Enrollment
121
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRELINGHUYSEN TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340567005804
Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School
780 ROUTE 94, Newton, NJ 07860 · (908) 362-6319 · Warren County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL121 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% 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.
- 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
9.3:1
13 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
14 students
STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 16 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 17 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 14 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 12 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (17).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
68.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
52.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.8% | 52.5% |
| 2023-24 | 58.8% | 51.5% |
% 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
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School
Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School's state test result (55.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School this school | 121 | 11.6% | 55.1% |
| Hope Township School HOPE | 124 | 9.7% | 41.0% |
| Atlantic Avenue HADDON HEIGHTS | 125 | 8.8% | N/A |
| Avon Elementary School AVON | 112 | 14.3% | 66.7% |
| Ethel A. Jacobsen Elementary School SURF CITY | 104 | 12.5% | N/A |
| Seventh Avenue HADDON HEIGHTS | 145 | 9.0% | 55.0% |
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 Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Warren County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #428 of 1,290 | #2 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #547 of 1,319 ▼ 30 | #4 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #290 of 1,319 ▲ 193 | #1 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 121 | #1,498 of 1,562 | #26 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.6% | #1,211 of 1,481 | #24 of 26 |
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
121
-9 (-7%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 171
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 121 | 13.1 | 9.3:1 | 12% (14) |
| 2023-24 | 119 | 11.9 | 10.0:1 | 16% (19) |
| 2022-23 | 131 | 13.2 | 9.9:1 | 10% (13) |
| 2020-21 | 130 | 11 | 11.8:1 | 2% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 142 | 11.7 | 12.2:1 | 7% (10) |
| 2015-16 | 157 | 13 | 12.1:1 | 11% (17) |
| 2010-11 | 178 | 11 | 16.2:1 | 5% (9) |
| 2000-01 | 209 | 18 | 11.6:1 | 2% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 171 | 9 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (142 to 121); teachers up 12% (11.7 to 13.1).
About Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School
In Newton, New Jersey, part of Warren County, Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School is an elementary school. It reports enrollment of 121 students in pre-K through 6. That puts enrollment 70% below the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School is administered by Frelinghuysen Township School District.
A large majority of enrollment at Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School is White, at 83%. After that, the student body is 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. The diversity index for Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School is 29%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School comes to 13.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 9.3:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey have an average ratio of 11.4:1. On the income side, 12% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Warren County average 36%.
Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 50% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 55.1% is 4.8 points below the 59.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census data for Warren County show median household income comes to about $100,869, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 41 public schools in the county, enrolling about 15,462, Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School among them.
Stillwater Township School is about 3.4 miles from Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 5. The school's 55.1% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 8 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School's location as Rural: Distant.
The school's enrollment decreased 7% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 9.3:1, from 11.8:1.
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Warren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
110,849
Census ACS
Median income
$100,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
15,462 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Frelinghuysen Township Elementary SchoolHow large is Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School?
Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School enrolls approximately 121 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School serve?
Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School?
At Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School, the student body is approximately 83% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School?
Frelinghuysen Township Elementary School is overseen by Frelinghuysen Township School District in Warren County.
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