South Amboy Elementary

South Amboy Elementary operates as an average-sized K-5 school in SOUTH AMBOY, New Jersey, part of South Amboy School District. Current enrollment sits at 584 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so South Amboy Elementary sits 44% larger than that benchmark.

South Amboy School District runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,200 students. South Amboy Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, South Amboy Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 33% White, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, South Amboy Elementary reports 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Middlesex County's rate of about 42%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), South Amboy Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.2%; this one delivers 30.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Middlesex County put median household income runs about $111,549, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Middlesex County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), of which South Amboy Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is South Amboy Middle/High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around South Amboy Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South Amboy Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. South Amboy Elementary's enrollment has edged up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 537 (now 584). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 30% to 51%.

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