MacAfee Road School

Set in Somerset, New Jersey, MacAfee Road School is a mid-tier primary school, operated by Franklin Township Public School District. It educates 405 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 10 schools in Franklin Township Public School District (6,950 students total), MacAfee Road School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, MacAfee Road School records that 36% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 25% Hispanic, 20% White, 11% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting MacAfee Road School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, MacAfee Road School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.0%; this one delivers 47.3%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Somerset County put median household income runs about $140,374, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Somerset County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students), of which MacAfee Road School is one.

The closest other public school is Franklin Middle School at Hamilton Street Campus, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MacAfee Road School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MacAfee Road School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 28.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. MacAfee Road School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 396 (now 405). Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 43% to 36%.

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