Perry L. Drew Elementary School

Perry L. Drew Elementary School, a reasonably sized elementary-level community in EAST WINDSOR, New Jersey, operated by East Windsor Regional School District, serves 599 students, covering grades 3 through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Perry L. Drew Elementary School sits 48% larger than that benchmark.

Within East Windsor Regional School District, which oversees 6 schools and 5,006 students, Perry L. Drew Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Perry L. Drew Elementary School records that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 19% White, 17% Asian, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Mercer County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Perry L. Drew Elementary School has 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Perry L. Drew Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.7%; this one delivers 41.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Mercer County indicate median household earnings sit near $100,645, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Mercer County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students), Perry L. Drew Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Ethel McKnight Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Perry L. Drew Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Perry L. Drew Elementary School has shrank 9%, going from 659 students in 2018 to 599 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 today.

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