William Woodruff School

As a close-knit elementary school in BERKELEY HTS, New Jersey, William Woodruff School serves 238 students from grades K through 2, one of the schools within Berkeley Heights School District. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 41% below typical.

Berkeley Heights School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,340 students; William Woodruff School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, William Woodruff School logs that White students make up the majority at 55%. Other groups include 20% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 39% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, William Woodruff School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 1% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for Union County shows median household income runs about $103,202, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Union County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), William Woodruff School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Thomas P. Hughes School, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at William Woodruff School has grew 14%, going from 209 students in 2018 to 238 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 55% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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