Mildred B. Moss Elementary School

As a micro-enrollment elementary-level community in METUCHEN, New Jersey, Mildred B. Moss Elementary School works with 152 students from grades pre-K through K, operated by Metuchen Public School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Mildred B. Moss Elementary School sits 62% smaller than that benchmark.

Mildred B. Moss Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Metuchen Public School District, a district that works with 2,329 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mildred B. Moss Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 28% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 5% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Middlesex County's rate of about 42%.

Around the school, census data for Middlesex County shows median household income runs about $111,549, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Middlesex County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), of which Mildred B. Moss Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Edgar Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Mildred B. Moss Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 8%: 166 students in 2018 compared to 152 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 54% to 42% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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