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Livingston Park
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Livingston Park
As a mid-tier elementary school in NORTH BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Livingston Park works with 494 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by North Brunswick Township School District. Enrollment runs roughly 22% bigger than the state mean of about 405.
North Brunswick Township School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,705 students; Livingston Park is among them.
Looking at the student body, Livingston Park shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 19% Asian, 18% Black, 10% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Livingston Park has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Livingston Park tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 54% of students are eligible 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 somewhat above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Livingston Park tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.8%.
In the broader community, census data for Middlesex County shows median household income runs about $111,549, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Livingston Park is one of 214 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students).
New Brunswick Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Livingston Park ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 27.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 16%: 590 students in 2018 compared to 494 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 30% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 today.
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