Livingston Park

Summary:

Livingston Park is an elementary school in North Brunswick, New Jersey, serving students from pre-kindergarten to 4th grade. While part of the North Brunswick Township School District, which is ranked 469 out of 613 school districts in the state, Livingston Park has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past decade, dropping from 506th out of 1,357 New Jersey elementary schools in 2014-2015 to 980th out of 1,338 in 2023-2024. The school is currently rated 1 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger.

Livingston Park faces several challenges, including low academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and a high proportion of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics on the NJSLA assessments are consistently lower than the North Brunswick Township School District and the state of New Jersey averages. For example, in 2023-2024, only 36.2% of 3rd graders and 28% of 4th graders at Livingston Park were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 43.6% and 50.8% statewide, respectively. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 16.6% to 25.8% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average.

Interestingly, Livingston Park's academic performance is generally lower than the other elementary schools in the North Brunswick Township School District, such as John Adams, Parsons, and Arthur M. Judd, which have higher proficiency rates and lower chronic absenteeism. However, Livingston Park's performance is still better than some of the elementary schools in the neighboring New Brunswick School District, which has an even lower district-wide ranking and more schools with 0 or 1 star ratings from SchoolDigger.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-4

 1128 Livingston Avenue
       North Brunswick, NJ  08902


(732) 289-3302

District: North Brunswick Township School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
980th of 1,338 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,438 Help


Students who attend Livingston Park usually attend:

Middle:    Linwood School
High:    North Brunswick Township High School

Student/teacher ratio:  7.7 Help
Number of students:  500

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
49.0%
Asian:
19.6%
African American:
16.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  52.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Livingston Park ranks worse than 73.2% of elementary schools in New Jersey. It also ranks 3rd among 4 ranked elementary schools in the North Brunswick Township School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 27.03. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Livingston Park has the smallest elementary school student body size in the North Brunswick Township School District. Student population at Livingston Park is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (49%), Asian (19.6%), African American (16.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 52.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Livingston Park is 7.7, which is the lowest among 4 elementary schools in the North Brunswick Township School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Livingston Park is $9,438, which is the 2nd highest among 4 elementary schools in the North Brunswick Township School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Livingston Park:

SchoolDigger ranks Livingston Park 980th of 1338 New Jersey public elementary schools. (See Livingston Park in the ranking list.)

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North Brunswick Township School District:

SchoolDigger ranks North Brunswick Township School District 469th of 613 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Livingston Park

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Rank History for all students at Livingston Park

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 41.81 814th 1204 32.4%
2004 50.95 804th 1298 38.1%
2005 38.90 957th 1303 26.6%
2006 50.47 832nd 1314 36.7%
2007 58.05 747th 1329 43.8%
2008 58.91 700th 1338 47.7%
2009 65.91 548th 1346 59.3%
2010 67.42 517th 1354 61.8%
2011 56.27 751st 1360 44.8%
2012 58.87 700th 1363 48.6%
2013 66.55 576th 1367 57.9%
2014 63.20 603rd 1363 55.8%
2015 64.41 506th 1357 62.7%
2016 50.60 713th 1346 47.0%
2017 53.14 690th 1352 49.0%
2018 47.95 750th 1353 44.6%
2019 49.91 731st 1360 46.3%
2021 41.63 705th 1317 46.5%
2022 33.69 889th 1345 33.9%
2023 22.69 1045th 1342 22.1%
2024 27.03 980th 1338 26.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Livingston Park

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.04 352nd 434 18.9%
2019 28.51 333rd 463 28.1%
2022 31.91 324th 489 33.7%
2023 29.20 359th 499 28.1%
2024 43.82 253rd 559 54.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Livingston Park

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.70 627th 1001 37.4%
2019 66.48 279th 1007 72.3%
2021 23.02 674th 868 22.4%
2022 35.09 548th 949 42.3%
2023 25.68 674th 958 29.6%
2024 38.78 524th 989 47.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Livingston Park

