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Martin Luther King Elementary School

Serves grades 4 - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
5205 Ludlow Street
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone
(732) 699-1563
District
PISCATAWAY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
473
Classroom Teachers
37

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

9

(10 is best)

Better than 81.2% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Martin Luther King Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
67%
43%
73%
48%
61%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

80 60 40 20 0
61%
42%
67%
48%
54%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
14
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 4 222 46.9%
Grade 5 224 47.4%
Total 473 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 13.3% 13.8% 41.1%
Black 25.6% 26.5% 15.3%
Hispanic 16.8% 24.1% 32.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 42.9% 34.8% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.3% 0.9% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 29.8% 34.7% 33.2%
Free lunch eligible 23.5% 25.3% 29.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.3% 9.3% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 60,602 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,189.5 1,254
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.4% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.6% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 39.9% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.5% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 11.6% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 16,999 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 5.2% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.3% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 49.5% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 31.0% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 24.8% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.0% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 10.8% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.4% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.4% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 3.5% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,155 $72,283,290 49.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,112 $15,033,216 10.2%
Staff $675 $4,804,650 3.3%
General Administration $322 $2,291,996 1.6%
School Administration $887 $6,313,666 4.3%
Operation $1,951 $13,887,218 9.4%
Transportation $756 $5,381,208 3.6%
Other $461 $3,281,398 2.2%
Total Support $7,162 $50,979,116 34.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,393 $24,151,374 16.4%
Total Expenditures $20,710 $147,413,780 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,252 $16,876,633,536 49.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,485 $3,422,916,968 10.0%
Staff $778 $1,071,908,147 3.1%
General Administration $448 $617,313,228 1.8%
School Administration $1,106 $1,523,858,437 4.4%
Operation $2,059 $2,835,591,380 8.3%
Transportation $773 $1,065,361,101 3.1%
Other $557 $766,792,454 2.2%
Total Support $8,206 $11,303,690,627 33.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,415 $6,081,668,713 17.8%
Total Expenditures $24,874 $34,262,079,216 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%