Enrollment
265
Elementary
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLD BRIDGE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340927003520
Southwood Elementary School
64 SOUTHWOOD DR, OLD BRIDGE, NJ 08857 · (732) 360-4539 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL265 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
9.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
76 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
57%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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
62.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
63.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +8.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.5% | 63.2% |
| 2023-24 | 59.2% | 55.1% |
% 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Southwood Elementary School
Southwood Elementary School's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwood Elementary School this school | 265 | 28.7% | 52.5% |
| G Austin Schoenly Elementary School SPOTSWOOD | 235 | 25.1% | N/A |
| Alan B. Shepard Elementary School OLD BRIDGE | 276 | 25.4% | 62.8% |
| Parkview School MILLTOWN | 338 | 27.8% | 55.4% |
| Sayen Elementary School HAMILTON | 254 | 29.1% | 41.1% |
| Riverdale School RIVERDALE | 273 | 22.3% | 51.6% |
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 Southwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #469 of 1,290 | #44 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #356 of 1,319 ▲ 107 | #28 of 111 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #434 of 1,319 ▲ 42 | #28 of 111 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 265 | #1,237 of 1,562 | #110 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #154 of 1,390 | #16 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #611 of 1,392 | #84 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.7% | #876 of 1,481 | #80 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.4% | #23 of 798 | #2 of 84 |
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
265
-120 (-31%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 368
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 265 | 29.1 | 9.1:1 | 29% (76) |
| 2023-24 | 258 | 32.6 | 7.9:1 | 27% (70) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 33.1 | 10.4:1 | 20% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 17% (64) |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 32.3 | 13.5:1 | 22% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 25% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 316 | 16 | 19.8:1 | 16% (50) |
| 2000-01 | 358 | 23 | 15.6:1 | 14% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 368 | 23 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (437 to 265); teachers down 10% (32.3 to 29.1).
About Southwood Elementary School
Southwood Elementary School is an elementary school in OLD BRIDGE, New Jersey, according to federal school records. It reports enrollment of 265 students in kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average enrollment is about 405.
In Old Bridge Township School District, 14 schools enroll a combined 7,921 students.
White students are 60% of those enrolled at Southwood Elementary School. The remaining shares are 25% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 5% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Middlesex County's population at about 41%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
Southwood Elementary School reported 29.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 9.1:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey have an average ratio of 11.4:1. Roughly 29% of students at Southwood Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 42% average among public schools in Middlesex County.
Southwood Elementary School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 60% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Southwood Elementary School is 2.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (52.5% versus 50.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
In the surrounding county, Middlesex County, the median household earns about $111,549 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Middlesex County has 214 public schools with about 129,255 students, including Southwood Elementary School.
William A. Miller Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Southwood Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Southwood Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
The school shrank from 385 students in 2020-21 to 265 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.3:1 to 9.1:1.
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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 Old Bridge Township School District
- Old Bridge High SchoolHigh · 2,659 students
- Carl Sandburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 926 students
- Jonas Salk Middle SchoolMiddle · 886 students
- James A. McDivitt Elementary SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Raymond E. Voorhees Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
Other schools in OLD BRIDGE
- Carl Sandburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 926 students
- Jonas Salk Middle SchoolMiddle · 886 students
- James A. McDivitt Elementary SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Raymond E. Voorhees Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- William A. Miller Elementary SchoolElementary · 314 students
- Alan B. Shepard Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
Other Southwood Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Southwood Elementary. Southwood Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 10.
- Southwood ElementaryLexington, NC · 616 students
- SOUTHWOOD ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 481 students
- Southwood Elementary SchoolWabash, IN · 458 students
- Southwood Elementary SchoolEnumclaw, WA · 358 students
- SOUTHWOOD ELEM.RAYTOWN, MO · 346 students
Nearby schools
- William A. Miller Elementary School0.4 mi · 314
- M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School0.9 mi · 224
- Bowne-Munro Elementary School1.1 mi · 201
- Raymond E. Voorhees Elementary School1.3 mi · 424
- Jonas Salk Middle School1.6 mi · 886
- Chittick Elementary School1.9 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About Southwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Southwood Elementary School?
Southwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 265 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Southwood Elementary School serve?
Southwood Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Southwood Elementary School?
Approximately 9.1:1 students per teacher at Southwood Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Southwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Southwood Elementary School are roughly 60% White, 25% Hispanic, 5% Black, 9% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Southwood Elementary School public or private?
Southwood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Old Bridge Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.