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.10 698th 942 25.9%
2019 36.64 592nd 948 37.6%
2021 59.29 238th 839 71.6%
2022 38.85 511th 863 40.8%
2023 37.16 559th 910 38.6%
2024 19.86 761st 939 19.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Livingston Park

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.29 778th 1333 41.6%
2019 49.79 703rd 1331 47.2%
2021 50.86 581st 1290 55.0%
2022 39.35 789th 1326 40.5%
2023 20.04 1043rd 1318 20.9%
2024 17.93 1073rd 1317 18.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Livingston Park

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.71 673rd 1334 49.6%
2019 49.63 694th 1335 48.0%
2021 35.92 766th 1297 40.9%
2022 30.95 899th 1324 32.1%
2023 28.29 938th 1315 28.7%
2024 38.72 790th 1313 39.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Livingston Park

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.73 142nd 370 61.6%
2019 63.76 129th 370 65.1%
2021 45.35 200th 339 41.0%
2022 27.80 264th 348 24.1%
2023 11.08 301st 346 13.0%
2024 13.42 292nd 340 14.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Livingston Park

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.21 241st 517 53.4%
2019 52.86 234th 522 55.2%
2021 75.33 56th 456 87.7%
2022 54.45 206th 494 58.3%
2023 49.07 220th 463 52.5%
2024 47.96 227th 469 51.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Livingston Park

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.83 604th 870 30.6%
2019 38.99 548th 899 39.0%
2021 31.79 645th 896 28.0%
2022 23.15 745th 953 21.8%
2023 15.08 873rd 982 11.1%
2024 26.31 742nd 989 25.0%
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Rank History for White students at Livingston Park

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.15 874th 1022 14.5%
2021 34.46 667th 964 30.8%
2022 36.66 651st 976 33.3%
2023 10.09 900th 975 7.7%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Livingston Park

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 342 44 52 12 0 n/a n/a 0 450
1989 399 38 78 11 0 n/a n/a 0 526
1990 401 29 84 16 0 n/a n/a 0 530
1991 414 34 97 8 0 n/a n/a 0 553
1992 397 47 71 28 0 n/a n/a 0 543
1993 392 62 84 35 0 n/a n/a 0 573
1994 418 75 88 37 0 n/a n/a 0 618
1995 396 82 94 47 0 n/a n/a 0 619
1996 396 82 94 47 0 n/a n/a 0 619
1998 370 86 113 55 0 n/a n/a 0 624
1999 332 77 105 54 0 n/a n/a 0 568
2000 344 76 91 52 0 n/a n/a 0 563
2001 314 94 103 56 0 n/a n/a 0 567
2002 253 85 121 78 0 n/a n/a 0 537
2003 253 85 121 78 0 n/a n/a 0 537
2004 228 95 133 104 0 n/a n/a 0 560
2005 210 101 134 113 2 n/a n/a 0 560
2006 179 104 142 108 1 n/a n/a 0 534
2007 173 107 170 131 1 n/a n/a 0 582
2008 158 110 183 138 1 n/a n/a 0 590
2009 138 109 269 134 2 0 0 0 652
2010 125 103 332 120 0 1 4 0 685
2011 130 125 356 122 0 1 4 0 738
2012 127 130 375 153 1 1 8 0 795
2013 118 116 335 168 2 1 13 0 753
2014 122 116 315 168 2 2 15 0 740
2015 107 119 276 180 3 2 15 0 702
2016 97 119 223 168 2 1 13 0 623
2017 89 125 202 170 1 2 10 0 599
2018 86 117 188 178 0 1 20 0 590
2019 82 130 176 194 1 1 20 0 604
2020 79 138 157 202 2 1 15 0 594
2021 64 112 115 183 2 1 9 0 486
2022 56 94 120 195 2 0 12 0 479
2023 60 80 95 211 5 0 27 0 478
2024 43 83 98 245 5 0 26 0 500

