Enrollment
301
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340840003162
Lawrenceville Elementary School
40 CRAVEN LANE, LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ 08648 · (609) 671-5570 · Mercer County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL301 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
10.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
57 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 58 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 21% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Lawrenceville Elementary School→Lawrence Intermediate School→Lawrence Middle School→Lawrence High School
Based on grade levels within Lawrence Township Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
49.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +9.2pp since 2023
Math
44.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . -9.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.2% | 44.4% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 54.1% |
% 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
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Lawrenceville Elementary School
Lawrenceville Elementary School's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrenceville Elementary School this school | 301 | 18.9% | 46.9% |
| Horace Mann Elementary School CHERRY HILL | 287 | 19.9% | 54.3% |
| Countryside Elementary School MOUNT LAUREL | 293 | 16.7% | 50.3% |
| James Caldwell Elementary School Springfield | 276 | 17.0% | 56.3% |
| Woodcrest Elementary School CHERRY HILL | 374 | 15.5% | 57.9% |
| Berkeley Elementary WESTWOOD | 277 | 18.1% | 74.3% |
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 Lawrenceville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #596 of 1,290 | #18 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #701 of 1,319 ▼ 210 | #24 of 56 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #729 of 1,319 ▲ 153 | #24 of 56 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 301 | #1,102 of 1,562 | #44 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #406 of 1,390 | #15 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #335 of 1,392 | #23 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.9% | #1,051 of 1,481 | #46 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #740 of 798 | #28 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
301
+15 (+5%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 375
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 | 301 | 29.4 | 10.2:1 | 19% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 298 | 29.4 | 10.1:1 | 24% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 291 | 31.4 | 9.3:1 | 23% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 286 | N/A | N/A | 26% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 307 | 23.6 | 13.0:1 | 13% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 319 | 27 | 11.8:1 | 15% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 371 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 11% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 292 | 20 | 14.6:1 | 12% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 375 | 24 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lawrenceville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (307 to 301); teachers up 25% (23.6 to 29.4).
About Lawrenceville Elementary School
In LAWRENCEVILLE, New Jersey, part of Mercer County, Lawrenceville Elementary School is an elementary school. The grade span is pre-K through 3, and enrollment is 301 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New Jersey) has about 405 students.
Lawrenceville Elementary School is among 7 schools run by Lawrence Township Public School District, which serves 3,690 students.
White students account for 54% of enrollment at Lawrenceville Elementary School. Smaller groups are 16% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 12% Black, and 5% multiracial. Lawrenceville Elementary School has a diversity index of 65%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 29.4 full-time equivalents, or about 10.2 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 11.4:1. About 19% of students, or 57, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Mercer County, the average is 48%.
The allk12 Grade for Lawrenceville Elementary School is C. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 34% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 55.8% at Lawrenceville Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 46.9%.
Mercer County has these Census figures: median household income is about $100,645, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Lawrenceville Elementary School is among the 110 public schools in Mercer County.
The closest public school to Lawrenceville Elementary School is Stony Brook Elementary School, about 1.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Lawrenceville Elementary School ranks 5th on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 286 to 301.
The Lawrenceville Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
385,864
Census ACS
Median income
$100,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
58,647 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lawrence Township Public School District
- Lawrence High SchoolHigh · 1,225 students
- Lawrence Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- Lawrence Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
- Ben Franklin ElementaryElementary · 342 students
- Slackwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 251 students
- Eldridge Park SchoolElementary · 212 students
Other schools in LAWRENCEVILLE
- Lawrence High SchoolHigh · 1,225 students
- Lawrence Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- Lawrence Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
- Ben Franklin ElementaryElementary · 342 students
- Slackwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 251 students
- Eldridge Park SchoolElementary · 212 students
Other Lawrenceville Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lawrenceville Elementary. Lawrenceville Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Lawrenceville Elementary SchoolLawrenceville, GA · 677 students
Nearby schools
- Stony Brook Elementary School1.4 mi · 395
- Ben Franklin Elementary1.6 mi · 342
- Lawrence Intermediate School1.8 mi · 775
- Mercer County Technical School STEM Academy2.0 mi · 141
- Mercer County Technical School Culinary Arts Academy2.0 mi · 111
- MCVS Arthur R. Sypek Center2.0 mi · 21
Frequently asked questions
About Lawrenceville Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lawrenceville Elementary School?
Lawrenceville Elementary School enrolls approximately 301 students in grades PK-03.
What grades does Lawrenceville Elementary School serve?
Lawrenceville Elementary School serves grades PK-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lawrenceville Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lawrenceville Elementary School is approximately 10.2:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lawrenceville Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lawrenceville Elementary School are roughly 54% White, 16% Hispanic, 12% Black, 14% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Lawrenceville Elementary School in?
Lawrenceville Elementary School is part of Lawrence Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.