Enrollment
270
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMILTON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340654003104
Greenwood Elementary School
2069 GREENWOOD AVENUE, HAMILTON, NJ 08609 · (609) 631-4151 · Mercer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL270 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
13.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
225 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
56%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
30.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +7.3pp since 2023
Math
23.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . -4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.7% | 23.1% |
| 2023-24 | 23.4% | 27.2% |
% 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
22.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Greenwood Elementary School
Greenwood Elementary School's state test result (22.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood Elementary School this school | 270 | 83.3% | 22.6% |
| Bradley Elementary School ASBURY PARK | 345 | 81.4% | 8.9% |
| Dr. Charles C. Polk School ROSELLE | 315 | 75.2% | 28.9% |
| Cleveland Street Elementary School ORANGE | 255 | 75.3% | 22.9% |
| Roseville Community Charter School NEWARK | 285 | 90.5% | 30.0% |
| Joseph Stokes Elementary School Trenton | 347 | 82.7% | 8.5% |
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 Greenwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #1,088 of 1,290 | #38 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #1,094 of 1,319 ▼ 107 | #39 of 56 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #1,093 of 1,319 ▲ 74 | #38 of 56 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 270 | #1,223 of 1,562 | #50 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,181 of 1,390 | #47 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #650 of 1,392 | #32 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.3% | #159 of 1,481 | #13 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.9% | #168 of 545 | #7 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
270
+30 (+13%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 242
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 270 | 19.9 | 13.6:1 | 83% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 266 | 23.2 | 11.5:1 | 81% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 246 | 22.2 | 11.1:1 | 79% (195) |
| 2020-21 | 240 | 21 | 11.4:1 | 80% (193) |
| 2017-18 | 237 | 19.4 | 12.2:1 | 85% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 238 | 21 | 11.3:1 | 85% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 230 | 16 | 14.4:1 | 73% (168) |
| 2000-01 | 234 | 16 | 14.6:1 | 74% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 242 | 14 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greenwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (237 to 270); teachers up 3% (19.4 to 19.9).
About Greenwood Elementary School
Greenwood Elementary School is a small elementary school in HAMILTON, New Jersey, one of the schools in Hamilton Township Public School District. Federal data show 270 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students, which makes this school 33% below average.
District-wide, Hamilton Township Public School District has 23 schools and 12,355 students.
Hispanic students account for 50% of enrollment at Greenwood Elementary School, more than any other group. Other students are 44% Black and 3% White. By comparison, Mercer County residents are about 23% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.
Its ratio of 13.6:1 is based on 19.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 83%. On average, public schools in Mercer County report 48%.
On the allk12 Grade, Greenwood Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 24% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
In New Jersey, Greenwood Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 22.6% actual against a predicted 20.6%.
The county, Mercer County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $100,645 a year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Greenwood Elementary School, Mercer County has 110 public schools.
Kuser Elementary School is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Greenwood Elementary School ranks 2nd of 8 on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Greenwood Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 270 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 240. The ratio was 11.4:1 in 2020-21 and 13.6:1 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Greenwood Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Other Greenwood Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 21 states are named Greenwood Elementary. Greenwood Elementary School is the 24th largest of the 27.
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 829 students
- GREENWOOD ELEMENTARYPLYMOUTH, MN · 762 students
- Greenwood ElementaryMontebello, CA · 746 students
- Greenwood ElementaryGlen Allen, VA · 649 students
- Greenwood ElementarySanford, NC · 571 students
Nearby schools
- Kuser Elementary School0.7 mi · 512
- Hamilton North - Nottingham0.7 mi · 1,147
- Klockner Elementary School0.8 mi · 284
- Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School0.9 mi · 668
- Paul S. Robeson Elementary School0.9 mi · 390
- McCorristin Charter School0.9 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About Greenwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Greenwood Elementary School?
Greenwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 270 students in grades PK-05.
Is Greenwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Greenwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Greenwood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Greenwood Elementary School is approximately 13.6:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Greenwood Elementary School?
At Greenwood Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 50% Hispanic, 44% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Greenwood Elementary School public or private?
Greenwood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hamilton Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.