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Enrollment
445
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH BOUND BROOK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341518000465
Robert Morris School
122 Elizabeth Street, South Bound Brook, NJ 08880 · (732) 356-3018 · Somerset County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
40 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
269 students
STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 25 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (43).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
48.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
44.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.5% | 44.6% |
| 2023-24 | 51.4% | 43.1% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Robert Morris School
Robert Morris School's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Morris School this school | 445 | 60.4% | 42.0% |
| Weston Elementary School Manville | 404 | 59.4% | N/A |
| Belleville PS7 BELLEVILLE | 425 | 58.6% | 28.7% |
| Hilltop School LODI | 337 | 62.3% | 49.3% |
| Schuyler Elementary School KEARNY | 437 | 65.7% | 39.3% |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary School PENNSAUKEN | 418 | 69.1% | 26.5% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Robert Morris School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #699 of 1,290 | #32 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #699 of 1,319 ▼ 7 | #34 of 42 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #747 of 1,319 ▼ 103 | #32 of 42 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #557 of 1,562 | #16 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #650 of 1,390 | #36 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.5% | #627 of 1,392 | #36 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.4% | #454 of 1,481 | #9 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #793 of 798 | #31 of 31 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
445
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 451
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 445 | 40 | 11.1:1 | 60% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 38.6 | 11.2:1 | 56% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 39.6 | 10.9:1 | 47% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 37 | 11.6:1 | 49% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 447 | 37.5 | 11.9:1 | 40% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 37 | 12.2:1 | 50% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 27 | 16.7:1 | 45% (204) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert Morris School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (447 to 445); teachers up 7% (37.5 to 40).
About Robert Morris School
Robert Morris School, located in South Bound Brook, New Jersey, is a mid-sized elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 8 and enrolls 445 students.
Robert Morris School is part of South Bound Brook Public School District.
About 61% of the student body at Robert Morris School is Hispanic. Other groups make up 22% White, 11% Black, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 18% of Somerset County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.
Its ratio of 11.1:1 is based on 40 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. In all, 60% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 28% average for public schools in Somerset County.
Robert Morris School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 59% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
In New Jersey, Robert Morris School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 42.0% actual against a predicted 33.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Somerset County show that the median household earns about $140,374 a year, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Somerset County counts 84 public schools with about 51,276 students.
Robert Morris School's closest public school neighbor is Community Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Robert Morris School ranks 2nd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 42.0% against a local average of 35.5%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose by 4% across 4 years, from 428 in 2020-21 to 445 in 2024-25.
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Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,846
Census ACS
Median income
$140,374
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,276 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Community Middle School0.6 mi · 291
- Lafayette Elementary School0.8 mi · 249
- LaMonte-Annex Elementary School0.8 mi · 374
- Elizabeth Avenue School0.8 mi · 541
- Bound Brook High School1.0 mi · 579
- Smalley Elementary School1.2 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Robert Morris SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Robert Morris School?
Robert Morris School enrolls approximately 445 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Robert Morris School serve?
Robert Morris School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Robert Morris School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Robert Morris School is approximately 11.1:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Robert Morris School?
Student demographics at Robert Morris School are roughly 22% White, 61% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Robert Morris School in?
Robert Morris School is part of South Bound Brook Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.