Enrollment
295
Elementary
DISTRICT 310 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340687002933
Hamilton Intermediate School
223 HAMILTON STREET, HARRISON, NJ 07029 · (973) 735-5550 · Hudson County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL295 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
251 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 153 | 52% |
| Grade 5 | 142 | 48% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
39.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -4.5pp since 2023
Math
35.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.1% | 35.4% |
| 2023-24 | 43.6% | 32.7% |
% 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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 Hamilton Intermediate School
Hamilton Intermediate School's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Intermediate School this school | 295 | 85.1% | 34.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary School HARRISON | 306 | 83.0% | 28.6% |
| Jefferson Elementary School UNION CITY | 272 | 85.3% | 44.7% |
| Stony Brook School North Plainfield | 272 | 89.3% | 19.4% |
| Ironbound Academy Elementary School Newark | 325 | 80.9% | 18.2% |
| Clifton Ave Grade School LAKEWOOD | 331 | 91.8% | 26.1% |
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 Hamilton Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #881 of 1,290 | #49 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #870 of 1,319 ▲ 2 | #38 of 84 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #951 of 1,319 ▼ 130 | #66 of 84 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 295 | #1,125 of 1,562 | #82 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #516 of 1,390 | #25 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.0% | #1,204 of 1,392 | #64 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.1% | #127 of 1,481 | #14 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #541 of 545 | #24 of 24 |
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
295
+14 (+5%) vs 2020
+7% since 2010-11, when it was 275
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 295 | 27.8 | 10.6:1 | 85% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 25.3 | 11.1:1 | 80% (226) |
| 2022-23 | 278 | 25.8 | 10.8:1 | 77% (215) |
| 2020-21 | 281 | 26 | 10.8:1 | 81% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 294 | 25 | 11.8:1 | 80% (236) |
| 2015-16 | 290 | 29 | 10.0:1 | 77% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 275 | 16 | 17.2:1 | 75% (205) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamilton Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (294 to 295); teachers up 11% (25 to 27.8).
About Hamilton Intermediate School
Hamilton Intermediate School is the name of a small elementary school in HARRISON, New Jersey. It offers grades 4 through 5 and has 295 students enrolled. Elementary schools in New Jersey have about 405 students on average; enrollment here is 27% lower.
Hamilton Intermediate School belongs to Harrison Public Schools, a district of 5 schools and 2,192 students.
Hispanic students are 82% of those enrolled at Hamilton Intermediate School. The remaining shares are 8% Asian, 7% White, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Hudson County's population at about 41%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 32%.
The school's 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 85% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 68% average for public schools in Hudson County.
Hamilton Intermediate School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (34.0%) and its predicted rate (19.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
For Hudson County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $91,795, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 130 public schools in the county, enrolling about 86,216, Hamilton Intermediate School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Hamilton Intermediate School is closest to East Newark Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Hamilton Intermediate School ranks 3rd of 8 nearby schools, at 34.0% versus a 30.9% average.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was 295 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 281.
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Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harrison Public Schools
- Harrison High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 466 students
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 330 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 306 students
Other schools in HARRISON
- Harrison High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 466 students
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 330 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 306 students
Other Hamilton Intermediate schools
One other US public school is named Hamilton Intermediate. Hamilton Intermediate School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Hamilton Intermediate SchoolColumbus, OH · 706 students
Nearby schools
- East Newark Elementary School0.2 mi · 176
- Lincoln Elementary School0.2 mi · 306
- Washington Middle School0.3 mi · 466
- Kennedy Elementary School0.3 mi · 330
- Washington Elementary School0.6 mi · 557
- Newark Educators Community Charter School0.6 mi · 142
Frequently asked questions
About Hamilton Intermediate SchoolHow large is Hamilton Intermediate School?
Hamilton Intermediate School enrolls approximately 295 students in grades 04-05.
What grades does Hamilton Intermediate School serve?
Hamilton Intermediate School serves grades 04-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hamilton Intermediate School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hamilton Intermediate School is approximately 10.6:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hamilton Intermediate School?
At Hamilton Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 82% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Hamilton Intermediate School?
Hamilton Intermediate School is overseen by Harrison Public Schools in Hudson County.
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