LaMonte-Annex Elementary School

LaMonte-Annex Elementary School, a mid-tier elementary school in Bound Brook, New Jersey, part of Bound Brook School District, serves 374 students, covering grades pre-K through 1.

Within Bound Brook School District, which oversees 5 schools and 1,917 students, LaMonte-Annex Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, LaMonte-Annex Elementary School logs that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 17% White, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Somerset County as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, LaMonte-Annex Elementary School reports 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Somerset County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, Somerset County reports that the typical household earns roughly $140,374 per year, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LaMonte-Annex Elementary School is one of 84 public schools in Somerset County (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lafayette Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LaMonte-Annex Elementary School has shrank 4%, going from 388 students in 2018 to 374 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 76% to 68%.

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