Raritan Valley School

As a compact elementary school in HAZLET, New Jersey, Raritan Valley School educates 241 students from grades 1 through 4, overseen by Hazlet Township Public School District. That puts it 40% smaller than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Hazlet Township Public School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 2,657 students; Raritan Valley School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Raritan Valley School records that White students make up the majority at 75%. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Raritan Valley School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 17% of students at Raritan Valley School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Monmouth County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Raritan Valley School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Monmouth County) records that median household income runs about $124,845, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Raritan Valley School is one of 186 public schools in Monmouth County (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students).

Nearest neighbor: Beers Street School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Raritan Valley School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 47.8%.

Raritan Valley School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Raritan Valley School's enrollment has decreased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 256 (now 241). Over the same period, the White share fell from 82% to 75%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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