Clifton E. Lawrence

Clifton E. Lawrence is a medium-sized K-5 school in WANTAGE, New Jersey, run under Sussex-Wantage Regional School District. The school serves 426 students in grades pre-K through 2.

Sussex-Wantage Regional School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,113 students. Clifton E. Lawrence is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Clifton E. Lawrence records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Clifton E. Lawrence logs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Sussex County runs at roughly 23%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Sussex County) reports that median household earnings sit near $116,186, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Clifton E. Lawrence is one of 46 public schools in Sussex County (combined enrollment of about 19,579 students).

Nearest neighbor: Wantage Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Clifton E. Lawrence.

Clifton E. Lawrence operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Clifton E. Lawrence's enrollment has increased 23% since 2018, when it stood at 347 (now 426). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 3% to 14%.

On allk12, members of the Clifton E. Lawrence community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.