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Peterson Elem

Perth Amboy City · Middlesex County · Elementary school
Grades K · was K–4 in 1998
Last reported enrollment in 2003-04 — no longer in the data since.
Updated June 2026

Enrollment, by grade

In its last year on record, 2003-04, it enrolled 285 students in kindergarten only. That is 22 fewer than in 1998-99 (307) — the school had shrunk. It peaked at 386 in 2001-02. Its biggest cohort is kindergarten.

students 0100200300400OtherK1998200320082013201820232025

Students enrolled in each grade each fall, stacked to the total — so the top edge is total enrollment. Bands run from the lowest grade (light) to the highest (dark); a band that appears or disappears is a grade the school added or dropped. “Other” is students with no grade level (mostly special education), so the bands always sum to total. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

What the school looks like

The largest group in both 1998-99 and 2003-04 was Hispanic students — 84% then, 89% now.

% of students 050100race categories: 5 → 789%1998200320082013201820232025
WhiteBlackHispanicAsianNative Am.

Each group’s share of enrollment over time, or its head count — toggle above. New Jersey expanded race and ethnicity reporting from five to seven categories in 2006-07 (dashed line), so “two or more races” appears only after; Asian here includes Pacific Islander. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

How much the mix changed

Between 1999-00 and 2003-04 the makeup of this school shifted noticeably.

That’s the largest shift among the district’s six elementary schools — smaller than 69% of Middlesex County elementary schools. The biggest moves, in percentage points:
Black −6.4·Hispanic +3.8·Asian +1.4

The index is half the sum of every group’s change in share, on a 0–100 scale (how it works). Compare any two years in the explorer →

Free or reduced-price lunch

In 2003-04, 88.1% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch.

% eligible 05010088.1%84.6%80.9%19982003
This schooldistrict overalldistrict elementary schools

Share of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The lighter lines show the district overall and the district elementary schools, for comparison. Not reported by the state in some years (shaded). Since 2014, some districts provide free meals to all students regardless of household income, which can lift the eligible share. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

Profile built from New Jersey Department of Education Fall Enrollment data, 1998-99 through 2025-26. How this data works →