Enrollment
268
Elementary
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLD BRIDGE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340927003524
Walter M. Schirra Elementary School
ONE AWN ST, OLD BRIDGE, NJ 08857 · (732) 360-4495 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL268 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
40 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
75.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.7pp since 2023
Math
72.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 75 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.4% | 72.6% |
| 2023-24 | 69.7% | 68.8% |
% 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
64.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Walter M. Schirra Elementary School
Walter M. Schirra Elementary School's state test result (64.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter M. Schirra Elementary School this school | 268 | 14.9% | 64.6% |
| Woodland School Monroe Township | 261 | 16.5% | 54.0% |
| Stony Brook School Branchburg | 310 | 10.0% | 59.7% |
| Frances DeMasi Elementary School MARLTON | 332 | 10.5% | 52.3% |
| Washington Elementary School SUMMIT | 323 | 11.5% | 79.6% |
| Bee Meadow School Whippany | 294 | 6.1% | 52.3% |
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 Walter M. Schirra Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #249 of 1,290 | #21 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #202 of 1,319 ▲ 31 | #14 of 111 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #157 of 1,319 ▲ 99 | #9 of 111 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 268 | #1,229 of 1,562 | #109 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #719 of 1,390 | #62 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #570 of 1,392 | #81 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.9% | #1,137 of 1,481 | #112 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #487 of 798 | #64 of 84 |
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
268
+15 (+6%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 330
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 268 | 23.5 | 11.4:1 | 15% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 22.5 | 11.9:1 | 8% (21) |
| 2022-23 | 269 | 22.5 | 12.0:1 | 7% (19) |
| 2020-21 | 253 | 23 | 11.0:1 | 8% (20) |
| 2017-18 | 293 | 25.9 | 11.3:1 | 10% (30) |
| 2015-16 | 334 | 27 | 12.4:1 | 11% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 374 | 19 | 19.7:1 | 7% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 514 | 23 | 22.4:1 | 6% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 330 | 20 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walter M. Schirra Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (293 to 268); teachers down 9% (25.9 to 23.5).
About Walter M. Schirra Elementary School
Located in OLD BRIDGE, New Jersey, Walter M. Schirra Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 268 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey enroll around 405, and this school is 34% below that mark.
The Old Bridge Township School District system has 14 schools and 7,921 students.
Of every 100 students at Walter M. Schirra Elementary School, about 60 are White. The rest of enrollment is 20% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Middlesex County, the White share is about 41%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.
There are 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Walter M. Schirra Elementary School, giving a ratio of 11.4:1. It is about the same as the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. By family income, 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Middlesex County report 42%.
Walter M. Schirra Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 78% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Walter M. Schirra Elementary School is +6.6 points: 64.6% actual, 58.0% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Middlesex County, the median household earns about $111,549 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Middlesex County number 214, with about 129,255 students.
The closest school to Walter M. Schirra Elementary School is Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School, located about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Walter M. Schirra Elementary School ranks 1st of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 64.6% against a local average of 51.6%.
Walter M. Schirra Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school's student count rose 6% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Old Bridge Township School District
- Old Bridge High SchoolHigh · 2,659 students
- Carl Sandburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 926 students
- Jonas Salk Middle SchoolMiddle · 886 students
- James A. McDivitt Elementary SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Raymond E. Voorhees Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
Other schools in OLD BRIDGE
- Carl Sandburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 926 students
- Jonas Salk Middle SchoolMiddle · 886 students
- James A. McDivitt Elementary SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Raymond E. Voorhees Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- William A. Miller Elementary SchoolElementary · 314 students
- Alan B. Shepard Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
Nearby schools
- Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School0.3 mi · 211
- Alan B. Shepard Elementary School0.4 mi · 276
- Carl Sandburg Middle School0.8 mi · 926
- M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School1.2 mi · 224
- James A. McDivitt Elementary School1.4 mi · 536
- Southwood Elementary School2.1 mi · 265
Frequently asked questions
About Walter M. Schirra Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Walter M. Schirra Elementary School?
Walter M. Schirra Elementary School enrolls approximately 268 students in grades KG-05.
Is Walter M. Schirra Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Walter M. Schirra Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Walter M. Schirra Elementary School have?
Walter M. Schirra Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
How diverse is Walter M. Schirra Elementary School?
Walter M. Schirra Elementary School reports a student body of 60% White, 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, 20% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Walter M. Schirra Elementary School?
Walter M. Schirra Elementary School is overseen by Old Bridge Township School District in Middlesex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.