Emily C. Reynolds Middle School

Emily C. Reynolds Middle School is a high-enrollment intermediate school in HAMILTON, New Jersey, one of the schools within Hamilton Township Public School District. The school enrolls 966 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 578 students per school, that is 67% bigger than typical.

Hamilton Township Public School District runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 12,355 students. Emily C. Reynolds Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Emily C. Reynolds Middle School reports that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 31% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Emily C. Reynolds Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.7%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Mercer County indicate median household income runs about $100,645, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Mercer County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students), Emily C. Reynolds Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hamilton East - Steinert, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Emily C. Reynolds Middle School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 37.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Emily C. Reynolds Middle School's enrollment has rose 7% since 2018, when it stood at 906 (now 966). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 61% to 49%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.