Winfield Township

Located at 7 1/2 GULFSTREAM AVENUE, in WINFIELD, New Jersey, Winfield Township is a micro-enrollment K-5 school that teaches 141 students (grades pre-K through 8), overseen by Winfield Township. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 65% leaner than typical.

Winfield Township sits inside Winfield Township, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Winfield Township shows that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 29% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 39% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Winfield Township tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Union County) records that median household income runs about $103,202, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Winfield Township is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

The closest other public school is Number 10, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Winfield Township ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 37.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Winfield Township has edged up 4%, going from 136 students in 2018 to 141 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 65% to 55% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 today.

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