South River Early Learning Center

Located at 19 Montgomery Street, in SOUTH RIVER, New Jersey, South River Early Learning Center is a micro-enrollment elementary-level community that instructs 151 students (grade pre-K), run under South River Public School District. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 63% leaner than typical.

Within South River Public School District, which oversees 5 schools and 2,395 students, South River Early Learning Center is one campus in the system.

On demographics, South River Early Learning Center lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 42% White, 9% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, South River Early Learning Center has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 151.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting South River Early Learning Center higher than the state norm the norm. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Middlesex County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, 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 the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Middlesex County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), of which South River Early Learning Center is one.

Nearest neighbor: South River High School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

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