NCES CCD 2024-25 16 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Piscataway, NJ

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16 public K-12 schools in Piscataway from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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16
Schools
8,368
Students
44.5/100
Avg Resource Index
12.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Piscataway has more public-school enrollment than 75% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Piscataway sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Piscataway's list includes 6 elementary, 3 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 6 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 34-point gap between Piscataway Magnet School and Piscataway Township Schools Children's Corner shows the range hidden by Piscataway's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 25%
School count
Top 21%
Resource Index average
68th percentile
Teacher staffing
88th percentile

Piscataway Township High School accounts for 25.6% of all Piscataway public-school enrollment

That concentration means Piscataway-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Piscataway school enrollment varies 47× across entities

Piscataway school enrollment ranges from 46 students (lowest) to 2,144 students (highest), a spread of 2,098 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Piscataway student-teacher ratio is 12.1:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Piscataway Magnet School 64
2. Bright Beginnings Learning Center 62
3. Quibbletown Middle School 54
4. Theodore Schor Middle School 50
5. Piscataway Township High School 48
6. Knollwood Elementary School 48
7. Arbor Elementary School 45
8. Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School 45
9. Grandview Elementary School 44
10. Conackamack Middle School 43
11. Nuview Academy 42
12. Martin Luther King Elementary School 41
13. Randolphville Elementary School 36
14. Piscataway Township Schools Children's Corner 30
15. Future Foundations Academy (Ffa) 30
16. Piscataway Regional Day School 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Piscataway

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Piscataway Township High School 74.6/100
  2. 2 Grandview Elementary School 74.2/100
  3. 3 Theodore Schor Middle School 73.7/100
  4. 4 Arbor Elementary School 73.5/100
  5. 5 Conackamack Middle School 73.4/100

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Which Piscataway school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Piscataway Magnet School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Piscataway schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Piscataway, NJ? ▼

Piscataway has 16 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,368 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.