Ross Street Elementary School

Set in WOODBRIDGE, New Jersey, Ross Street Elementary School is a big elementary-level community, operated by Woodbridge Township School District. It caters to 633 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 56% larger than the state mean of about 405.

Ross Street Elementary School is one of 24 schools operated by Woodbridge Township School District, a district that hosts 13,869 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Ross Street Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 21% White, 17% Black, 13% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Ross Street Elementary School has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Middlesex County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ross Street Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 32.9%; this one comes in at 14.8%, -18.1 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Middlesex County indicate the typical household earns roughly $111,549 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Middlesex County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), Ross Street Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Woodbridge Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ross Street Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ross Street Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 51%: 420 students in 2018 compared to 633 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 31% to 21% over that span.

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