Enrollment
224
Elementary
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLD BRIDGE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340927003516
M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School
ONE PAR AVENUE, OLD BRIDGE, NJ 08857 · (732) 360-4452 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL224 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
11.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
29 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 47% smaller than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
57.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
55.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.5% | 55.8% |
| 2023-24 | 59.8% | 54.9% |
% 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School this school | 224 | 12.9% | 53.5% |
| Mountain Way School MORRIS PLAINS | 201 | 11.9% | N/A |
| Mohawk Avenue School Sparta | 236 | 9.7% | 55.2% |
| Ellen T. Briggs Elementary School LAKE HOPATCONG | 226 | 15.5% | N/A |
| John Hydock Elementary School COLUMBUS | 245 | 12.2% | N/A |
| Eleanor G. Hewitt RINGWOOD | 208 | 12.5% | 55.1% |
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 M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #453 of 1,290 | #42 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #483 of 1,319 ▼ 15 | #48 of 111 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #542 of 1,319 ▼ 80 | #44 of 111 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 224 | #1,348 of 1,562 | #117 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #738 of 1,390 | #64 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #907 of 1,392 | #92 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.9% | #1,183 of 1,481 | #118 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #208 of 798 | #35 of 84 |
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
224
-26 (-10%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 232
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 224 | 19.5 | 11.5:1 | 13% (29) |
| 2023-24 | 215 | 18.5 | 11.6:1 | 9% (20) |
| 2022-23 | 226 | 18.5 | 12.2:1 | 8% (19) |
| 2020-21 | 250 | 18 | 13.9:1 | 10% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 273 | 19.9 | 13.7:1 | 11% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 285 | 22 | 12.9:1 | 11% (30) |
| 2010-11 | 285 | 15 | 19.0:1 | 7% (21) |
| 2000-01 | 338 | 17 | 19.9:1 | 7% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 232 | 16 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (273 to 224); teachers down 2% (19.9 to 19.5).
About M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School
M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School is an elementary school in OLD BRIDGE, New Jersey, reachable at (732) 360-4452. It reported 224 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students, which makes this school 45% below average.
Old Bridge Township School District, which runs M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School, has 14 schools and 7,921 students.
The share of White students at M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School is 71%, a majority. Other students are 13% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is higher than the 41% White share among all Middlesex County residents. A diversity index of 46% means there is a 46% chance two randomly chosen students at M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School are from different groups.
M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School reported 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 11.5:1. The ratio is within a point of the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Roughly 13% of students at M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 42% average for public schools in Middlesex County.
On the allk12 Grade, M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School lands at B-, ahead of 46% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 59.1% at M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 53.5%.
In the surrounding county, Middlesex County, the median household earns about $111,549 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School, Middlesex County has 214 public schools.
Southwood Elementary School is the nearest public school to M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles of M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 53.5% is below the 54.5% average for nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 10% decline, from 250 to 224. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.9:1 to 11.5:1.
The allk12 page for M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
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Nearby schools
- Southwood Elementary School0.9 mi · 265
- Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School1.0 mi · 211
- Walter M. Schirra Elementary School1.2 mi · 268
- Alan B. Shepard Elementary School1.2 mi · 276
- William A. Miller Elementary School1.3 mi · 314
- Raymond E. Voorhees Elementary School1.5 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About M. Scott Carpenter Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School?
M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School enrolls approximately 224 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School serve?
M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School is approximately 11.5:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School?
At M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School, the student body is approximately 71% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School public or private?
M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Old Bridge Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.