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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 13 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 72 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 11% smaller than its 8th grade class (72).
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What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.2% | 15.4% |
| 2023-24 | 33.8% | 12.2% |
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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%.
Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts's state test result (21.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts this school | 624 | 93.4% | 21.5% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School NEW BRUNSWICK | 597 | 97.0% | 14.2% |
| Sonia Sotomayor School No 25 ELIZABETH | 591 | 90.5% | 22.2% |
| Public School Number Five WEST NEW YORK | 570 | 94.2% | 31.9% |
| A Chester Redshaw School NEW BRUNSWICK | 678 | 88.6% | 21.0% |
| Maria Varisco Rogers Charter School NEWARK | 572 | 88.5% | 39.9% |
| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #1,111 of 1,290 | #102 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #1,212 of 1,319 ▲ 11 | #108 of 111 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #930 of 1,319 ▲ 74 | #81 of 111 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 624 | #192 of 1,562 | #19 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #186 of 1,390 | #20 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.7% | #1,368 of 1,392 | #115 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.4% | #26 of 1,481 | #4 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.6% | #311 of 545 | #14 of 30 |
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 624 | 67 | 9.3:1 | 93% (583) |
| 2023-24 | 645 | 70 | 9.2:1 | 60% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 665 | 66 | 10.1:1 | 81% (541) |
| 2020-21 | 765 | 62 | 12.3:1 | 98% (750) |
| 2017-18 | 580 | 47.4 | 12.2:1 | 54% (314) |
| 2015-16 | 578 | 44 | 13.1:1 | 59% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 509 | 35 | 14.5:1 | 84% (427) |
| 2000-01 | 493 | 29 | 17.0:1 | 83% (408) |
| 1990-91 | 376 | 22 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (580 to 624); teachers up 41% (47.4 to 67).
Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts is a high-enrollment elementary school in New Brunswick School District, located in NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey. Total enrollment is 624 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 8. It has 54% more students than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey (about 405).
New Brunswick School District runs Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts along with 12 other schools, enrolling 8,337 students in total.
At Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts, 94% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 5% Black. That is higher than the 24% Hispanic share among all Middlesex County residents. The diversity index for Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts is 11%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts reports a ratio of 9.3 students per teacher, from 67 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 Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts, 93% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 51 points above the 42% average for public schools in Middlesex County.
On the allk12 Grade, Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts lands at C, ahead of 33% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 15.0% for Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts. The school posts 21.5%, 6.5 points above the prediction.
The school's county is Middlesex County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $111,549, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 214 public schools in the county, enrolling about 129,255, Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts among them.
The closest school to Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts is A Chester Redshaw School, located about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts. Its average proficiency rate of 21.5% is above the 19.6% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 624, down from 765 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 12.3:1 to 9.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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