Number 10

As a modestly sized elementary school in Linden, New Jersey, Number 10 instructs 299 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Linden Public School District. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 26% smaller than typical.

Within Linden Public School District, which oversees 11 schools and 6,441 students, Number 10 is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Number 10 reports that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 19% Black, 15% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Number 10 shows 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Number 10 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.0%, the actual is 31.4%, a residual of +0.4 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Union County) reports that median household earnings sit near $103,202, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Number 10 is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

Nearest neighbor: Winfield Township, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Number 10 comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 32.6%.

Number 10 operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 15%: 261 students in 2018 compared to 299 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 15% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Number 10 typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.