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Livingston Park

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 450 23.0 19.5 n/a
1989 526 26.0 20.2 n/a
1990 530 27.0 19.6 3.4
1991 553 26.0 21.2 6.7
1992 543 27.0 20.1 5.5
1993 573 28.6 20.0 6.1
1994 618 32.0 19.3 7.4
1995 619 35.0 17.7 8.6
1996 619 35.0 17.7 8.6
1998 624 39.7 15.7 8.2
1999 568 35.6 16.0 10.7
2000 563 39.3 14.3 16.3
2001 567 40.0 14.2 15.9
2002 537 38.5 13.9 19.9
2003 537 38.5 13.9 19.9
2004 560 39.5 14.2 22.7
2005 560 43.5 12.9 n/a
2006 534 46.0 11.6 26.8
2007 582 46.5 12.5 25.6
2008 590 39.0 15.1 29.8
2009 652 64.5 8.3 21.3
2010 685 50.0 13.7 21
2011 738 44.0 16.7 23.4
2012 795 55.0 14.4 24.5
2013 753 54.0 13.9 27.9
2014 740 55.0 13.4 26.4
2015 702 53.0 13.2 29.3
2016 623 56.0 11.1 34.8
2017 599 54.0 11.0 36.1
2018 590 58.5 10.0 36.4
2019 604 61.0 9.9 38.9
2020 594 60.0 9.9 32.5
2021 486 54.5 8.9 21.8
2022 479 60.0 7.9 33.8
2023 478 59.0 8.1 41
2024 500 64.5 7.7 52.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Livingston Park

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 450 23.0 19.5 n/a
1989 526 26.0 20.2 n/a
1990 530 27.0 19.6 3.4
1991 553 26.0 21.2 6.7
1992 543 27.0 20.1 5.5
1993 573 28.6 20.0 6.1
1994 618 32.0 19.3 7.4
1995 619 35.0 17.7 8.6
1996 619 35.0 17.7 8.6
1998 624 39.7 15.7 8.2
1999 568 35.6 16.0 10.7
2000 563 39.3 14.3 16.3
2001 567 40.0 14.2 15.9
2002 537 38.5 13.9 19.9
2003 537 38.5 13.9 19.9
2004 560 39.5 14.2 22.7
2005 560 43.5 12.9 n/a
2006 534 46.0 11.6 26.8
2007 582 46.5 12.5 25.6
2008 590 39.0 15.1 29.8
2009 652 64.5 8.3 21.3
2010 685 50.0 13.7 21
2011 738 44.0 16.7 23.4
2012 795 55.0 14.4 24.5
2013 753 54.0 13.9 27.9
2014 740 55.0 13.4 26.4
2015 702 53.0 13.2 29.3
2016 623 56.0 11.1 34.8
2017 599 54.0 11.0 36.1
2018 590 58.5 10.0 36.4
2019 604 61.0 9.9 38.9
2020 594 60.0 9.9 32.5
2021 486 54.5 8.9 21.8
2022 479 60.0 7.9 33.8
2023 478 59.0 8.1 41
2024 500 64.5 7.7 52.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Livingston Park

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $31 (0.3%) $9,407 (99.7%) $9,438

Data source: New Jersey Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Livingston Park

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 731st of 1360 Elementary schoolsRanks 1045th of 1342 Elementary schools
 24.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Livingston Park)41.122.4
 18.7%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (North Brunswick Township School District)39.825.3
 14.5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)50.242
 8.2%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Livingston Park)53.923.2
 30.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (North Brunswick Township School District)53.835
 18.8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)55.145.9
 9.2%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Livingston Park)53.140
 13.1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (North Brunswick Township School District)42.536.2
 6.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)57.451.3
 6.1%
4th Grade Mathematics (Livingston Park)5030.6
 19.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (North Brunswick Township School District)46.735.9
 10.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)5144.3
 6.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students604478
 20.9%
African American13080
 38.5%
American Indian15
 400%
Asian17695
 46%
Hispanic194211
 8.8%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White8260
 26.8%
Two or More Races2027
 35%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients38.9%41%
 2.1%


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Livingston Park ranks 980th of 1338 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students who attend Livingston Park usually go on to attend:

Middle : Linwood School
High : North Brunswick Township High School

In the 2023-24 school year, 500 students attended Livingston Park.

Students at Livingston Park are 49% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 17% African American, 9% White, 5% Two or more races.


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