Livingston Elementary School
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Livingston Elementary School
Located at 206 DELAVAN STREET, in NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Livingston Elementary School is a modestly sized K-5 school that serves 342 students (grades K through 5), part of New Brunswick School District.
New Brunswick School District runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 8,337 students. Livingston Elementary School is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Livingston Elementary School shows that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 5% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.
On the resource side, On paper, Livingston Elementary School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 93% of students at Livingston Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Middlesex County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
With demographic context factored in, Livingston Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 15.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 11.4%.
Across the wider county, census data for Middlesex County shows median household earnings sit near $111,549, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Middlesex County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), of which Livingston Elementary School is one.
A Chester Redshaw School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Livingston Elementary School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 21.0%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 27%: 470 students in 2018 compared to 342 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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