Enrollment
302
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMILTON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340654003100
Alexander Elementary School
20 ROBERT FROST DRIVE, HAMILTON, NJ 08690 · (609) 631-4148 · Mercer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL302 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
75 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
48.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . -7.3pp since 2023
Math
45.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . -10.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.2% | 45.3% |
| 2023-24 | 55.5% | 55.5% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alexander Elementary School
Alexander Elementary School's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Elementary School this school | 302 | 24.8% | 44.9% |
| Yardville Elementary School HAMILTON | 312 | 21.5% | 56.6% |
| Florence M. Burd NEWTON | 288 | 24.3% | 67.9% |
| Ogdensburg Borough School OGDENSBURG | 280 | 25.4% | 48.8% |
| Marshall Hill Elementary School WEST MILFORD | 283 | 24.7% | 44.9% |
| Franklin Township School WASHINGTON | 251 | 25.9% | 49.1% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alexander Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #636 of 1,290 | #21 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #681 of 1,319 ▼ 223 | #21 of 56 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #751 of 1,319 ▼ 179 | #25 of 56 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 302 | #1,096 of 1,562 | #43 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #891 of 1,390 | #33 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #836 of 1,392 | #40 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.8% | #948 of 1,481 | #42 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #685 of 798 | #25 of 30 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
302
-35 (-10%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 339
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 302 | 25.1 | 12.0:1 | 25% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 26.6 | 11.7:1 | 20% (61) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 29.7 | 11.2:1 | 14% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 337 | 26 | 13.0:1 | 18% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 312 | 24.3 | 12.9:1 | 17% (54) |
| 2015-16 | 318 | 25 | 12.7:1 | 20% (63) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 19 | 19.4:1 | 10% (36) |
| 2000-01 | 425 | 21 | 20.2:1 | 4% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 339 | 19 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alexander Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (312 to 302); teachers up 4% (24.3 to 25.1).
About Alexander Elementary School
Alexander Elementary School is an elementary school in HAMILTON, New Jersey, and it is part of Hamilton Township Public School District. Enrollment stands at 302 students, covering pre-K through 5. That is 25% below the average of about 405 students for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Hamilton Township Public School District has 12,355 students spread across 23 schools.
About 68% of the student body at Alexander Elementary School is White. Other students are 19% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Mercer County residents are about 46% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 49, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.0:1. It is about the same as the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. About 25% of students at Alexander Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Mercer County, the average is 48%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 52.6% at Alexander Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 44.9%.
American Community Survey estimates for Mercer County show that the median household earns about $100,645 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Mercer County, 110 public schools serve about 58,647 students.
The closest school to Alexander Elementary School is Hamilton East - Steinert, located about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Alexander Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 10% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Alexander Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
385,864
Census ACS
Median income
$100,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
58,647 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hamilton Township Public School District
- Hamilton East - SteinertHigh · 1,437 students
- Hamilton West-WatsonHigh · 1,408 students
- Hamilton North - NottinghamHigh · 1,147 students
- Albert E Grice Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Emily C. Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Richard C Crockett Middle SchoolMiddle · 834 students
Other schools in HAMILTON
- Hamilton East - SteinertHigh · 1,437 students
- Hamilton West-WatsonHigh · 1,408 students
- Hamilton North - NottinghamHigh · 1,147 students
- Albert E Grice Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Emily C. Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Richard C Crockett Middle SchoolMiddle · 834 students
Other Alexander Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 13 states are named Alexander Elementary. Alexander Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 13.
- Alexander Elementary SchoolAlbany, OH · 669 students
- Alexander Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 609 students
- ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 579 students
- Alexander ElementaryGreenville, SC · 494 students
- Alexander Elementary SchoolADRIAN, MI · 468 students
Nearby schools
- Hamilton East - Steinert0.4 mi · 1,437
- Emily C. Reynolds Middle School0.5 mi · 966
- Richard C Crockett Middle School0.9 mi · 834
- Sayen Elementary School1.3 mi · 254
- Langtree Elementary School1.3 mi · 339
- Pond Road Middle School2.0 mi · 1,022
Frequently asked questions
About Alexander Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Alexander Elementary School?
Alexander Elementary School enrolls approximately 302 students in grades PK-05.
Is Alexander Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Alexander Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Alexander Elementary School have?
Alexander Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
How diverse is Alexander Elementary School?
Alexander Elementary School reports a student body of 68% White, 19% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Alexander Elementary School in?
Alexander Elementary School is part of Hamilton Township Public School District.
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