Valley Road School

Located at 150 VALLEY ROAD, in CLARK, New Jersey, Valley Road School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus that enrolls 390 students (grades K through 5), part of Clark Township Public School District.

Across the 5 schools in Clark Township Public School District (2,268 students total), Valley Road School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Valley Road School lists that 66% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 21% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 39% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Valley Road School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 8% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Union County's rate of about 52%.

After controlling for student poverty, Valley Road School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Union County indicate median household earnings sit near $103,202, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Union County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), Valley Road School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Winfield Township, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Valley Road School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 30.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 16%: 465 students in 2018 compared to 390 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 88% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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