Enrollment
311
Elementary
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340228005186
Van Holten Primary School
360 Van Holten Road, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 · (908) 231-1220 · Somerset County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
24 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 28% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 54% smaller than its 4th grade class (65).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
65.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
73.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.8% | 73.4% |
| 2023-24 | 62.1% | 65.1% |
% 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
66.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Van Holten Primary School
Van Holten Primary School's state test result (66.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Holten Primary School this school | 311 | 7.7% | 66.8% |
| Bee Meadow School Whippany | 294 | 6.1% | 52.3% |
| Mt. Horeb School Warren | 331 | 4.5% | 66.3% |
| Orchard Elementary School RIDGEWOOD | 348 | 5.2% | 82.4% |
| Angelo L. Tomaso School Warren | 261 | 5.0% | 69.7% |
| Stony Brook School Branchburg | 310 | 10.0% | 59.7% |
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 Van Holten Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Somerset County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #198 of 1,290 | #17 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #189 of 1,319 ▲ 94 | #14 of 42 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #362 of 1,319 ▲ 44 | #20 of 42 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 311 | #1,058 of 1,562 | #37 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #666 of 1,390 | #39 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #302 of 1,392 | #19 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.7% | #1,299 of 1,481 | #36 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.2% | #91 of 798 | #2 of 31 |
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
311
-23 (-7%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 407
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 311 | 27.8 | 11.2:1 | 8% (24) |
| 2023-24 | 300 | 27.8 | 10.8:1 | 5% (15) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 26.2 | 12.0:1 | 6% (18) |
| 2020-21 | 334 | 34 | 9.8:1 | 3% (11) |
| 2017-18 | 416 | 40.5 | 10.3:1 | 3% (12) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 39 | 10.6:1 | 5% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | 29 | 14.8:1 | 5% (20) |
| 2000-01 | 524 | 34 | 15.4:1 | 1% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 407 | 26 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Van Holten Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (416 to 311); teachers down 31% (40.5 to 27.8).
About Van Holten Primary School
This page covers Van Holten Primary School, a low-enrollment elementary school in Bridgewater, New Jersey. Enrollment is 311 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 4. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405 students, so this school is 23% smaller than average.
Van Holten Primary School is one school in Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District, a system of 11 schools with 7,774 students.
Van Holten Primary School is 52% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 21% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. The White share in Somerset County as a whole is similar, at about 52%. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Van Holten Primary School operates with 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 11.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Van Holten Primary School reports 8% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 20 points below the 28% average for public schools in Somerset County.
Van Holten Primary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 66.8% and a predicted 61.9%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Somerset County, the median household income is $140,374, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 58%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Van Holten Primary School is one of 84 public schools in the county.
Eisenhower Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles of Van Holten Primary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 66.8% is above the 59.8% average for nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 311, a 7% decrease from 334 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 9.8:1 in 2020-21, and 11.2:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Van Holten Primary School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Somerset County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,846
Census ACS
Median income
$140,374
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,276 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District
- Bridgewater-Raritan High SchoolHigh · 2,673 students
- Bridgewater-Raritan Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,220 students
- Eisenhower Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 625 students
- Hillside Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Hamilton Primary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Adamsville Primary SchoolElementary · 461 students
Other schools in Bridgewater
- Bridgewater-Raritan High SchoolHigh · 2,673 students
- Bridgewater-Raritan Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,220 students
- Eisenhower Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 625 students
- Hillside Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- Adamsville Primary SchoolElementary · 461 students
- Crim Primary SchoolElementary · 396 students
Nearby schools
- Eisenhower Intermediate School0.9 mi · 625
- Milltown Primary School1.1 mi · 348
- Bridgewater-Raritan High School1.2 mi · 2,673
- Hillside Intermediate School2.2 mi · 568
- John F. Kennedy Primary School2.3 mi · 431
- Somerville High School2.6 mi · 1,072
Frequently asked questions
About Van Holten Primary SchoolHow large is Van Holten Primary School?
Van Holten Primary School enrolls approximately 311 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Van Holten Primary School serve?
Van Holten Primary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Van Holten Primary School?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Van Holten Primary School.
How diverse is Van Holten Primary School?
Van Holten Primary School reports a student body of 52% White, 16% Hispanic, 5% Black, 21% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Van Holten Primary School in?
Van Holten Primary School is part of Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District.
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