Connecticut Farms Elementary

Summary:

Connecticut Farms Elementary is a public elementary school serving around 420 students in grades PK-5 in the Township of Union School District in Union, New Jersey. The school has a diverse student population, with 25% White, 30.71% African American, 33.33% Hispanic, and 7.86% Asian students.

Academically, Connecticut Farms Elementary has struggled, with only 20% of 3rd graders and 59.8% of 4th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to state averages of 42% and 51.3%. In math, 24.6% of 3rd graders and 42% of 4th graders were proficient, below the state averages of 45.9% and 44.3%. The school's statewide ranking has declined from 474th out of 1,352 New Jersey elementary schools in 2016-2017 to 814th out of 1,342 in 2022-2023. However, the school's African American and English Language Learner students perform relatively well, ranking 174th and 61st out of all New Jersey elementary schools, respectively.

When compared to nearby schools, such as Washington Elementary, Connecticut Farms Elementary generally underperforms in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. The school also faces challenges with chronic absenteeism, which has increased from 5.3% in 2017-2018 to 15.2% in 2021-2022, higher than the state average. To improve academic outcomes, the school and district should consider replicating successful strategies for high-performing subgroups, addressing attendance issues, and allocating more resources to support student learning.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 875 Stuyvesant Avenue
       Union, NJ  07083


(908) 851-6470

District: Township of Union School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
814th of 1,342 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,283 Help


Students who attend Connecticut Farms Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Jefferson Elementary
High:    Union High School

Student/teacher ratio:  12.3 Help
Number of students:  420

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
33.3%
African American:
30.7%
White:
25.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  20.5% Help


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Compare Details Connecticut Farms Elementary ranks worse than 60.7% of elementary schools in New Jersey. It also ranks 3rd among 6 ranked elementary schools in the Township of Union School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 39.3. (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 Student population at Connecticut Farms Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (33.3%), African American (30.7%), White (25%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 20.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Connecticut Farms Elementary is 12.3, which is the 3rd best among 6 elementary schools in the Township of Union School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Connecticut Farms Elementary is $9,283, which is the 3rd highest among 6 elementary schools in the Township of Union School District.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Connecticut Farms Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Connecticut Farms Elementary 814th of 1342 New Jersey public elementary schools. (See Connecticut Farms Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Township of Union School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Township of Union School District 443rd of 615 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Connecticut Farms Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Connecticut Farms Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 28.40 925th 1204 23.2%
2004 29.54 1036th 1298 20.2%
2005 32.32 1015th 1303 22.1%
2006 40.10 956th 1314 27.2%
2007 40.65 978th 1329 26.4%
2008 36.84 1000th 1338 25.3%
2009 45.27 871st 1346 35.3%
2010 50.70 812th 1354 40.0%
2011 59.13 703rd 1360 48.3%
2012 44.06 895th 1363 34.3%
2013 49.23 830th 1367 39.3%
2014 62.89 607th 1363 55.5%
2015 52.95 672nd 1357 50.5%
2016 64.05 522nd 1346 61.2%
2017 68.80 474th 1352 64.9%
2018 64.17 528th 1353 61.0%
2019 58.93 606th 1360 55.4%
2021 39.45 734th 1317 44.3%
2022 40.45 793rd 1345 41.0%
2023 39.30 814th 1342 39.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Connecticut Farms Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.16 85th 434 80.4%
2019 54.60 177th 463 61.8%
2022 72.06 91st 489 81.4%
2023 88.43 61st 499 87.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Connecticut Farms Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.34 877th 1001 12.4%
2021 63.14 226th 868 74.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Connecticut Farms Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.58 113th 942 88.0%
2019 77.58 121st 948 87.2%
2021 54.40 297th 839 64.6%
2023 67.57 204th 910 77.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Connecticut Farms Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.25 599th 1333 55.1%
2019 49.62 705th 1331 47.0%
2021 46.65 633rd 1290 50.9%
2022 39.07 795th 1326 40.0%
2023 37.17 814th 1318 38.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Connecticut Farms Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.81 422nd 1334 68.4%
2019 67.72 452nd 1335 66.1%
2021 32.15 826th 1297 36.3%
2022 42.62 736th 1324 44.4%
2023 42.73 745th 1315 43.3%
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Rank History for Asian students at Connecticut Farms Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 22.66 282nd 370 23.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Connecticut Farms Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.54 61st 517 88.2%
2019 84.96 54th 522 89.7%
2021 82.00 36th 456 92.1%
2022 77.15 83rd 494 83.2%
2023 57.15 174th 463 62.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Connecticut Farms Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 91.52 55th 870 93.7%
2019 80.59 122nd 899 86.4%
2021 56.85 293rd 896 67.3%
2022 59.92 315th 953 66.9%
2023 61.24 316th 982 67.8%
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Rank History for White students at Connecticut Farms Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.58 896th 1022 12.3%
2019 40.14 652nd 1023 36.3%
2022 29.60 729th 976 25.3%
2023 23.93 779th 975 20.1%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Connecticut Farms Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 424 61 20 23 1 n/a n/a 0 529
1989 433 63 26 18 0 n/a n/a 0 540
1990 461 56 33 31 0 n/a n/a 0 581
1991 473 55 29 18 0 n/a n/a 0 575
1992 398 45 35 34 0 n/a n/a 0 512
1993 435 48 37 29 1 n/a n/a 0 550
1994 421 63 38 32 0 n/a n/a 0 554
1995 413 76 47 30 9 n/a n/a 0 575
1996 413 76 47 30 9 n/a n/a 0 575
1998 385 109 68 77 0 n/a n/a 0 639
1999 348 114 54 29 0 n/a n/a 0 545
2000 290 111 50 68 0 n/a n/a 0 519
2001 251 110 53 58 0 n/a n/a 0 472
2002 174 134 60 83 0 n/a n/a 0 451
2003 174 134 60 83 0 n/a n/a 0 451
2004 152 130 63 75 2 n/a n/a 0 422
2005 139 145 62 80 0 n/a n/a 0 426
2006 149 155 74 79 0 n/a n/a 0 457
2007 147 172 72 92 0 n/a n/a 0 483
2008 134 165 60 105 0 n/a n/a 0 464
2009 127 164 56 104 0 7 0 0 458
2010 146 157 40 91 0 7 3 0 444
2011 124 156 41 112 0 9 2 0 444
2012 132 177 46 134 0 9 2 0 500
2013 135 181 62 135 0 6 3 0 522
2014 99 144 55 117 0 3 4 0 422
2015 83 151 51 131 0 4 8 0 428
2016 77 129 55 138 1 2 10 0 412
2017 78 117 52 144 0 3 12 0 406
2018 67 113 41 157 0 2 15 0 395
2019 69 120 28 168 1 3 14 0 403
2020 69 134 21 153 0 1 15 0 393
2021 80 123 28 126 0 1 15 0 373
2022 87 121 25 131 0 2 16 0 382
2023 105 129 33 140 0 1 12 0 420

