Matthew Jago Elementary School

Matthew Jago Elementary School, a mid-sized K-5 school in SEWAREN, New Jersey, overseen by Woodbridge Township School District, hosts 425 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Woodbridge Township School District runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 13,869 students. Matthew Jago Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Matthew Jago Elementary School lists that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 38% White, 11% Black, 10% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Matthew Jago Elementary School logs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Matthew Jago Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Matthew Jago Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 40.5%; Matthew Jago Elementary School posts 25.1%, -15.4 points below that line.

In the area at large, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Middlesex County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), of which Matthew Jago Elementary School is one.

Woodbridge Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Matthew Jago Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Matthew Jago Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.4%.

Matthew Jago Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 6%: 400 students in 2018 compared to 425 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 26% to 39% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.