Private Nicholas Minue Elementary School

Private Nicholas Minue Elementary School is one of the mid-tier K-5 schools in CARTERET, New Jersey, run under Carteret Public School District, with 529 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 31% larger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Carteret Public School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,903 students. Private Nicholas Minue Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Private Nicholas Minue Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Asian (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 35% Hispanic, 11% White, 11% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Middlesex County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Private Nicholas Minue Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 27.1%; this one delivers 42.0%, a residual of +15.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) logs that median household earnings sit near $111,549, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Private Nicholas Minue Elementary School is one of 214 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students).

Carteret Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 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 Private Nicholas Minue Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 29.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Private Nicholas Minue Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 22% since 2018, when it stood at 678 (now 529). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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