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 Connecticut Farms Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 529 27.0 19.5 n/a
1989 540 28.0 19.2 n/a
1990 581 29.0 20.0 7.7
1991 575 30.0 19.1 9.6
1992 512 27.0 18.9 8.2
1993 550 26.0 21.2 10.4
1994 554 29.0 19.1 12.5
1995 575 29.0 19.8 14.1
1996 575 29.0 19.8 14.1
1998 639 32.0 20.0 15.8
1999 545 33.0 16.5 15.6
2000 519 31.0 16.7 25.8
2001 472 31.3 15.1 26.7
2002 451 34.0 13.3 27.7
2003 451 34.0 13.3 27.7
2004 422 32.0 13.2 29.6
2005 426 31.6 13.5 n/a
2006 457 33.6 13.6 27.1
2007 483 30.0 16.1 29.8
2008 464 31.0 15.0 32.8
2009 458 41.4 9.6 31.7
2010 444 35.0 12.6 27.7
2011 444 32.0 13.8 27.5
2012 500 43.7 11.4 33.2
2013 522 43.0 12.1 35.1
2014 422 44.5 9.4 24.2
2015 428 44.0 9.7 36.2
2016 412 44.0 9.3 30.6
2017 406 44.0 9.2 31.8
2018 395 42.0 9.4 24.6
2019 403 39.0 10.3 27.5
2020 393 37.0 10.6 41.5
2021 373 35.0 10.6 35.7
2022 382 31.0 12.3 29.8
2023 420 34.0 12.3 20.5

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 Connecticut Farms Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 529 27.0 19.5 n/a
1989 540 28.0 19.2 n/a
1990 581 29.0 20.0 7.7
1991 575 30.0 19.1 9.6
1992 512 27.0 18.9 8.2
1993 550 26.0 21.2 10.4
1994 554 29.0 19.1 12.5
1995 575 29.0 19.8 14.1
1996 575 29.0 19.8 14.1
1998 639 32.0 20.0 15.8
1999 545 33.0 16.5 15.6
2000 519 31.0 16.7 25.8
2001 472 31.3 15.1 26.7
2002 451 34.0 13.3 27.7
2003 451 34.0 13.3 27.7
2004 422 32.0 13.2 29.6
2005 426 31.6 13.5 n/a
2006 457 33.6 13.6 27.1
2007 483 30.0 16.1 29.8
2008 464 31.0 15.0 32.8
2009 458 41.4 9.6 31.7
2010 444 35.0 12.6 27.7
2011 444 32.0 13.8 27.5
2012 500 43.7 11.4 33.2
2013 522 43.0 12.1 35.1
2014 422 44.5 9.4 24.2
2015 428 44.0 9.7 36.2
2016 412 44.0 9.3 30.6
2017 406 44.0 9.2 31.8
2018 395 42.0 9.4 24.6
2019 403 39.0 10.3 27.5
2020 393 37.0 10.6 41.5
2021 373 35.0 10.6 35.7
2022 382 31.0 12.3 29.8
2023 420 34.0 12.3 20.5

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 Connecticut Farms Elementary

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $9,283

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Connecticut Farms Elementary

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 606th of 1360 Elementary schoolsRanks 814th of 1342 Elementary schools
 16.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Connecticut Farms Elementary)61.520
 41.5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Township of Union School District)58.535.6
 22.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)50.242
 8.2%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Connecticut Farms Elementary)5024.6
 25.4%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Township of Union School District)57.336.7
 20.6%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)55.145.9
 9.2%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Connecticut Farms Elementary)67.859.8
 8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Township of Union School District)68.248.2
 20%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)57.451.3
 6.1%
4th Grade Mathematics (Connecticut Farms Elementary)54.442
 12.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Township of Union School District)56.234.9
 21.3%
   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 Students403420
 4.2%
African American120129
 7.5%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian2833
 17.9%
Hispanic168140
 16.7%
Pacific Islander31
 66.7%
White69105
 52.2%
Two or More Races1412
 14.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients27.5%20.5%
 7.1%


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Connecticut Farms Elementary ranks 814th of 1342 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 420 students attended Connecticut Farms Elementary.

Students who attend Connecticut Farms Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Jefferson Elementary
High : Union High School

Students at Connecticut Farms Elementary are 33% Hispanic, 31% African American, 25% White, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more races.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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