Clinton Public School

Clinton Public School is a reasonably sized elementary school in CLINTON, New Jersey, operated by Clinton-Glen Gardner School District. The school hosts 521 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 29% larger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Clinton Public School sits inside Clinton-Glen Gardner School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, Clinton Public School records that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 16% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 19% of students at Clinton Public School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Clinton Public School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.9%, the actual is 53.0%, a residual of -2.9 points.

In the broader community, census data for Hunterdon County shows the typical household earns roughly $141,715 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Hunterdon County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,056 students), Clinton Public School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Clinton Township Middle School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Clinton Public School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Clinton Public School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 64.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 18%: 443 students in 2018 compared to 521 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Clinton Public School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.