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Enrollment
421
Elementary
DISTRICT 444 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FLEMINGTON-RARITAN REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340519006086
Francis A. Desmares Elementary School
16 OLD CLINTON ROAD, FLEMINGTON, NJ 08822 · (908) 284-7540 · Hunterdon County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL421 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
190 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 9% smaller than its 4th grade class (80).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Flemington-Raritan Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
52.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.6pp since 2023
Math
47.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . -4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 down about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.3% | 47.4% |
| 2023-24 | 51.7% | 51.9% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Francis A. Desmares Elementary School
Francis A. Desmares Elementary School's state test result (50.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francis A. Desmares Elementary School this school | 421 | 45.1% | 50.7% |
| School #2 CLIFTON | 401 | 46.1% | 46.2% |
| Carlstadt Public School CARLSTADT | 478 | 43.5% | 49.1% |
| McKenzie School EAST RUTHERFORD | 369 | 47.2% | 47.8% |
| Matthew Jago Elementary School SEWAREN | 425 | 46.8% | 25.1% |
| Theodore Roosevelt School WEEHAWKEN | 337 | 49.0% | 42.7% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Francis A. Desmares Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hunterdon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #510 of 1,290 | #16 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #641 of 1,319 ▼ 126 | #18 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #646 of 1,319 ▼ 21 | #18 of 23 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 421 | #633 of 1,562 | #4 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #121 of 1,390 | #12 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #389 of 1,392 | #1 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #659 of 1,481 | #1 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #770 of 798 | #8 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
421
-49 (-10%) vs 2020
-25% since 2000-01, when it was 562
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 9.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 421 | 47.3 | 8.9:1 | 45% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 49 | 8.6:1 | 41% (171) |
| 2022-23 | 421 | 51 | 8.3:1 | 36% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 52 | 9.0:1 | 36% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 46.7 | 9.1:1 | 35% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 49 | 9.1:1 | 33% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 36 | 13.7:1 | 20% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 562 | 36 | 15.6:1 | 9% (53) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Francis A. Desmares Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (426 to 421); teachers up 1% (46.7 to 47.3).
About Francis A. Desmares Elementary School
This page covers Francis A. Desmares Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in FLEMINGTON, New Jersey. The school has 421 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 4.
The district, Flemington-Raritan Regional School District, operates 6 schools serving 3,224 students.
No group is above 50% at Francis A. Desmares Elementary School; the largest is Hispanic, at 45%. The school is also 40% White, 10% Asian, and 4% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 9%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Francis A. Desmares Elementary School scores 63%.
Francis A. Desmares Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.9:1, with 47.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. The school has 45% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Hunterdon County average 16%.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Francis A. Desmares Elementary School outscored 70%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Francis A. Desmares Elementary School is 9.2 points above its prediction. Actual: 50.7%. Predicted: 41.5%.
In the surrounding county, Hunterdon County, median household income comes to about $141,715, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. The county has 55 public schools and about 18,056 students.
Hunterdon Polytech Bartles Corner Campus is about 0.6 miles from Francis A. Desmares Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 54.6%, higher than Francis A. Desmares Elementary School's 50.7%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 470 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 421 by 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Francis A. Desmares Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Hunterdon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,160
Census ACS
Median income
$141,715
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
18,056 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Flemington-Raritan Regional School District
- J.P. Case Middle SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Reading-Fleming Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 719 students
- Copper Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Robert Hunter Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Barley Sheaf Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
Other schools in FLEMINGTON
- Hunterdon Central Regional High School DistrictHigh · 2,238 students
- J.P. Case Middle SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Reading-Fleming Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 719 students
- Robert Hunter Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Barley Sheaf Elementary SchoolElementary · 376 students
- Hunterdon Polytech Bartles Corner CampusHigh · 108 students
Nearby schools
- Hunterdon Polytech Bartles Corner Campus0.6 mi · 108
- Hunterdon Central Regional High School District1.8 mi · 2,238
- Reading-Fleming Intermediate School2.3 mi · 719
- Robert Hunter Elementary School2.7 mi · 406
- J.P. Case Middle School3.1 mi · 730
- Barley Sheaf Elementary School3.6 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About Francis A. Desmares Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Francis A. Desmares Elementary School?
Francis A. Desmares Elementary School enrolls approximately 421 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Francis A. Desmares Elementary School serve?
Francis A. Desmares Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Francis A. Desmares Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Francis A. Desmares Elementary School is approximately 8.9:1 (47 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Francis A. Desmares Elementary School?
Francis A. Desmares Elementary School reports a student body of 40% White, 45% Hispanic, 4% Black, 10% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Francis A. Desmares Elementary School in?
Francis A. Desmares Elementary School is part of Flemington-Raritan Regional School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.