Enrollment
330
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341812003712
Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School
19 MARYKNOLL ROAD, METUCHEN, NJ 08840 · (732) 596-4147 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL330 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
12.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
176 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
50.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
45.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.5% | 45.2% |
| 2023-24 | 45.9% | 46.5% |
% 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
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School
Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School this school | 330 | 53.3% | 43.1% |
| Bartle Elementary School HIGHLAND PARK | 405 | 51.9% | 41.1% |
| Port Reading Avenue Elementary School PORT READING | 385 | 56.6% | 35.7% |
| Irving Primary School HIGHLAND PARK | 326 | 46.3% | N/A |
| Kennedy Park Elementary School ISELIN | 256 | 44.5% | N/A |
| Slackwood Elementary School LAWRENCEVILLE | 251 | 59.8% | 43.6% |
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 Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #681 of 1,290 | #69 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #687 of 1,319 ▼ 55 | #71 of 111 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #691 of 1,319 ▲ 78 | #56 of 111 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 330 | #987 of 1,562 | #93 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #881 of 1,390 | #79 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #100 of 1,392 | #27 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.3% | #551 of 1,481 | #38 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #475 of 798 | #63 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
330
-18 (-5%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 329
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 330 | 27.6 | 12.0:1 | 53% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 344 | 26.6 | 12.9:1 | 50% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 360 | 26.2 | 13.7:1 | 44% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 24 | 14.5:1 | 32% (112) |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 24 | 15.1:1 | 36% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 24 | 15.5:1 | 41% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 331 | 17 | 19.5:1 | 36% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 368 | 20 | 18.4:1 | 18% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 329 | 16 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (362 to 330); teachers up 15% (24 to 27.6).
About Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School
Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School is an elementary school in METUCHEN, New Jersey, and it is part of Woodbridge Township School District. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 330 students enrolled.
The Woodbridge Township School District system has 24 schools and 13,869 students.
The student body at Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 41%. Enrollment also includes 23% White, 22% Asian, 11% Black, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 18 points above the 24% share among Middlesex County residents. A diversity index of 72% means there is a 72% chance two randomly chosen students at Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School are from different groups.
Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School has 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.0:1. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 11.4:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 53%. For comparison, public schools in Middlesex County average 42%.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 37.0%. Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School scores 43.1%, 6.1 points above that line.
American Community Survey estimates for Middlesex County show that the median household earns about $111,549 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Middlesex County, 214 public schools serve about 129,255 students.
Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Lafayette Estates Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. The five-mile area around Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School's average proficiency of 43.1% compares with 45.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 330, down from 348 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 14.5:1 to 12.0:1.
The Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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 Woodbridge Township School District
- Woodbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- John F. Kennedy Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Colonia High SchoolHigh · 1,354 students
- Iselin Middle SchoolMiddle · 794 students
- Lafayette Estates Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Fords Middle SchoolMiddle · 645 students
Other schools in METUCHEN
- Edgar Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Metuchen High SchoolHigh · 718 students
- Campbell Elementary SchoolElementary · 698 students
- Mildred B. Moss Elementary SchoolElementary · 152 students
Nearby schools
- Lafayette Estates Elementary School0.8 mi · 705
- Indiana Avenue Elementary School1.0 mi · 485
- Fords Middle School1.2 mi · 645
- Oak Tree Road Elementary School1.2 mi · 425
- James Monroe Elementary School1.2 mi · 537
- Robert Mascenik Elementary School1.3 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About Menlo Park Terrace Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School?
Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School enrolls approximately 330 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School serve?
Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School?
Student demographics at Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School are roughly 23% White, 41% Hispanic, 11% Black, 22% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School in?
Menlo Park Terrace Elementary School is part of Woodbridge Township School District.
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