Frank K. Hehnly

As a reasonably sized primary school in CLARK, New Jersey, Frank K. Hehnly serves 543 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Clark Township Public School District. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 34% bigger than typical.

Clark Township Public School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,268 students; Frank K. Hehnly is among them.

Demographically, Frank K. Hehnly lists that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 6% Asian. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 39% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 7% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Frank K. Hehnly sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.4%; this one delivers 59.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Union County) records that median household income runs about $103,202, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Union County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), Frank K. Hehnly is one campus in the mix.

Lamberts Mill Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Frank K. Hehnly. On composite proficiency, Frank K. Hehnly comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 45.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 549 students in 2018 compared to 543 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 74% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Frank K. Hehnly community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.