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Enrollment
543
Elementary
DISTRICT 318 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340315005450
Frank K. Hehnly
590 RARITAN ROAD, CLARK, NJ 07066 · (732) 381-8100 · Union County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
15.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
37 students
DISTRICT 8% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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 Clark Township Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
67.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
63.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.6% | 63.1% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 64.3% |
% 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
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Frank K. Hehnly
Frank K. Hehnly's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank K. Hehnly this school | 543 | 6.8% | 59.0% |
| Central Avenue School MADISON | 492 | 7.9% | 72.0% |
| Helen Morgan School SPARTA | 499 | 8.4% | 50.8% |
| Benedict A. Cucinella School LONG VALLEY | 529 | 8.9% | 59.4% |
| Flocktown-Kossmann Elementary School LONG VALLEY | 513 | 6.4% | 60.7% |
| Theunis Dey Elementary School WAYNE | 459 | 5.2% | 65.8% |
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 Frank K. Hehnly ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #354 of 1,290 | #24 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #358 of 1,319 ▼ 57 | #23 of 93 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #321 of 1,319 ▲ 37 | #22 of 93 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 543 | #317 of 1,562 | #35 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #1,305 of 1,390 | #100 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.1% | #1,000 of 1,392 | #74 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.8% | #1,318 of 1,481 | #81 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #775 of 798 | #56 of 58 |
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
543
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 370
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 543 | 36 | 15.1:1 | 7% (37) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 40.5 | 13.8:1 | 2% (13) |
| 2022-23 | 576 | 34.5 | 16.7:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2020-21 | 558 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 2% (13) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 5% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 541 | 32 | 16.9:1 | 4% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | 31 | 16.8:1 | 5% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 32 | 15.5:1 | 2% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 370 | 25 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frank K. Hehnly.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (549 to 543); teachers up 3% (35 to 36).
About Frank K. Hehnly
Frank K. Hehnly is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of CLARK, New Jersey. It reports enrollment of 543 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey enroll around 405, and this school is 34% above that mark.
Clark Township Public School District has 2,268 students spread across 5 schools.
Of every 100 students at Frank K. Hehnly, about 74 are White. Other reported shares: 18% Hispanic and 6% Asian. Union County's residents are about 39% White, 34 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Frank K. Hehnly scores 42%.
There are about 15.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Frank K. Hehnly, which has 36. The school's 15.1:1 compares with an average of 11.4:1 for elementary schools in New Jersey. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 7%. The gap from the 52% average for public schools in Union County is 45 points.
Frank K. Hehnly earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 56% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
In New Jersey, Frank K. Hehnly is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 59.0% actual against a predicted 62.4%.
For Union County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $103,202 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Union County number 180, with about 99,046 students.
Westlake sits about 0.8 miles from Frank K. Hehnly. Frank K. Hehnly has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 45.6%, lower than Frank K. Hehnly's 59.0%.
Federal data place Frank K. Hehnly in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 3% across 4 years, from 558 in 2020-21 to 543 in 2024-25.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clark Township Public School District
- Arthur L. Johnson High SchoolHigh · 785 students
- Carl H. Kumpf SchoolMiddle · 528 students
- Valley Road SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Clark Preschool AnnexElementary · 22 students
Other schools in CLARK
- Arthur L. Johnson High SchoolHigh · 785 students
- Carl H. Kumpf SchoolMiddle · 528 students
- Valley Road SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Clark Preschool AnnexElementary · 22 students
Nearby schools
- Westlake0.8 mi · 46
- Hillcrest Academy-South0.8 mi · 87
- Lamberts Mill Academy0.8 mi · 42
- Carl H. Kumpf School0.8 mi · 528
- Arthur L. Johnson High School0.9 mi · 785
- Colonia Middle School1.0 mi · 628
Frequently asked questions
About Frank K. HehnlyWhat is the total enrollment at Frank K. Hehnly?
Frank K. Hehnly enrolls approximately 543 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Frank K. Hehnly serve?
Frank K. Hehnly serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Frank K. Hehnly?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Frank K. Hehnly is approximately 15.1:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Frank K. Hehnly?
Student demographics at Frank K. Hehnly are roughly 74% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Frank K. Hehnly in?
Frank K. Hehnly is part of Clark Township Public School District.
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