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What tradition at Memorial Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 334 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BRUNSWICK TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340411003310
Memorial Elementary School
14 INNES ROAD, EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ 08816 · (732) 613-6860 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
10.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
101 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 29% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 24% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 38% smaller than its 4th grade class (96).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Memorial Elementary School→Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School→Churchill Junior High School→East Brunswick High School
Based on grade levels within East Brunswick Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
53.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
58.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.9% | 58.9% |
| 2023-24 | 55.8% | 62.3% |
% 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
57.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Memorial Elementary School
Memorial Elementary School's state test result (57.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Elementary School this school | 408 | 24.8% | 57.6% |
| Central Elementary School EAST BRUNSWICK | 349 | 27.2% | 69.2% |
| Lawrence Brook Elementary School EAST BRUNSWICK | 362 | 25.4% | 66.0% |
| Johnson Park School PRINCETON | 360 | 21.1% | 66.6% |
| Hillsborough Township Elementary School Hillsborough | 467 | 21.6% | 76.4% |
| Ben Franklin Elementary LAWRENCEVILLE | 342 | 21.3% | 55.0% |
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 Memorial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #379 of 1,290 | #32 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #429 of 1,319 ▼ 93 | #39 of 111 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #617 of 1,319 ▼ 57 | #51 of 111 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #675 of 1,562 | #70 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #520 of 1,390 | #42 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.9% | #64 of 1,392 | #21 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.8% | #950 of 1,481 | #95 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.0% | #106 of 798 | #20 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
408
-119 (-23%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 314
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 408 | 38.4 | 10.6:1 | 25% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 409 | 40.4 | 10.1:1 | 24% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 43 | 9.9:1 | 24% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | 50 | 10.5:1 | 22% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 42.8 | 12.6:1 | 20% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 493 | 40 | 12.3:1 | 16% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 348 | 19 | 18.3:1 | 7% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 354 | 19 | 18.6:1 | 3% (12) |
| 1990-91 | 314 | 17 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (537 to 408); teachers down 10% (42.8 to 38.4).
About Memorial Elementary School
Memorial Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school found in EAST BRUNSWICK, New Jersey. Students in kindergarten through 4 attend, and enrollment is 408 students.
Memorial Elementary School is part of East Brunswick Township School District, where 11 schools serve 8,096 students.
White students form the largest group at Memorial Elementary School, 36% of enrollment. Other groups include 31% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Memorial Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 73%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.6:1, with 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 11.4:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Memorial Elementary School is 25%. On average, public schools in Middlesex County report 42%.
allk12 grades Memorial Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Memorial Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 57.6% is 5.0 points above the 52.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Middlesex County show that median household income is about $111,549, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Memorial Elementary School is one of 214 public schools in Middlesex County, which together enroll about 129,255 students.
The nearest other public school, Warnsdorfer Elementary School, is about 1.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Memorial Elementary School. Memorial Elementary School places 6th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The NCES locale for Memorial Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 408 was 23% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 527.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Memorial Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Related schools
Other schools in East Brunswick Township School District
- East Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Churchill Junior High SchoolMiddle · 2,080 students
- Hammarskjold Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 1,221 students
- Frost Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
- Lawrence Brook Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
Other schools in EAST BRUNSWICK
- East Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Churchill Junior High SchoolMiddle · 2,080 students
- Hammarskjold Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 1,221 students
- East Brunswick Magnet SchoolHigh · 745 students
- Hatikvah International Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 657 students
- Frost Elementary SchoolElementary · 383 students
Other Memorial Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 10 states are named Memorial Elementary. Memorial Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 22.
- Memorial Elementary SchoolMontvale, NJ · 532 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolFREEHOLD, NJ · 414 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolLAURENCE HARBOR, NJ · 388 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolNORTH HALEDON, NJ · 349 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolPARAMUS, NJ · 289 students
Nearby schools
- Warnsdorfer Elementary School1.1 mi · 325
- East Brunswick High School1.1 mi · 2,124
- Central Elementary School1.1 mi · 349
- Parkview School1.3 mi · 338
- Hammarskjold Upper Elementary School1.5 mi · 1,221
- Irwin Elementary School1.6 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Memorial Elementary School?
Memorial Elementary School enrolls approximately 408 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Memorial Elementary School serve?
Memorial Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many teachers does Memorial Elementary School have?
Memorial Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Memorial Elementary School?
At Memorial Elementary School, the student body is approximately 36% White, 19% Hispanic, 5% Black, 31% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Memorial Elementary School in?
Memorial Elementary School is part of East Brunswick Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.