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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 right now?
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Enrollment
765
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELIZABETH PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340459005962
Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3
700 SECOND AVE, ELIZABETH, NJ 07202 · (908) 436-6230 · Union County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL765 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- ·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
12.9:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
686 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 78 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 80 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 79 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (79).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
28.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
22.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.5% | 22.7% |
| 2023-24 | 29.8% | 20.1% |
% 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
21.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3
Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3's state test result (21.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 this school | 765 | 89.7% | 21.6% |
| Franklin Elementary School NEWARK | 725 | 91.2% | 21.0% |
| Roberto Clemente Elementary School NEWARK | 742 | 86.7% | 21.2% |
| Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School PLAINFIELD | 816 | 85.9% | 10.7% |
| Juan Pablo Duarte - Jose Julian Marti School No 28 ELIZABETH | 878 | 90.0% | 21.8% |
| Abington Avenue School NEWARK | 842 | 89.4% | 24.1% |
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 Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #1,108 of 1,290 | #77 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #1,105 of 1,319 ▼ 20 | #68 of 93 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #1,129 of 1,319 ▼ 64 | #79 of 93 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 765 | #73 of 1,562 | #10 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #1,060 of 1,390 | #71 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.1% | #1,280 of 1,392 | #94 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.7% | #61 of 1,481 | #5 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.5% | #459 of 545 | #33 of 42 |
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
765
-22 (-3%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 741
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 765 | 59.5 | 12.9:1 | 90% (686) |
| 2023-24 | 764 | 59.5 | 12.8:1 | 88% (672) |
| 2022-23 | 807 | 63 | 12.8:1 | 86% (694) |
| 2020-21 | 787 | 53 | 14.8:1 | 82% (649) |
| 2017-18 | 746 | 50 | 14.9:1 | 86% (641) |
| 2015-16 | 710 | 49 | 14.5:1 | 92% (651) |
| 2010-11 | 603 | 53 | 11.4:1 | 90% (545) |
| 2000-01 | 761 | 60 | 12.7:1 | 86% (656) |
| 1990-91 | 741 | 40 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (746 to 765); teachers up 19% (50 to 59.5).
About Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3
Federal records list Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 as an elementary school in ELIZABETH, New Jersey. The school's enrollment of 765 students covers kindergarten through 8. Enrollment is 89% higher than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey, which is about 405.
Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 is part of a district of 37 schools: Elizabeth Public Schools, with 27,580 students.
Federal enrollment data show Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 is 87% Hispanic. Other groups include 8% Black and 4% White. The county population is about 35% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 24% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 59.5 full-time equivalents, or about 12.9 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey have 11.4:1, compared with 12.9:1 here. About 90% of students, or 686, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Union County, the average is 52%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After adjusting for student poverty, Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 21.6%; the prediction is 17.1%.
County data help place the school in context: in Union County, the median household income is $103,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Union County is home to 180 public schools and about 99,046 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Sonia Sotomayor School No 25 is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 ranks 6th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3's enrollment dropped from 787 in 2020-21 to 765 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.9:1) than in 2020-21 (14.8:1).
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in ELIZABETH
- John E. Dwyer Technology AcademyHigh · 1,348 students
- Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety AcademyHigh · 1,272 students
- Elizabeth High School - Frank J Cicarell AcademyHigh · 1,268 students
- Thomas Jefferson Arts AcademyHigh · 1,144 students
- William F. Halloran School No.22Middle · 1,140 students
- Terence C. Reilly School No 7Middle · 1,130 students
Nearby schools
- Sonia Sotomayor School No 250.3 mi · 591
- Christopher Columbus School No. 150.3 mi · 672
- John E. Dwyer Technology Academy0.4 mi · 1,348
- Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health & Public Safety Academy0.4 mi · 1,272
- Terence C. Reilly School No 70.4 mi · 1,130
- Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy0.5 mi · 1,144
Frequently asked questions
About Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3How large is Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3?
Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 enrolls approximately 765 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 serve?
Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3.
How diverse is Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3?
Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 reports a student body of 4% White, 87% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian.
Is Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 public or private?
Nicholas S. Lacorte-Peterstown School No. 3 is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elizabeth Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.