Enrollment
454
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINDEN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340861005562
Number 1
728 North Wood Ave., Linden, NJ 07036 · (908) 486-2668 · Union County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
12.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
343 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 28% larger than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
28.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
28.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up 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 | 28.0% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 26.7% | 25.6% |
% 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
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Number 1
Number 1's state test result (25.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number 1 this school | 454 | 75.6% | 25.2% |
| Field Street School CARNEYS POINT | 463 | 76.5% | 22.6% |
| Rieck Avenue Elementary School MILLVILLE | 419 | 78.8% | 31.1% |
| Kuser Elementary School HAMILTON | 512 | 80.3% | 17.5% |
| Washington Elementary School W ORANGE | 414 | 74.6% | 40.4% |
| Berkeley Elementary School Bloomfield | 453 | 68.2% | 26.9% |
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 Number 1 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #1,044 of 1,290 | #68 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #1,004 of 1,319 no change | #54 of 93 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #1,139 of 1,319 ▼ 22 | #80 of 93 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 454 | #532 of 1,562 | #43 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #946 of 1,390 | #54 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #398 of 1,392 | #20 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.6% | #275 of 1,481 | #40 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #764 of 798 | #54 of 58 |
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
454
+34 (+8%) vs 2020
+103% since 1990-91, when it was 224
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 454 | 37 | 12.3:1 | 76% (343) |
| 2023-24 | 389 | 36 | 10.8:1 | 64% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 42.5 | 8.8:1 | 58% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 36 | 11.7:1 | 53% (221) |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 34 | 13.5:1 | 61% (282) |
| 2015-16 | 424 | 35 | 12.1:1 | 57% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 291 | 22 | 13.2:1 | 69% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 385 | 22 | 17.5:1 | 60% (230) |
| 1990-91 | 224 | 11 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Number 1.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (460 to 454); teachers up 9% (34 to 37).
About Number 1
Number 1 is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Linden, New Jersey. Enrollment stands at 454 students, covering pre-K through 5.
Linden Public School District oversees Number 1 and 10 other schools, with 6,441 students in total.
The share of Hispanic students at Number 1 is 53%, a majority. The remaining students are 28% Black, 13% White, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Union County is about 35% Hispanic. A diversity index of 62% means there is a 62% chance two randomly chosen students at Number 1 are from different groups.
Number 1 reports a ratio of 12.3 students per teacher, from 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Number 1, 76% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 52% average among public schools in Union County.
Number 1 earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 24% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Number 1 lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 25.2%; the prediction is 24.8%.
For Union County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $103,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 180 public schools and about 99,046 students.
Number 1's closest public school neighbor is Joseph E. Soehl Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Number 1's average proficiency of 25.2% compares with 26.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Number 1 is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 420 (2020-21) to 454 (2024-25).
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Linden Public School District
- Linden High SchoolHigh · 1,934 students
- Myles J. McManus MIddle SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Joseph E. Soehl Middle SchoolMiddle · 710 students
- Number 2Elementary · 602 students
- Number 4Elementary · 447 students
- Number 8Elementary · 334 students
Other schools in Linden
- Linden High SchoolHigh · 1,934 students
- Myles J. McManus MIddle SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Joseph E. Soehl Middle SchoolMiddle · 710 students
- Number 2Elementary · 602 students
- Number 4Elementary · 447 students
- Number 8Elementary · 334 students
Nearby schools
- Joseph E. Soehl Middle School0.3 mi · 710
- Linden High School0.3 mi · 1,934
- Number 80.5 mi · 334
- Number 50.6 mi · 319
- Grace Wilday Junior High School0.6 mi · 482
- Number 60.7 mi · 320
Frequently asked questions
About Number 1How large is Number 1?
Number 1 enrolls approximately 454 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Number 1 serve?
Number 1 serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Number 1?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Number 1.
What is the student diversity at Number 1?
Student demographics at Number 1 are roughly 13% White, 53% Hispanic, 28% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Number 1?
Number 1 is overseen by Linden Public School District in Union County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.