Village Elementary School

Located at 100 Main Boulevard, in Skillman, New Jersey, Village Elementary School is a reasonably sized K-5 school that serves 591 students (grades 3 through 4), one of the schools within Montgomery Township School District. Enrollment runs roughly 46% larger than the state mean of about 405.

Montgomery Township School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 4,397 students. Village Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Village Elementary School records that 56% of the student body identifies as Asian. Other groups include 27% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Village Elementary School shows 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 7% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Somerset County (around 28%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Village Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.3%; this one delivers 70.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Somerset County indicate median household income runs about $140,374, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Somerset County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students), Village Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Orchard Hill Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Village Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Village Elementary School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 74.2%.

Village Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 13%: 679 students in 2018 compared to 591 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 35% to 27%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.