Greenwood Elementary School

Greenwood Elementary School is an intimate primary school in HAMILTON, New Jersey, run under Hamilton Township Public School District. The school enrolls 270 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Greenwood Elementary School sits 33% below that benchmark.

Hamilton Township Public School District comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 12,355 students; Greenwood Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Greenwood Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 44% Black, 3% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Greenwood Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Mercer County's rate of about 48%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Greenwood Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.6%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Mercer County shows median household income runs about $100,645, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Mercer County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students), Greenwood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kuser Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Greenwood Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Greenwood Elementary School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 12.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Greenwood Elementary School's enrollment has grew 14% since 2018, when it stood at 237 (now 270). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 42% to 50%. Class-load math has rose: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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