Number 1

As a mid-tier elementary school in Linden, New Jersey, Number 1 serves 454 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Linden Public School District.

Within Linden Public School District, which oversees 11 schools and 6,441 students, Number 1 is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Number 1 shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 28% Black, 13% White, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Number 1 higher than the state norm the norm. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Union County (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Number 1 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.2%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Union County indicate median household earnings sit near $103,202, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Number 1 is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

Nearest neighbor: Joseph E. Soehl Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Number 1 comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 26.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Number 1's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 460 (now 454). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 38% to 53%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.