Southwood Elementary School

Southwood Elementary School operates as a cozy K-5 school in OLD BRIDGE, New Jersey, operated by Old Bridge Township School District. Current enrollment sits at 265 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Southwood Elementary School sits 35% leaner than that benchmark.

Southwood Elementary School is one of 14 schools operated by Old Bridge Township School District, a district that enrolls 7,921 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Southwood Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 60%; the rest comes out to 25% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 5% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 29% of students at Southwood Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Middlesex County's rate of about 42%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Southwood Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Middlesex County) records that 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%. Across Middlesex County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), Southwood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: William A. Miller Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Southwood Elementary School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 39%: 437 students in 2018 compared to 265 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 14% to 25% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.

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