Number 4

Number 4 is one of the reasonably sized elementary campuss in Linden, New Jersey, part of Linden Public School District, with 447 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Linden Public School District runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 6,441 students. Number 4 is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Number 4 records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 40% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Number 4 has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Number 4 higher than the state norm the norm. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Union County (around 52%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Number 4 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.6%, the actual is 27.6%, a residual of +4.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Union County indicate the typical household earns roughly $103,202 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Union County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), of which Number 4 is one.

Dr. Charles C. Polk School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Number 4 comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 30.3%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 10%: 406 students in 2018 compared to 447 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 50% to 40%.

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