📍 1 Carteret Avenue, Carteret, Middlesex County, 07008
Columbus Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Carteret, Middlesex County. The school has 578 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Carteret Public School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 54.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.6:1. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Columbus Elementary School enrolls 578 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 54.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% Hispanic or Latino, 24% Black or African American and 18% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 263 | 46% |
| Black or African American | 137 | 24% |
| Asian | 104 | 18% |
| White | 57 | 9.9% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 1.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
398 of the school's 578 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 364 qualify for free lunch and 34 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Columbus Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NJ-60, state senate district 19, state house district 19.
Columbus Elementary School is one of 6 schools in Carteret Public School District, based in Carteret, New Jersey. The district serves 4,015 students district-wide and employs 312 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 578 students, Columbus Elementary School is close to the district average of about 669 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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