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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
616
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERTH AMBOY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341293000404
Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School
51 FIRST STREET, PERTH AMBOY, NJ 08861 · (732) 376-6070 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL616 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
492 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
26.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
24.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
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
21.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
616
-229 (-27%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 11.7:1
% White
0%
was 1%
% Hispanic
95%
was 93%
% Black
5%
was 4%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School
Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School is an elementary campus of sizable scale in PERTH AMBOY, New Jersey, operated by Perth Amboy Public School District, educateing 616 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School sits 52% bigger than that benchmark.
Perth Amboy Public School District runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 9,845 students. Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School reports that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 5% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.
Looking at school resources, Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School logs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Middlesex County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
With demographic context factored in, Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.4%; this one delivers 21.1%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Middlesex County indicate median household income runs about $111,549, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School is one of 214 public schools in Middlesex County (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students).
Nearest neighbor: William C. McGinnis Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 22.6%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 27%: 845 students in 2018 compared to 616 in 2025.
On allk12, members of the Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Perth Amboy Public School District
- Perth Amboy High SchoolHigh · 2,769 students
- William C. McGinnis Middle SchoolMiddle · 984 students
- Samuel E. Shull Middle SchoolMiddle · 941 students
- Rose M. Lopez Elementary SchoolElementary · 793 students
- Edward J. Patten Elementary SchoolElementary · 649 students
- Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century SchoolElementary · 632 students
Other schools in PERTH AMBOY
- Perth Amboy High SchoolHigh · 2,769 students
- William C. McGinnis Middle SchoolMiddle · 984 students
- Samuel E. Shull Middle SchoolMiddle · 941 students
- Rose M. Lopez Elementary SchoolElementary · 793 students
- Middlesex County STEM Charter SchoolElementary · 739 students
- Edward J. Patten Elementary SchoolElementary · 649 students
Nearby schools
- William C. McGinnis Middle School0.5 mi · 984
- Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School0.7 mi · 632
- Rose M. Lopez Elementary School1.0 mi · 793
- Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School1.0 mi · 559
- Perth Amboy Magnet School1.0 mi · 269
- Edward J. Patten Elementary School1.1 mi · 649
Frequently asked questions
About Robert N. Wilentz Elementary SchoolHow large is Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School?
Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School enrolls approximately 616 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School serve?
Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School is approximately 12.7:1 (49 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School?
Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School reports a student body of 0% White, 95% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School?
Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School is overseen by Perth Amboy Public School District in Middlesex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.