Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3

As a sizable K-5 school in ELIZABETH, New Jersey, Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 hosts 765 students from grades K through 8, overseen by Elizabeth Public Schools. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 sits 89% bigger than that benchmark.

Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 is one of 37 schools operated by Elizabeth Public Schools, a district that serves 27,580 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (87%); the rest consists of 8% Black, 4% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 90% of students at Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 17.1%; this one delivers 21.6%.

Around the school, census data for Union County shows median household income runs about $103,202, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Union County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sonia Sotomayor School No 25, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 30.7%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 has grew 3%, going from 746 students in 2018 to 765 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 13% to 8% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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