Nathan Hale Elementary School

Nathan Hale Elementary School, a moderately sized K-5 school in CARTERET, New Jersey, overseen by Carteret Public School District, educates 436 students, covering grades pre-K through 4.

Nathan Hale Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Carteret Public School District, a district that educates 3,903 students overall.

Demographically, Nathan Hale Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 14% Asian, 10% Black, 8% White, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 83% of students at Nathan Hale Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Middlesex County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Nathan Hale Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 21.0%; Nathan Hale Elementary School posts 40.0%, +19.1 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Middlesex County shows the typical household earns roughly $111,549 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Nathan Hale Elementary School is one of 214 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students).

Nearest neighbor: Carteret High School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Nathan Hale Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 38.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Nathan Hale Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 487 (now 436). The Asian share of enrollment declined from 26% to 14% over that span.

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