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What's one thing George E. Wilson Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMILTON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340654003102
George E. Wilson Elementary School
600 Park Avenue, HAMILTON, NJ 08610 · (609) 631-4169 · Mercer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
456 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
23.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
13.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.5% | 13.9% |
| 2023-24 | 21.9% | 11.8% |
% 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
16.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 George E. Wilson Elementary School
George E. Wilson Elementary School's state test result (16.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| George E. Wilson Elementary School this school | 545 | 83.7% | 16.0% |
| Sussex Avenue School NEWARK | 545 | 86.2% | 16.3% |
| Patton J. Hill Elementary School TRENTON | 555 | 87.2% | 5.2% |
| Pace Charter School of Hamilton HAMILTON TWP | 463 | 79.9% | 52.5% |
| Dr. John Grieco Elementary School Englewood | 499 | 78.4% | 31.4% |
| Cresthaven Academy Charter School Plainfield | 621 | 82.4% | 27.4% |
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 George E. Wilson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #1,184 of 1,290 | #44 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #1,231 of 1,319 ▼ 2 | #46 of 56 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #1,195 of 1,319 ▼ 10 | #40 of 56 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #313 of 1,562 | #10 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,264 of 1,390 | #56 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.1% | #937 of 1,392 | #42 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.7% | #155 of 1,481 | #11 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.1% | #81 of 545 | #5 of 22 |
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
545
+114 (+26%) vs 2020
+51% since 1990-91, when it was 362
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 545 | 38.2 | 14.3:1 | 84% (456) |
| 2023-24 | 509 | 40.2 | 12.7:1 | 79% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 37.2 | 12.6:1 | 75% (353) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 36 | 12.0:1 | 70% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 34.8 | 12.6:1 | 73% (321) |
| 2015-16 | 408 | 34 | 12.0:1 | 77% (316) |
| 2010-11 | 374 | 26 | 14.4:1 | 62% (231) |
| 2000-01 | 415 | 25 | 16.6:1 | 49% (203) |
| 1990-91 | 362 | 20 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for George E. Wilson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (439 to 545); teachers up 10% (34.8 to 38.2).
About George E. Wilson Elementary School
A medium-sized elementary school in HAMILTON, New Jersey, George E. Wilson Elementary School is part of Hamilton Township Public School District. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 545 students. The average among elementary schools in New Jersey is roughly 405 students; this school is 35% larger than that.
George E. Wilson Elementary School is one school in a 23-school district, Hamilton Township Public School District, which enrolls 12,355 students.
Roughly 72% of students at George E. Wilson Elementary School are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 18% Black, 4% White, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Mercer County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. George E. Wilson Elementary School's diversity index is 45%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 38.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.3:1. This ratio sits 2.8 above the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Roughly 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Mercer County is 48%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 20.4% at George E. Wilson Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 16.0%.
In the county around the school, Mercer County, the median household income is $100,645, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 110 public schools in Mercer County, enrolling about 58,647 students in all.
The closest other public school is Hamilton West-Watson, about 0.1 miles away. George E. Wilson Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. George E. Wilson Elementary School's average proficiency of 16.0% compares with 22.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 26% from 2020-21, when George E. Wilson Elementary School had 431 students, to 2024-25, when it had 545. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.0:1 to 14.3:1 over the same years.
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Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
385,864
Census ACS
Median income
$100,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
58,647 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hamilton Township Public School District
- Hamilton East - SteinertHigh · 1,437 students
- Hamilton West-WatsonHigh · 1,408 students
- Hamilton North - NottinghamHigh · 1,147 students
- Albert E Grice Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Emily C. Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Richard C Crockett Middle SchoolMiddle · 834 students
Other schools in HAMILTON
- Hamilton East - SteinertHigh · 1,437 students
- Hamilton West-WatsonHigh · 1,408 students
- Hamilton North - NottinghamHigh · 1,147 students
- Albert E Grice Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Emily C. Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Richard C Crockett Middle SchoolMiddle · 834 students
Nearby schools
- Hamilton West-Watson0.1 mi · 1,408
- Pace Charter School of Hamilton0.6 mi · 463
- McGalliard Elementary School0.7 mi · 294
- Kisthardt Elementary School0.9 mi · 250
- Franklin Elementary School1.1 mi · 372
- Grace A Dunn Middle School1.1 mi · 703
Frequently asked questions
About George E. Wilson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend George E. Wilson Elementary School?
George E. Wilson Elementary School enrolls approximately 545 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does George E. Wilson Elementary School serve?
George E. Wilson Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at George E. Wilson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at George E. Wilson Elementary School is approximately 14.3:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at George E. Wilson Elementary School?
Student demographics at George E. Wilson Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 72% Hispanic, 18% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is George E. Wilson Elementary School in?
George E. Wilson Elementary School is part of Hamilton Township Public School District.
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