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Enrollment
461
Elementary
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOPEWELL VALLEY REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340753003138
Bear Tavern Elementary School
1162 BEAR TAVERN ROAD, TITUSVILLE, NJ 08560 · (609) 737-4005 · Mercer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
9.6:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
20 students
DISTRICT 6% · 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 | 39 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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 Hopewell Valley Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
76.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
73.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.1% | 73.4% |
| 2023-24 | 78.3% | 66.0% |
% 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
70.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Bear Tavern Elementary School
Bear Tavern Elementary School's state test result (70.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Tavern Elementary School this school | 461 | 4.3% | 70.0% |
| Riverview Elementary School DENVILLE | 465 | 3.4% | 65.1% |
| George C. Baker Elementary School MOORESTOWN | 403 | 4.2% | 76.9% |
| Tamaques Elementary School Westfield | 427 | 3.5% | 71.8% |
| Shongum School RANDOLPH | 482 | 4.1% | 58.1% |
| Hopewell Elementary School HOPEWELL | 397 | 4.5% | 66.2% |
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 Bear Tavern Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #156 of 1,290 | #7 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #191 of 1,319 ▲ 81 | #8 of 56 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #147 of 1,319 ▼ 38 | #4 of 56 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #513 of 1,562 | #17 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #238 of 1,390 | #7 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.7% | #990 of 1,392 | #45 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.3% | #1,356 of 1,481 | #58 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.0% | #378 of 545 | #16 of 22 |
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
461
+64 (+16%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 575
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 461 | 48.3 | 9.6:1 | 4% (20) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 47.8 | 9.2:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 46.8 | 9.8:1 | 3% (12) |
| 2020-21 | 397 | 39 | 10.2:1 | 3% (11) |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 41.7 | 10.5:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 38 | 10.7:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2010-11 | 469 | 32 | 14.7:1 | 3% (15) |
| 2000-01 | 720 | 47 | 15.3:1 | 2% (12) |
| 1990-91 | 575 | 31 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bear Tavern Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (439 to 461); teachers up 16% (41.7 to 48.3).
About Bear Tavern Elementary School
Families in TITUSVILLE, New Jersey, are served by Bear Tavern Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 461 students.
A total of 6 schools make up Hopewell Valley Regional School District, with 3,423 students enrolled.
White students are the majority at Bear Tavern Elementary School, with 74% of enrollment. Other groups make up 11% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 2% multiracial. Mercer County as a whole is about 46% White, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 43%, meaning two students picked at random have a 43% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Bear Tavern Elementary School total 48.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.6:1. That is 1.9 students per teacher below the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 4%. Among public schools in Mercer County, the average eligibility rate is 48%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Bear Tavern Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Bear Tavern Elementary School is 6.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
Mercer County census figures show that the median household income is $100,645, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 110 public schools in Mercer County, enrolling about 58,647 students in all.
The closest other public school is Francis Lore Elementary School, about 1.9 miles away. Bear Tavern Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Bear Tavern Elementary School's average proficiency of 70.0% compares with 52.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 461, a 16% rise from 397 in 2020-21.
Discussions about Bear Tavern Elementary School may include enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
385,864
Census ACS
Median income
$100,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
58,647 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hopewell Valley Regional School District
- Hopewell Valley Central High SchoolHigh · 1,068 students
- Timberlane Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
- Hopewell Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
- Stony Brook Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
- Toll Gate Grammar SchoolElementary · 299 students
Nearby schools
- Francis Lore Elementary School1.9 mi · 505
- Timberlane Middle School2.6 mi · 803
- Hopewell Valley Central High School2.8 mi · 1,068
- Toll Gate Grammar School3.2 mi · 299
- Gilmore J Fisher Middle School3.5 mi · 789
- Marie H Katzenbach Elementary School for the Deaf3.9 mi · 22
Frequently asked questions
About Bear Tavern Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bear Tavern Elementary School?
Bear Tavern Elementary School enrolls approximately 461 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Bear Tavern Elementary School serve?
Bear Tavern Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bear Tavern Elementary School have?
Bear Tavern Elementary School employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Bear Tavern Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bear Tavern Elementary School are roughly 74% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 11% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Bear Tavern Elementary School in?
Bear Tavern Elementary School is part of Hopewell Valley Regional School District.
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