The top reported proficiency rate is 65% in Math. The lowest is 52% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Randolphville Elementary School
Randolphville Elementary School serves kindergarten through third grade, making it a starting point for students in the Piscataway Township School District. Because it serves only the early elementary grades, there is no graduation rate and no testing data for the higher grades where state assessments usually matter most. State assessment results are available only for the school’s third-grade students, the only tested grade. A parent looking for performance trends across upper elementary or middle school would need to look at the district’s other schools.
In third-grade math, a majority of Randolphville students reached proficiency, and in third-grade English language arts, roughly half did. These results place the school within the top portion of elementary schools in Middlesex County when compared by overall proficiency, though that comparison includes schools serving different grade spans and should be read with that context in mind. For a K-3 building, these results offer a snapshot of how students are doing at the end of the primary years, but they do not capture the full academic picture that later state tests would provide.
The school enrolls several hundred students, a typical size for a primary-grade building in a suburban district. The student body is diverse, with Asian students making up the largest share, followed by Black, Hispanic, and White students, and smaller numbers of students who are Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaska Native, or of two or more races. A meaningful portion of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that the school serves a mix of income levels. The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and it operates as part of the Piscataway district’s neighborhood school system.
Piscataway itself is a large suburban township shaped by the presence of Rutgers University campuses and corporate research parks. There is no traditional downtown; schools, municipal buildings, and the Rutgers facilities are spread across the township. Housing values and rents in the area have risen modestly, consistent with a suburban community within commuting distance of New York City. The Piscataway school district recently expanded its free full-day preschool program, which may be relevant to families with younger children looking ahead to Randolphville, and the board approved a new five-year strategic plan emphasizing student wellbeing, equity and inclusion, innovation, and community engagement. A school budget was also adopted with a tax levy increase that affects local homeowners.
Because Randolphville only covers kindergarten through third grade, there is no civil rights data or chronic absenteeism data available for this school specifically. Parents who want information on class sizes, staffing ratios, or discipline should check with the school or the district office directly, as those details were not part of the available data. The school appears to serve its role as an entry point into the district, and its academic results at the third-grade level are a solid starting indicator for a family trying to assess early elementary instruction in Piscataway.
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