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Delaware Township School
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 53% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Delaware Township School
Located at 501 ROSEMONT RINGOES ROAD, in SERGEANTSVILLE, New Jersey, Delaware Township School is a medium-sized elementary campus that caters to 403 students (grades pre-K through 8), part of Delaware Township School District.
Delaware Township School sits inside Delaware Township School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
Demographically, Delaware Township School records that 78% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Hunterdon County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Delaware Township School has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.9:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 4% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hunterdon County (around 16%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Delaware Township School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.7%; this one delivers 53.2%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Hunterdon County) records that the typical household earns roughly $141,715 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Delaware Township School is one of 55 public schools in Hunterdon County (combined enrollment of about 18,056 students).
West Amwell Township School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.2 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Delaware Township School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 49.8%.
Delaware Township School operates from an outlying location.
Looking at the recent track record. Delaware Township School's enrollment has climbed 4% since 2018, when it stood at 387 (now 403). The White share of enrollment fell from 82% to 78% over that span.
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