Byram Lakes Elementary School

As a medium-sized elementary campus in STANHOPE, New Jersey, Byram Lakes Elementary School teaches 443 students from grades pre-K through 4, part of Byram Township School District.

Across the 2 schools in Byram Township School District (789 students total), Byram Lakes Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Byram Lakes Elementary School reports that 80% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. Compared to Sussex County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Sussex County's rate of about 23%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Byram Lakes Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.9%; this one delivers 49.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Sussex County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $116,186 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Sussex County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,579 students), of which Byram Lakes Elementary School is one.

Byram Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Byram Lakes Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Byram Lakes Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.7%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Byram Lakes Elementary School has showed little movement, going from 440 students in 2018 to 443 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 80% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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