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Enrollment
793
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERTH AMBOY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341293003467
Rose M. Lopez Elementary School
435 Seaman Avenue, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861 · (732) 376-6214 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL793 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% 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.
- BBeats 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
14.8:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
597 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 226 | 28% |
| Grade 1 | 229 | 29% |
| Grade 2 | 182 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 156 | 20% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Perth Amboy Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
29.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
31.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.5% | 31.5% |
| 2023-24 | 33.1% | 23.8% |
% 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
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Rose M. Lopez Elementary School
Rose M. Lopez Elementary School's state test result (29.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose M. Lopez Elementary School this school | 793 | 75.3% | 29.5% |
| Colin Powell Elementary School Union City | 692 | 73.6% | 48.1% |
| School 16 PATERSON | 813 | 70.6% | 17.4% |
| North Dover Elementary School DOVER | 640 | 75.0% | 21.0% |
| George Washington Elementary School UNION CITY | 776 | 82.0% | 32.6% |
| Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School PERTH AMBOY | 632 | 76.1% | 15.9% |
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 Rose M. Lopez Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #970 of 1,290 | #91 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #944 of 1,319 ▲ 87 | #89 of 111 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #1,112 of 1,319 ▼ 91 | #101 of 111 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 793 | #58 of 1,562 | #5 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,296 of 1,390 | #112 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.6% | #1,379 of 1,392 | #119 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.3% | #280 of 1,481 | #18 of 128 |
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
793
-19 (-2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 793 | 53.5 | 14.8:1 | 75% (597) |
| 2023-24 | 868 | 58 | 15.0:1 | 81% (703) |
| 2022-23 | 862 | 54.2 | 15.9:1 | 85% (731) |
| 2020-21 | 812 | 52 | 15.6:1 | 86% (699) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rose M. Lopez Elementary School.
About Rose M. Lopez Elementary School
Rose M. Lopez Elementary School serves students in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, as a large elementary school. It educates 793 students in kindergarten through 3. The typical figure for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405 students.
Perth Amboy Public School District has 12 schools; together they serve 9,845 students.
Most students at Rose M. Lopez Elementary School are Hispanic: 96% of enrollment. Other students are 3% Black. That is higher than the 24% Hispanic share among all Middlesex County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Rose M. Lopez Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 8%.
Staffing totals 53.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 75%. The rate at public schools in Middlesex County averages 42%, lower than here.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Rose M. Lopez Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Rose M. Lopez Elementary School, the prediction is 25.0% and the result is 29.5%.
County data help place the school in context: in Middlesex County, median household income is about $111,549, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Rose M. Lopez Elementary School is among the 214 public schools in Middlesex County.
The next-closest public school is Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Rose M. Lopez Elementary School ranks 1st of 8 nearby schools, at 29.5% versus a 20.0% average.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Rose M. Lopez Elementary School had 812 students in 2020-21 and 793 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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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
- Edward J. Patten Elementary SchoolElementary · 649 students
- Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century SchoolElementary · 632 students
- Robert N. Wilentz Elementary SchoolElementary · 616 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
- Middlesex County STEM Charter SchoolElementary · 739 students
- Edward J. Patten Elementary SchoolElementary · 649 students
- Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century SchoolElementary · 632 students
Nearby schools
- Herbert N. Richardson 21st Century School0.3 mi · 632
- Academy for Urban Leadership Charter School0.4 mi · 259
- Samuel E. Shull Middle School0.5 mi · 941
- Ignacio Cruz Early Childhood Center0.6 mi · 577
- Edward J. Patten Elementary School0.6 mi · 649
- Anthony V. Ceres Elementary School0.7 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About Rose M. Lopez Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Rose M. Lopez Elementary School?
Rose M. Lopez Elementary School enrolls approximately 793 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Rose M. Lopez Elementary School serve?
Rose M. Lopez Elementary School serves grades KG-03.
How many students per teacher at Rose M. Lopez Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Rose M. Lopez Elementary School.
How diverse is Rose M. Lopez Elementary School?
Rose M. Lopez Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Rose M. Lopez Elementary School public or private?
Rose M. Lopez Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Perth Amboy Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.