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Nathan Hale Elementary School

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Nathan Hale Elementary School ranks 773 rd of 1347 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-4

773^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 43% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Nathan Hale Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 439 students in grades PK-4 in Carteret, New Jersey, which is part of the Carteret Public School District. The school has consistently underperformed compared to state and district averages, ranking in the bottom quarter of New Jersey elementary schools over the past decade.

Nathan Hale Elementary struggles with low academic performance, with only 50% of 3rd graders and 52.2% of 4th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to state averages of 44.9% and 53.6%, respectively. In Mathematics, the proficiency rates were even lower at 41.3% for 3rd grade and 36.1% for 4th grade, compared to the state averages of 49.8% and 46.7%. The school also has high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.9% to 20.1% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average.

When compared to other local schools, Nathan Hale Elementary generally underperforms. For example, the nearby Private Nicholas Minue Elementary School outperforms Nathan Hale in both English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency. Additionally, the school's per-student spending of $5,184 is significantly lower than the $12,500 per student spent at the nearby Grover Cleveland Elementary School, which may be a contributing factor to the school's underperformance.

436

Students ?

11.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$5,184

Per pupil spending ?

82.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

678 Roosevelt Avenue
Carteret, NJ 07008

(732) 541-8960

District: Carteret Public School District

Students who attend Nathan Hale Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Carteret Middle School
High:	Carteret High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

65.4%

Asian:

13.5%

African American:

9.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 41st percentile in 2015 → 43rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school45%

District avg37%

New Jersey avg49%

773^rd of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Bottom 43%▲ up 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 3Elementary Schools in the Carteret Public School District

484^th of 609Carteret Public School District among New Jersey districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	42.8	773 of 1347	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.2	942 of 1338	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.1	1103 of 1342	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.7	1023 of 1345	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.0	1006 of 1317	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.5	1056 of 1360	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.2	997 of 1353	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	36.1	903 of 1352	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2016	36.0	900 of 1346	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2015	43.9	797 of 1357	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2014	41.5	929 of 1363	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2013	48.9	837 of 1367	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2012	36.5	999 of 1363	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	32.3	1039 of 1360	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	32.9	1037 of 1354	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	31.4	1049 of 1346	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	47.1	886 of 1338	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2007	49.0	883 of 1329	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2006	35.3	1007 of 1314	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	32.5	1014 of 1303	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	37.8	953 of 1298	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2003	18.9	988 of 1204	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2019	24.0	444 of 522	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	24.0	263 of 330	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.0	267 of 340	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.3	302 of 346	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	7.5	303 of 348	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	7.1	320 of 339	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.8	329 of 370	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	0.8	333 of 370	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	84.9	88 of 597	85.3%	★★★★☆
2024	59.4	147 of 559	73.7%	★★★★☆
2023	35.6	300 of 499	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	42.5	224 of 489	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	43.2	174 of 411	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	48.8	200 of 463	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	52.3	177 of 434	59.2%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	50.0	654 of 1326	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	19.3	1053 of 1317	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.9	1033 of 1318	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.8	981 of 1326	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.6	868 of 1290	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.7	976 of 1331	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.9	988 of 1333	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	65.2	297 of 1032	71.2%	★★★★☆
2024	41.4	560 of 989	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	23.4	770 of 982	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.5	642 of 953	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	31.0	660 of 896	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.2	546 of 899	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	47.2	434 of 870	50.1%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	73.9	188 of 1023	81.6%	★★★★☆
2024	52.6	385 of 939	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	39.4	524 of 910	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	52.0	348 of 863	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	53.9	303 of 839	63.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	33.3	632 of 948	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	57.9	351 of 942	62.7%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	36.7	822 of 1318	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.4	740 of 1313	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	19.7	1046 of 1315	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.4	982 of 1324	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.4	1053 of 1297	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.5	1052 of 1335	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.5	953 of 1334	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	10.0	990 of 1023	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	24.0	730 of 989	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.6	578 of 1007	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	51.8	419 of 1001	58.1%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2025)85th percentile+43 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)82nd percentile+39 vs school

Hispanic (2025)71st percentile+29 vs school

Female (2025)51st percentile+8 vs school

Male (2025)38th percentile-5 vs school

Asian (2025)20th percentile-22 vs school

African American (2019)15th percentile-7 vs school

Special Education (2025)3rd percentile-39 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts51%~ state avg

