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Enrollment
376
Elementary
DISTRICT 444 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FLEMINGTON-RARITAN REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340519002984
Barley Sheaf Elementary School
80 BARLEY SHEAF ROAD, FLEMINGTON, NJ 08822 · (908) 284-7584 · Hunterdon County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
10.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
66 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 15 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 18% smaller than its 4th grade class (80).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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 Flemington-Raritan Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
58.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
60.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . -5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.4% | 60.3% |
| 2023-24 | 61.9% | 65.9% |
% 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
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Barley Sheaf Elementary School
Barley Sheaf Elementary School's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barley Sheaf Elementary School this school | 376 | 17.6% | 61.5% |
| Jefferson Elementary School SUCCASUNNA | 346 | 16.2% | 51.7% |
| Brayton Elementary School SUMMIT | 335 | 17.3% | 73.6% |
| C. Richard Applegate School FREEHOLD | 358 | 17.0% | 52.9% |
| Arthur Stanlick Elementary School LK SHAWNEE JEFFERSON TWSP | 388 | 20.6% | 37.2% |
| Randall Carter Elementary School WAYNE | 351 | 15.1% | 60.8% |
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 Barley Sheaf Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hunterdon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #306 of 1,290 | #7 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #399 of 1,319 ▼ 125 | #7 of 23 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #520 of 1,319 ▼ 110 | #15 of 23 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #782 of 1,562 | #10 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #333 of 1,390 | #20 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #794 of 1,392 | #7 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.6% | #1,079 of 1,481 | #14 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.2% | #222 of 545 | #9 of 14 |
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
376
+32 (+9%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 768
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 8.8:1
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 | 376 | 37.6 | 10.0:1 | 18% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 363 | 39.6 | 9.2:1 | 13% (47) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 41.2 | 9.7:1 | 15% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 344 | 39 | 8.8:1 | 8% (26) |
| 2017-18 | 338 | 34.1 | 9.9:1 | 7% (24) |
| 2015-16 | 331 | 33 | 10.0:1 | 5% (15) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 28 | 15.9:1 | 5% (21) |
| 2000-01 | 545 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 1% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 768 | 44 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barley Sheaf Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (338 to 376); teachers up 10% (34.1 to 37.6).
About Barley Sheaf Elementary School
Students in FLEMINGTON, New Jersey, attend Barley Sheaf Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 376 students in pre-K through 4.
Barley Sheaf Elementary School is one school in a 6-school district, Flemington-Raritan Regional School District, which enrolls 3,224 students.
White students are 67% of those enrolled at Barley Sheaf Elementary School. Other reported shares: 19% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. That compares with about 81% White among all Hunterdon County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
The school has 37.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.0 students per teacher. Elementary schools in New Jersey have an average ratio of 11.4:1. The school reported 18% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is in line with the 16% average for public schools in Hunterdon County.
Barley Sheaf Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 73% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Barley Sheaf Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 61.5% is 5.0 points above the 56.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Hunterdon County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $141,715 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Hunterdon County number 55, with about 18,056 students.
J.P. Case Middle School is the nearest public school to Barley Sheaf Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Barley Sheaf Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Barley Sheaf Elementary School is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
Federal data place Barley Sheaf Elementary School in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment rose 9% over 4 years, reaching 376 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 8.8:1 in 2020-21, and 10.0:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Barley Sheaf Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Hunterdon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,160
Census ACS
Median income
$141,715
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
18,056 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Flemington-Raritan Regional School District
- J.P. Case Middle SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Reading-Fleming Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 719 students
- Copper Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Francis A. Desmares Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Robert Hunter Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
Other schools in FLEMINGTON
- Hunterdon Central Regional High School DistrictHigh · 2,238 students
- J.P. Case Middle SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Reading-Fleming Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 719 students
- Francis A. Desmares Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Robert Hunter Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Hunterdon Polytech Bartles Corner CampusHigh · 108 students
Nearby schools
- J.P. Case Middle School0.6 mi · 730
- Hunterdon Central Regional High School District1.9 mi · 2,238
- Reading-Fleming Intermediate School2.2 mi · 719
- Three Bridges School2.5 mi · 293
- Robert Hunter Elementary School2.6 mi · 406
- Copper Hill Elementary School2.6 mi · 572
Frequently asked questions
About Barley Sheaf Elementary SchoolHow large is Barley Sheaf Elementary School?
Barley Sheaf Elementary School enrolls approximately 376 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Barley Sheaf Elementary School serve?
Barley Sheaf Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Barley Sheaf Elementary School?
Approximately 10.0:1 students per teacher at Barley Sheaf Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Barley Sheaf Elementary School?
Student demographics at Barley Sheaf Elementary School are roughly 67% White, 19% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Barley Sheaf Elementary School public or private?
Barley Sheaf Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Flemington-Raritan Regional School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.