Enrollment
251
Elementary
DISTRICT 281 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORRIS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341081004368
Alexander Hamilton
24 MILLS STREET, MORRISTOWN, NJ 07960 · (973) 292-2190 · Morris County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL251 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
146 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 92 | 37% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 29% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 35% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Morris School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
56.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
52.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 52.6% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 47.8% |
% 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
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton's state test result (47.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Hamilton this school | 251 | 58.2% | 47.8% |
| Hillcrest School MORRISTOWN | 251 | 56.2% | N/A |
| Memorial School SOUTH HACKENSACK | 222 | 55.0% | 51.3% |
| Columbus School LODI | 265 | 60.0% | 53.7% |
| Washington Elementary School HAWTHORNE | 253 | 56.9% | 38.4% |
| Roosevelt School #7 GARFIELD | 282 | 59.6% | 51.0% |
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 Hamilton ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #576 of 1,290 | #63 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #544 of 1,319 ▲ 43 | #59 of 77 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #578 of 1,319 ▲ 81 | #64 of 77 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 251 | #1,287 of 1,562 | #82 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.2:1 | #52 of 1,390 | #5 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #620 of 1,392 | #35 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.2% | #478 of 1,481 | #4 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #84 of 798 | #2 of 44 |
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
251
-36 (-13%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 256
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 251 | 30.6 | 8.2:1 | 58% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 248 | 28.8 | 8.6:1 | 56% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 29.8 | 9.1:1 | 54% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 287 | 27 | 10.6:1 | 53% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 338 | 33.5 | 10.1:1 | 43% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 311 | 31 | 10.0:1 | 41% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 268 | 22 | 12.2:1 | 33% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 300 | 26 | 11.5:1 | 34% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 256 | 22 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alexander Hamilton.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (338 to 251); teachers down 9% (33.5 to 30.6).
About Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton is a low-enrollment elementary school found in MORRISTOWN, New Jersey. A federal count lists 251 students at the school, in grades 3 through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405, so this school runs 38% smaller than that.
Morris School District enrolls 5,138 students, and its 10 schools include Alexander Hamilton.
Roughly 58% of students at Alexander Hamilton are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 29% White, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Morris County, the Hispanic share is about 16%. The school's diversity index is 57%, meaning two students picked at random have a 57% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 30.6 full-time equivalents, or about 8.2 students per teacher. This ratio sits 3.2 below the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 58%. That rate is above the 19% average among public schools in Morris County.
allk12 grades Alexander Hamilton a B+. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Alexander Hamilton is 13.5 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 47.8% actual, 34.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Morris County has about 514,528 residents, and the median household income is $137,326, roughly 58% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 156 public schools in Morris County, enrolling about 72,239 students in all.
The school nearest to Alexander Hamilton is Morristown High School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Alexander Hamilton places 3rd of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Alexander Hamilton has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, Alexander Hamilton's enrollment declined 13%, to 251. By 2024-25, the school had 8.2 students per teacher, compared with 10.6 in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Alexander Hamilton covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Morris School District
- Morristown High SchoolHigh · 1,816 students
- Frelinghuysen Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,078 students
- Normandy Park SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Alfred Vail SchoolElementary · 342 students
- Sussex Avenue SchoolElementary · 327 students
- Woodland SchoolElementary · 299 students
Other schools in MORRISTOWN
- Morristown High SchoolHigh · 1,816 students
- Frelinghuysen Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,078 students
- Normandy Park SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Sussex Avenue SchoolElementary · 327 students
- Thomas Jefferson SchoolElementary · 285 students
- Unity Charter SchoolElementary · 256 students
Other Alexander Hamilton schools
One other US public school is named Alexander Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Alexander Hamilton SchoolGLEN ROCK, NJ · 300 students
Nearby schools
- Morristown High School0.2 mi · 1,816
- Sussex Avenue School0.6 mi · 327
- Lafayette Learning Center0.8 mi · 118
- Hillcrest School0.9 mi · 251
- Thomas Jefferson School1.2 mi · 285
- Alfred Vail School1.3 mi · 342
Frequently asked questions
About Alexander HamiltonHow many students attend Alexander Hamilton?
Alexander Hamilton enrolls approximately 251 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Alexander Hamilton serve?
Alexander Hamilton serves grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at Alexander Hamilton?
Approximately 8.2:1 students per teacher at Alexander Hamilton.
What is the student diversity at Alexander Hamilton?
Student demographics at Alexander Hamilton are roughly 29% White, 58% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Alexander Hamilton public or private?
Alexander Hamilton is a public K-12 school, overseen by Morris School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.