Strathmore Elementary School

Located at 282 CHURCH STREET, in ABERDEEN, New Jersey, Strathmore Elementary School is a reasonably sized K-5 school that instructs 481 students (grades pre-K through 3), run under Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District.

Strathmore Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District, a district that enrolls 3,912 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Strathmore Elementary School records that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 22% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Strathmore Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 24% of students at Strathmore Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Strathmore Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.1%; this one delivers 54.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Monmouth County) shows that median household income runs about $124,845, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Strathmore Elementary School is one of 186 public schools in Monmouth County (combined enrollment of about 91,053 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lloyd Road Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Strathmore Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Strathmore Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 9% since 2018, when it stood at 440 (now 481). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.