Number 8

Located at 500 West Blancke St., in Linden, New Jersey, Number 8 is an intimate elementary school that enrolls 334 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Linden Public School District.

Within Linden Public School District, which oversees 11 schools and 6,441 students, Number 8 is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Number 8 reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 18% Black, 17% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 35% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Number 8 higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 68% of students at Number 8 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Number 8 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.9%.

Around the school, Union County reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,202 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Union County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), Number 8 is one campus in the mix.

Number 6 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Number 8 ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 327 students in 2018 compared to 334 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 32% to 17% across the same window.

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