Mathematics39%-10 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)	NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)				NJSLA Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Nathan Hale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	678 Roosevelt Avenue	Carteret	07008	Middlesex County	Carteret Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 541-8960	436	39	11.2	82.6%	33 (7.6%)	43 (9.9%)	285 (65.4%)	59 (13.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.2%)	42.8	773^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	42.6%		30.2	942^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	29.6%	169		50.0	52.2			41.3	36.1			$5,184	$429	$4,755
Columbus Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1 Carteret Avenue	Carteret	07008	Middlesex County	Carteret Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 541-8960	642	57	11.3	75.4%	44 (6.9%)	152 (23.7%)	318 (49.5%)	103 (16.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (3.4%)	20.7	1088^th of 1347 public elementary schools	19.2%		15.9	1132^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	15.4%	44		37.5	28.4			32.4	22.8			$3,895	$308	$3,587
Private Nicholas Minue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	83 Post Blvd	Carteret	07008	Middlesex County	Carteret Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 541-8960	529	47	11.1	71.5%	58 (11.0%)	57 (10.8%)	184 (34.8%)	210 (39.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.4%)	33.1	909^th of 1347 public elementary schools	32.5%		47	709^th of 1338 public elementary schools	47.0%	200		34.0	50.0			44.6	26.4			$4,949	$301	$4,648
Port Reading Avenue Elementary School	Public	K-5	Turner Street	Port Reading	07064	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 602-8409	385	36	10.8	56.6%	91 (23.6%)	29 (7.5%)	193 (50.1%)	64 (16.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	38	845^th of 1347 public elementary schools	37.3%		33.2	899^th of 1338 public elementary schools	32.8%	54	31.0	31.7	53.0	43.9		33.3	38.8	41.4		$4,841		$4,841
Matthew Jago Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	99 Central Avenue	Sewaren	07077	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 602-8428	425	47	9.0	46.8%	163 (38.4%)	45 (10.6%)	166 (39.1%)	43 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.9%)	25.3	1018^th of 1347 public elementary schools	24.4%		18.8	1091^st of 1338 public elementary schools	18.5%	73	11.6	35.3	46.2	25.6		45.1	25.0	23.3		$6,230		$6,230
Number 2	Public	PK, KG-5	1700 South Wood Avenue	Linden	07036	Union County	Linden Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(908) 862-3287	602	60	10.0	78.7%	46 (7.6%)	128 (21.3%)	389 (64.6%)	16 (2.7%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	18 (3.0%)	16.4	1158^th of 1347 public elementary schools	14.0%		13.3	1179^th of 1338 public elementary schools	11.9%	21	10.3	27.7	27.1	22.1		43.1	11.5	10.3		$9,950	$510	$9,440
Grover Cleveland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	486 E Milton Ave	Rahway	07065	Union County	Rahway Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 396-1040	453	41	11.0	66.7%	23 (5.1%)	213 (47.0%)	179 (39.5%)	17 (3.8%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.8%)	33.4	902^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	33.0%		20	1073^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	19.8%	171	27.5	22.9	60.7	62.8	41.2	18.6	34.4	35.3	16.2	$12,500	$257	$12,243
Avenel Street Elementary School	Public	K-5	Avenel Street	Avenel	07001	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 602-8504	403	29	13.8	55.1%	89 (22.1%)	115 (28.5%)	125 (31.0%)	73 (18.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	36.6	862^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	36.0%		36.7	845^th of 1338 public elementary schools	36.8%	17	19.6	41.4	44.0	36.6		57.8	43.2	31.2		$4,286		$4,286
Woodbine Avenue Elementary School	Public	K-5	Woodbine Avenue	Avenel	07001	Middlesex County	Woodbridge Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(732) 602-8523	401	37	10.7	49.9%	44 (11.0%)	83 (20.7%)	85 (21.2%)	180 (44.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.2%)	43.9	755^th of 1347 public elementary schools	43.9%		46.4	716^th of 1338 public elementary schools	46.5%	39	25.4	39.3	43.5	54.6		52.5	46.9	37.4		$4,196		$4,196
Number 6	Public	PK, KG-5	19 East Morris Ave.	Linden	07036	Union County	Linden Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(908) 862-3003	320	23	13.9	63.8%	81 (25.3%)	61 (19.1%)	160 (50.0%)	11 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.2%)	22.6	1054^th of 1347 public elementary schools	21.8%		25.1	1005^th of 1338 public elementary schools	24.9%	49	21.7	17.5	31.4	47.9		28.5	15.7	34.8		$9,307	$600	$8,707

Frequently Asked Questions about Nathan Hale Elementary School

What is the racial makeup of Nathan Hale Elementary School?

Students at Nathan Hale Elementary School are 65% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 10% African American, 8% White, 3% Two or more races.

Is Nathan Hale Elementary School a good school?

Nathan Hale Elementary School ranks 773^rd of 1347 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Nathan Hale Elementary School in?

Carteret Public School District

How many students attend Nathan Hale Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 436 students attended Nathan Hale Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of Nathan Hale Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Nathan Hale Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Carteret Middle School
High : Carteret High School

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