Bear Tavern Elementary School

As a medium-sized elementary school in TITUSVILLE, New Jersey, Bear Tavern Elementary School educates 461 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Hopewell Valley Regional School District.

Hopewell Valley Regional School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,423 students; Bear Tavern Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Bear Tavern Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 74%. Other groups include 11% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 46% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Bear Tavern Elementary School records 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.6:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 4% of students at Bear Tavern Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Mercer County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bear Tavern Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.0%.

Around the school, Mercer County reports that median household income runs about $100,645, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Mercer County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students), Bear Tavern Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Francis Lore Elementary School, around 1.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bear Tavern Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.5%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Bear Tavern Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 5% since 2018, when it stood at 439 (now 461).

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