Ellen T. Briggs Elementary School

As a cozy elementary school in LAKE HOPATCONG, New Jersey, Ellen T. Briggs Elementary School hosts 226 students from grades pre-K through K, part of Jefferson Township Public School District. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 44% below typical.

Jefferson Township Public School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,642 students; Ellen T. Briggs Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Ellen T. Briggs Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Morris County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Morris County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $137,326 per year, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Morris County runs 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), of which Ellen T. Briggs Elementary School is one.

Edith M. Decker Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Ellen T. Briggs Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 21%: 286 students in 2018 compared to 226 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 13% to 21% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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