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Enrollment
633
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341812003722
Ross Street Elementary School
ROSS STREET, WOODBRIDGE, NJ 07095 · (732) 602-8511 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL633 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
12.2:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
385 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
19.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
14.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.2% | 14.6% |
| 2023-24 | 14.5% | 15.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
14.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Ross Street Elementary School
Ross Street Elementary School's state test result (14.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Street Elementary School this school | 633 | 60.8% | 14.8% |
| Frank R Conwell School JERSEY CITY | 605 | 56.5% | 43.7% |
| Clayton J. Davenport Elementary School EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP | 677 | 70.8% | 25.6% |
| Arthur M. Judd NORTH BRUNSWICK | 587 | 50.6% | 43.4% |
| Claremont Elementary School Franklin Park | 685 | 56.6% | 37.9% |
| Elizabeth Avenue School Somerset | 541 | 52.7% | 38.3% |
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 Ross Street Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #1,204 of 1,290 | #109 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #1,226 of 1,319 ▼ 49 | #110 of 111 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #1,235 of 1,319 ▲ 24 | #109 of 111 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 633 | #177 of 1,562 | #16 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #929 of 1,390 | #82 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #154 of 1,392 | #36 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.8% | #449 of 1,481 | #28 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +50.7% | #24 of 545 | #1 of 30 |
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
633
+186 (+42%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 459
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 633 | 51.9 | 12.2:1 | 61% (385) |
| 2023-24 | 640 | 48.9 | 13.1:1 | 58% (369) |
| 2022-23 | 564 | 47.9 | 11.8:1 | 53% (297) |
| 2020-21 | 447 | 37 | 12.1:1 | 52% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 32.9 | 12.8:1 | 51% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 31 | 13.9:1 | 57% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 419 | 20 | 20.9:1 | 45% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 31 | 13.8:1 | 23% (97) |
| 1990-91 | 459 | 24 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ross Street Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 51% (420 to 633); teachers up 58% (32.9 to 51.9).
About Ross Street Elementary School
A high-enrollment elementary school in WOODBRIDGE, New Jersey, Ross Street Elementary School is part of Woodbridge Township School District. The school's enrollment of 633 students covers kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 56% higher than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey, which is about 405.
Woodbridge Township School District has 24 schools; together they serve 13,869 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Ross Street Elementary School is Hispanic (46%). Other students are 21% White, 17% Black, 13% Asian, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 24% Hispanic share among all Middlesex County residents. Ross Street Elementary School has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Ross Street Elementary School operates with 51.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. About 61% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The rate at public schools in Middlesex County averages 42%, lower than here.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Ross Street Elementary School receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Ross Street Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10% in New Jersey. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 14.8%, against a prediction of 32.9%.
Middlesex County has about 871,290 residents, and median household income is about $111,549, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Middlesex County number 214 and enroll about 129,255.
The closest public school to Ross Street Elementary School is Woodbridge Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Ross Street Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Ross Street Elementary School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
Ross Street Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21 the school reported 447 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 633. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large.
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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 Woodbridge Township School District
- Woodbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- John F. Kennedy Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Colonia High SchoolHigh · 1,354 students
- Iselin Middle SchoolMiddle · 794 students
- Lafayette Estates Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Fords Middle SchoolMiddle · 645 students
Other schools in WOODBRIDGE
- Woodbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- Woodbridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 513 students
- Mawbey Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 304 students
- Woodbridge Academy Magnet SchoolHigh · 288 students
Nearby schools
- Woodbridge Middle School0.3 mi · 513
- Mawbey Street Elementary School0.5 mi · 304
- Woodbridge High School0.8 mi · 1,681
- Woodbridge Academy Magnet School1.0 mi · 288
- Matthew Jago Elementary School1.2 mi · 425
- James J. Flynn Elementary School1.5 mi · 599
Frequently asked questions
About Ross Street Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ross Street Elementary School?
Ross Street Elementary School enrolls approximately 633 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Ross Street Elementary School serve?
Ross Street Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ross Street Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ross Street Elementary School is approximately 12.2:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ross Street Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ross Street Elementary School are roughly 21% White, 46% Hispanic, 17% Black, 13% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Ross Street Elementary School?
Ross Street Elementary School is overseen by Woodbridge Township School District in Middlesex County.
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