Durban Avenue Elementary School

Durban Avenue Elementary School is one of the close-knit elementary campuss in Hopatcong, New Jersey, operated by Hopatcong Borough School District, with 286 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 1. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Durban Avenue Elementary School sits 29% below that benchmark.

Hopatcong Borough School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,442 students. Durban Avenue Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Durban Avenue Elementary School reports that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 41% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Sussex County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Durban Avenue Elementary School lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Sussex County runs at roughly 23%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Sussex County) shows that median household earnings sit near $116,186, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Sussex County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,579 students), Durban Avenue Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hopatcong High School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Durban Avenue Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 11%: 258 students in 2018 compared to 286 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 76% to 47% over that span.

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