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What's the biggest difference between Lafayette Estates Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
705
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341812003706
Lafayette Estates Elementary School
FORD AVENUE, FORDS, NJ 08863 · (732) 596-4143 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL705 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.6:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
384 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 137 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 51% smaller than its 5th grade class (137).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
32.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
34.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . -5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.9% | 34.1% |
| 2023-24 | 32.7% | 39.4% |
% 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
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Lafayette Estates Elementary School
Lafayette Estates Elementary School's state test result (31.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Estates Elementary School this school | 705 | 54.5% | 31.6% |
| Perry L. Drew Elementary School EAST WINDSOR | 599 | 51.9% | 41.1% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School PISCATAWAY | 513 | 53.4% | 39.5% |
| Dr. Michael Conti School JERSEY CITY | 651 | 46.1% | 54.4% |
| Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26 Jersey City | 539 | 54.5% | 35.5% |
| Claremont Elementary School Franklin Park | 685 | 56.6% | 37.9% |
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 Lafayette Estates Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #930 of 1,290 | #86 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #898 of 1,319 ▼ 142 | #85 of 111 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #1,063 of 1,319 ▼ 36 | #93 of 111 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 705 | #111 of 1,562 | #10 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,180 of 1,390 | #101 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #226 of 1,392 | #50 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.5% | #532 of 1,481 | #35 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +48.4% | #26 of 545 | #3 of 30 |
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
705
+275 (+64%) vs 2020
+109% since 1990-91, when it was 338
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 705 | 52 | 13.6:1 | 54% (384) |
| 2023-24 | 720 | 36 | 20.0:1 | 53% (384) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 34 | 12.1:1 | 49% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | 39 | 11.0:1 | 46% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 40% (191) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 28 | 17.8:1 | 41% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 503 | 27 | 18.6:1 | 38% (192) |
| 2000-01 | 325 | 22 | 14.8:1 | 31% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 338 | 18 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lafayette Estates Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 48% (475 to 705); teachers up 68% (31 to 52).
About Lafayette Estates Elementary School
Lafayette Estates Elementary School is an elementary school in FORDS, New Jersey, reachable at (732) 596-4143. It educates 705 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 74% above the 405 average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Woodbridge Township School District is the district for Lafayette Estates Elementary School. It has 24 schools and 13,869 students.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Lafayette Estates Elementary School, with 48% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 25% Asian, 15% White, and 11% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 24 points above the 24% share among Middlesex County residents. By the diversity index, Lafayette Estates Elementary School comes in at 68%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1 at Lafayette Estates Elementary School, with 52 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 54%. Across public schools in Middlesex County, the average is 42%.
allk12 grades Lafayette Estates Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Lafayette Estates Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (31.6%) and its predicted rate (36.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
Within Middlesex County, median household income is about $111,549, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 214 public schools in Middlesex County, with a combined enrollment of about 129,255.
The closest public school, Fords Middle School, is about 0.6 miles from Lafayette Estates Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Lafayette Estates Elementary School is 8th among 9 schools close by.
NCES describes the area around Lafayette Estates Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data put enrollment at 430 in 2020-21 and 705 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 13.6:1, from 11.0:1.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Woodbridge Township School District
- Woodbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- John F. Kennedy Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Colonia High SchoolHigh · 1,354 students
- Iselin Middle SchoolMiddle · 794 students
- Fords Middle SchoolMiddle · 645 students
- Ross Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 633 students
Other schools in FORDS
- Fords Middle SchoolMiddle · 645 students
- Dual Language SchoolMiddle · 384 students
- Ford Avenue Elementary SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- Fords Middle School0.6 mi · 645
- Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School0.8 mi · 330
- James Monroe Elementary School1.0 mi · 537
- Dual Language School1.2 mi · 384
- Indiana Avenue Elementary School1.6 mi · 485
- Herbert Hoover Middle School1.6 mi · 1,060
Frequently asked questions
About Lafayette Estates Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lafayette Estates Elementary School?
Lafayette Estates Elementary School enrolls approximately 705 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Lafayette Estates Elementary School serve?
Lafayette Estates Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lafayette Estates Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lafayette Estates Elementary School is approximately 13.6:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lafayette Estates Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lafayette Estates Elementary School are roughly 15% White, 48% Hispanic, 11% Black, 25% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Lafayette Estates Elementary School in?
Lafayette Estates Elementary School is part of Woodbridge Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.