Pennsylvania Avenue Elementary School

As a tight-knit primary school in COLONIA, New Jersey, Pennsylvania Avenue Elementary School hosts 282 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Woodbridge Township School District. Enrollment runs roughly 30% below the state mean of about 405.

Woodbridge Township School District comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 13,869 students; Pennsylvania Avenue Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pennsylvania Avenue Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 37% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. Compared to Middlesex County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Middlesex County's rate of about 42%.

With demographic context factored in, Pennsylvania Avenue Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Middlesex County put the typical household earns roughly $111,549 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Middlesex County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), of which Pennsylvania Avenue Elementary School is one.

Colonia Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pennsylvania Avenue Elementary School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pennsylvania Avenue Elementary School has ticked down 12%, going from 319 students in 2018 to 282 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share climbed from 13% to 20%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

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