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Piscataway Township Schools Children's Corner, a sprawling elementary school in Piscataway, New Jersey, operated by Piscataway Township School District, hosts 616 students, covering grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 52% above the state mean of about 405.
Piscataway Township School District comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 7,289 students; Piscataway Township Schools Children's Corner is among them.
On demographics, Piscataway Township Schools Children's Corner reports that the most-represented group is Asian (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 15% Black, 10% White, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.
Looking at school resources, Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) records that the typical household earns roughly $111,549 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Piscataway Township Schools Children's Corner is one of 214 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students).
Piscataway Township High 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.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Piscataway Township Schools Children's Corner typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
