Mawbey Street Elementary School
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Mawbey Street Elementary School
Mawbey Street Elementary School is an elementary campus of low-enrollment scale in WOODBRIDGE, New Jersey, overseen by Woodbridge Township School District, educateing 304 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 25% leaner than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.
Woodbridge Township School District runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 13,869 students. Mawbey Street Elementary School is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Mawbey Street Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Asian (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 27% White, 27% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.
In terms of school funding signals, Mawbey Street Elementary School lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Mawbey Street Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Middlesex County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mawbey Street Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.9%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Middlesex County put median household income runs about $111,549, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mawbey Street Elementary School is one of 214 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students).
The closest other public school is Woodbridge Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mawbey Street Elementary School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 40.7%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 22%: 392 students in 2018 compared to 304 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 11% to 27% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.
On the community side, members of the Mawbey Street Elementary School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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