Enrollment
414
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOWNSHIP OF UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341650005748
Battle Hill Elementary
2600 KILLIAN PLACE, UNION, NJ 07083 · (908) 851-6480 · Union County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
11.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
192 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 72 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 6% smaller than its 4th grade class (65).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
41.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +8.8pp since 2023
Math
33.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.1% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.3% | 30.0% |
% 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
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Battle Hill Elementary
Battle Hill Elementary's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Hill Elementary this school | 414 | 46.4% | 33.7% |
| Connecticut Farms Elementary UNION | 430 | 42.8% | 45.3% |
| John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School TEANECK | 361 | 49.9% | 43.4% |
| Kelly Elementary School W ORANGE | 451 | 43.0% | 47.8% |
| Madison Elementary School RAHWAY | 384 | 49.2% | 31.1% |
| Francis Lore Elementary School EWING | 505 | 49.1% | 36.2% |
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 Battle Hill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #887 of 1,290 | #46 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #913 of 1,319 ▲ 21 | #45 of 93 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #906 of 1,319 ▲ 123 | #56 of 93 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #656 of 1,562 | #55 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #746 of 1,390 | #33 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.9% | #90 of 1,392 | #4 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.4% | #639 of 1,481 | #62 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #538 of 545 | #41 of 42 |
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
414
+42 (+11%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 421
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 414 | 36 | 11.5:1 | 46% (192) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 37 | 11.5:1 | 36% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 385 | 37 | 10.4:1 | 19% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 372 | 38 | 9.8:1 | 26% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 412 | 37 | 11.1:1 | 20% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 396 | 40 | 9.9:1 | 24% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 424 | 32 | 13.3:1 | 30% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 480 | 29 | 16.6:1 | 18% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 421 | 25 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Battle Hill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (412 to 414); teachers down 3% (37 to 36).
About Battle Hill Elementary
Among the schools in UNION, New Jersey, is Battle Hill Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. The student body numbers 414 students, from pre-K through 4.
Township of Union School District has 7,845 students in 10 schools, and Battle Hill Elementary is one of those schools.
Enrollment at Battle Hill Elementary is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 36%. After that, the student body is 32% Black, 20% White, 7% Asian, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, Union County is about 35% Hispanic. Battle Hill Elementary has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 36 full-time positions, a ratio of 11.5:1. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is about 11.4:1. Around 46% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
Battle Hill Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 19% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Battle Hill Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 33.7%; the prediction is 40.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Union County show that median household income is about $103,202, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Battle Hill Elementary is one of 180 public schools in Union County, which together enroll about 99,046 students.
Union High School is the public school closest to Battle Hill Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Battle Hill Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Battle Hill Elementary ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 33.7% against a local average of 45.9%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 11%, from 372 to 414. The ratio was 9.8:1 in 2020-21 and 11.5:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Battle Hill Elementary may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Township of Union School District
- Union High SchoolHigh · 2,410 students
- Burnet Middle SchoolMiddle · 970 students
- Hannah Caldwell ElementaryElementary · 812 students
- Kawameeh Middle SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 578 students
- Jefferson ElementaryMiddle · 564 students
Other schools in UNION
- Union High SchoolHigh · 2,410 students
- Burnet Middle SchoolMiddle · 970 students
- Hannah Caldwell ElementaryElementary · 812 students
- Kawameeh Middle SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 578 students
- Jefferson ElementaryMiddle · 564 students
Nearby schools
- Union High School0.8 mi · 2,410
- Jonathan Dayton High School1.0 mi · 654
- Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School1.0 mi · 474
- Hannah Caldwell Elementary1.0 mi · 812
- Burnet Middle School1.1 mi · 970
- James Caldwell Elementary School1.2 mi · 276
Frequently asked questions
About Battle Hill ElementaryHow many students attend Battle Hill Elementary?
Battle Hill Elementary enrolls approximately 414 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Battle Hill Elementary serve?
Battle Hill Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Battle Hill Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Battle Hill Elementary is approximately 11.5:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Battle Hill Elementary?
Student demographics at Battle Hill Elementary are roughly 20% White, 36% Hispanic, 32% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Battle Hill Elementary public or private?
Battle Hill Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Township of Union School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.