Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton operates as a tight-knit K-5 school in MORRISTOWN, New Jersey, run under Morris School District. Current enrollment sits at 251 students spanning grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 38% smaller than typical.

Morris School District runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,138 students. Alexander Hamilton is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Alexander Hamilton lists that 58% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 29% White, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Morris County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Alexander Hamilton has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Morris County's rate of about 19%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Alexander Hamilton performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.3%, the actual is 47.8%, a residual of +13.5 points.

Around the school, Morris County reports that median household income runs about $137,326, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Morris County runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), of which Alexander Hamilton is one.

Morristown High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alexander Hamilton at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 48.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 26%: 338 students in 2018 compared to 251 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 41% to 58% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 today.

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