Chittick Elementary School, East Brunswick NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Chittick Elementary School

Chittick Elementary School is a regular public school in East Brunswick, serving children from prekindergarten through fourth grade. It is one of the elementary schools in the East Brunswick Township School District, a suburban system in Middlesex County.

East Brunswick is a car-dependent bedroom community roughly twenty-nine miles from Manhattan, shaped by post-World War II development and the extension of the New Jersey Turnpike to Exit 9. Route 18 runs through the eastern part of the township as a major commercial corridor. There is no traditional downtown; civic facilities including the public library, parks, and the municipal building are spread across the suburban landscape. The township maintains a large park system with walking trails, sports fields, and Crystal Springs Family Waterpark, the first municipal waterpark in New Jersey. Housing costs in the area are high, with home values above national and state benchmarks and rents that require a substantial share of household income.

Chittick enrolls a mid-sized elementary population. The student body is racially and ethnically diverse: the largest group is white, followed by Asian, Hispanic, Black, multiracial, and small shares of American Indian or Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students. A notable portion of students come from households with lower incomes, as measured by free or reduced-price lunch eligibility.

On state assessments in the most recent testing year, Chittick's students performed above the midpoint when compared across schools in Middlesex County districts, according to an overall proficiency index that averages results across tested subjects and grades. In mathematics, proficiency rates rose from third grade to fourth grade, with the fourth-grade result particularly strong. In English language arts, the fourth-grade proficiency rate was considerably higher than the third-grade rate, showing clear growth within the building. These results suggest that by the end of fourth grade, a solid majority of students are meeting or exceeding grade-level expectations in both math and reading. Science testing data is available from a prior school year and applies to grade five, a grade the school does not currently serve; a parent may want to discuss science instruction with the school directly.

Because Chittick serves only through fourth grade, there are no graduation rate or chronic absenteeism data to report. Information on special education and English learner populations was not available in the source data.

No recent major changes or initiatives were identified for the East Brunswick district in publicly reported information. The township itself has seen steady population growth over the decades, but the school's own profile has remained stable.

Chittick Elementary offers a suburban elementary experience in a community where many residents commute to New York City or other job centers. The academic picture is one of solid overall performance with growth across the two tested grades, and the school's diverse enrollment reflects the broader township. Families looking at the school will want to consider how it fits with their child's early elementary years before the transition to East Brunswick's upper elementary or middle schools.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 349%

School 49% · District 69% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 457%

School 57% · District 69% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 343%

School 43% · District 60% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 475%

School 75% · District 71% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Science

Grade 528%

School 28% · District 41% · ▼ 13 pts below district

even with state median · even with county median

This schoolEast Brunswick Township School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income29%Higher-income50%21 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income52%Higher-income88%36 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income29%Higher-income43%14 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income33%Higher-income57%23 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income36%Higher-income70%34 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income33%Higher-income36%3 pp gap