Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School

Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School is a minimally staffed elementary school in Newton, New Jersey, one of the schools within Frelinghuysen Township School District. The school serves 121 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 70% leaner than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School sits inside Frelinghuysen Township School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School records that nearly all students (83%) are White. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.3:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 12% of students at Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Warren County's rate of about 36%.

With demographic context factored in, Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.8%, the actual is 55.1%, a residual of -4.8 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Warren County indicate median household earnings sit near $100,869, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Warren County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,462 students), Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Stillwater Township School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.0%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 15%: 142 students in 2018 compared to 121 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 92% to 83% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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