McKinley Elementary School

McKinley Elementary School is one of the compact K-5 schools in Westfield, New Jersey, one of the schools within Westfield Public School District, with 291 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 5. That puts it 28% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

McKinley Elementary School is one of 10 schools operated by Westfield Public School District, a district that serves 5,838 students overall.

On demographics, McKinley Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder reads as 13% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 39% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, McKinley Elementary School shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.6:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 2% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Union County (around 52%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, McKinley Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.8%.

In the surrounding community, Union County reports that median household income runs about $103,202, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Union County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), of which McKinley Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Westfield Senior High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, McKinley Elementary School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 69.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. McKinley Elementary School's enrollment has declined 15% since 2018, when it stood at 341 (now 291). Over the same period, the White share fell from 78% to 65%. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

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