Frenchtown Elementary

Frenchtown Elementary operates as a rural-scale elementary school in FRENCHTOWN, New Jersey, overseen by Frenchtown Borough School District. Current enrollment sits at 97 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Frenchtown Elementary sits 76% leaner than that benchmark.

Frenchtown Borough School District is the operating authority for Frenchtown Elementary, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, Frenchtown Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black, 2% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Frenchtown Elementary records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Frenchtown Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hunterdon County (around 16%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Frenchtown Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.0%, the actual is 45.1%, a residual of -7.0 points.

In the broader community, Hunterdon County reports that median household earnings sit near $141,715, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Frenchtown Elementary is one of 55 public schools in Hunterdon County (combined enrollment of about 18,056 students).

The closest other public school is Milford Public School, roughly 2.9 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Frenchtown Elementary comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 52.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Frenchtown Elementary has decreased 20%, going from 121 students in 2018 to 97 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 76% across the same window.

On this page, members of the Frenchtown Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.