafayette Estates Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Fords Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lafayette Estates Elementary School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 48%: 475 students in 2018 compared to 705 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 33% to 48% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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