Van Derveer Elementary School (Somerville Public School District SCH DIST.), New Jersey - School Profile in 2023-2024 School Year

Updated on August 8, 2025.

Van Derveer Elementary School is a Elementary in Somerville, NJ. It currently serves 734 students (grades PK-05). The school is part of the Somerville Public School District School District.

Below, we provide details about the school including the population per grade, the racial demography of the student population, the racial demography of the student population per gender/sex, and the racial demography per grade level.

You can see similar information for other schools in Somerville Public School District School District and all schools in New Jersey.

Other Details

School Type: Regular School
School Level: Elementary
Number of Students:734
Number of Teachers: 81
Student/Teacher Ratio: 9.06

Location Info

Location: 51 Union Avenue, Somerville, NJ 08876
Mailing Address: 51 Union Avenue, Somerville, NJ 08876
Phone: (908)218-4105
Data Source: NCES.
Student Population Per Grade
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Grade Population
Grade 1 106
Grade 2 108
Grade 3 97
Grade 4 109
Grade 5 102
Kindergarten 128
Pre-Kindergarten 84
Gender/Sex of Van Derveer Elementary School Student Population
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Gender Population Percent of Population (%)
Male 387 52.73
Female 347 47.28
Race/Ethnicity Demography of Van Derveer Elementary School Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 68 9.26
Black or African American 53 7.22
Hispanic/Latino 272 37.06
Two or more races 51 6.95
White 290 39.51
Male - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 34 8.79
Black or African American 29 7.49
Hispanic/Latino 147 37.98
Two or more races 25 6.46
White 152 39.28
Female - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 34 9.80
Black or African American 24 6.92
Hispanic/Latino 125 36.02
Two or more races 26 7.49
White 138 39.77

Race Demography Per Grade

The tables below shows the Race/Ethnicity of the student population per grade.
Grade 1 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 8 7.55
Black or African American 3 2.83
Hispanic/Latino 44 41.51
Two or more races 6 5.66
White 45 42.45
Grade 2 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 13 12.04
Black or African American 12 11.11
Hispanic/Latino 36 33.33
Two or more races 5 4.63
White 42 38.89
Grade 3 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 9 9.28
Black or African American 6 6.19
Hispanic/Latino 40 41.24
Two or more races 7 7.22
White 35 36.08
Grade 4 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 13 11.93
Black or African American 7 6.42
Hispanic/Latino 42 38.53
Two or more races 10 9.17
White 37 33.95
Grade 5 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 9 8.82
Black or African American 9 8.82
Hispanic/Latino 43 42.16
Two or more races 9 8.82
White 32 31.37
Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 8 6.25
Black or African American 8 6.25
Hispanic/Latino 42 32.81
Two or more races 10 7.81
White 60 46.88
Pre-Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 8 9.52
Black or African American 8 9.52
Hispanic/Latino 25 29.76
Two or more races 4 4.76
White 39 46.43