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Enrollment
584
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH AMBOY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341512003604
South Amboy Elementary
249 JOHN STREET, SOUTH AMBOY, NJ 08879 · (732) 525-2118 · Middlesex County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL584 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
11.9:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
362 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 106 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
South Amboy Elementary→South Amboy Middle/High School
Based on grade levels within South Amboy School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
36.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
32.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.9% | 32.9% |
| 2023-24 | 35.2% | 29.3% |
% 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
30.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 South Amboy Elementary
South Amboy Elementary's state test result (30.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Amboy Elementary this school | 584 | 62.0% | 30.7% |
| Lucy N. Holman Elementary School Jackson | 547 | 58.7% | 27.4% |
| Manchester Township Elementary School MANCHESTER | 573 | 59.9% | 31.7% |
| Anthony Rossi Elementary School VINELAND | 595 | 57.1% | 34.5% |
| South River Primary School SOUTH RIVER | 508 | 65.0% | N/A |
| Walnut Street Elementary School TOMS RIVER | 727 | 64.4% | 24.9% |
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 South Amboy Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #948 of 1,290 | #87 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #918 of 1,319 ▲ 32 | #86 of 111 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #995 of 1,319 ▼ 15 | #87 of 111 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 584 | #251 of 1,562 | #29 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #862 of 1,390 | #75 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.3% | #407 of 1,392 | #65 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.0% | #438 of 1,481 | #27 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.8% | #287 of 545 | #13 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
584
+70 (+14%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 428
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 584 | 49 | 11.9:1 | 62% (362) |
| 2023-24 | 580 | 49.2 | 11.8:1 | 53% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 580 | 47 | 12.3:1 | 47% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 514 | 44 | 11.7:1 | 40% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 48.5 | 11.1:1 | 43% (230) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 44 | 12.4:1 | 43% (236) |
| 2010-11 | 649 | 39 | 16.6:1 | 41% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 713 | 54 | 13.2:1 | 35% (246) |
| 1990-91 | 428 | 23 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Amboy Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (537 to 584); teachers up 1% (48.5 to 49).
About South Amboy Elementary
South Amboy Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in New Jersey, located in SOUTH AMBOY. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 584 students. Against the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey, enrollment here is 44% higher.
South Amboy School District (2 schools, 1,200 students) runs South Amboy Elementary.
At 51%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at South Amboy Elementary combined. The school is also 33% White, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 24%. The chance that two students picked at random at South Amboy Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
The count of teachers at South Amboy Elementary is 49 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 11.9:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 11.4:1, a similar figure. Around 62% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Middlesex County is 42%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, South Amboy Elementary 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.
On BeatsExpectations, South Amboy Elementary is 1.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
Across 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. South Amboy Elementary is among the 214 public schools in Middlesex County.
South Amboy Middle/High School is the public school closest to South Amboy Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, South Amboy Elementary places 5th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The number of students grew from 514 to 584 over 4 years.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 South Amboy School District
- South Amboy Middle/High SchoolHigh · 616 students
Other schools in SOUTH AMBOY
- South Amboy Middle/High SchoolHigh · 616 students
- Project Before at Selover SchoolElementary · 233 students
Nearby schools
- South Amboy Middle/High School0.3 mi · 616
- Project Before at Selover School0.8 mi · 233
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School1.5 mi · 488
- Robert N. Wilentz Elementary School1.5 mi · 616
- Harry S. Truman Elementary School1.5 mi · 425
- Emma Arleth Elementary School1.5 mi · 485
Frequently asked questions
About South Amboy ElementaryHow many students attend South Amboy Elementary?
South Amboy Elementary enrolls approximately 584 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does South Amboy Elementary serve?
South Amboy Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at South Amboy Elementary?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at South Amboy Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at South Amboy Elementary?
At South Amboy Elementary, the student body is approximately 33% White, 51% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is South Amboy Elementary public or private?
South Amboy Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by South Amboy School District.
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