Tuscan Elementary School

Tuscan Elementary School is a primary school of reasonably sized scale in MAPLEWOOD, New Jersey, part of South Orange-Maplewood School District, caters to 531 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 31% bigger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Across the 10 schools in South Orange-Maplewood School District (6,728 students total), Tuscan Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Tuscan Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 65%; the rest comes out to 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 30% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 7% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Essex County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Tuscan Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Essex County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,789, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Tuscan Elementary School is one of 249 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students).

Maplewood Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tuscan Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 59.2%.

Tuscan Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Tuscan Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 14% since 2018, when it stood at 616 (now 531). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 6% to 12%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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