Copper Hill Elementary School

Copper Hill Elementary School is a moderately sized primary school in Ringoes, New Jersey, overseen by Flemington-Raritan Regional School District. The school instructs 572 students in grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 41% above the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Flemington-Raritan Regional School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,224 students; Copper Hill Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Copper Hill Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 21% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Hunterdon County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Copper Hill Elementary School records 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Copper Hill Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 21% of students at Copper Hill Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Copper Hill Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.6%; this one delivers 59.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Hunterdon County indicate median household income runs about $141,715, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Copper Hill Elementary School is one of 55 public schools in Hunterdon County (combined enrollment of about 18,056 students).

East Amwell Township is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Copper Hill Elementary School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 54.4%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 41%: 405 students in 2018 compared to 572 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 56% across the same window.

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