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Hamilton North - Nottingham
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Hamilton North - Nottingham
Hamilton North - Nottingham is a four-year high school of moderately sized scale in HAMILTON, New Jersey, one of the schools within Hamilton Township Public School District, teacheing 1,147 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 23% bigger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.
Hamilton Township Public School District runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 12,355 students. Hamilton North - Nottingham is one of those campuses.
Demographically, Hamilton North - Nottingham lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 26% Black, 20% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Mercer County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, Hamilton North - Nottingham has 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Mercer County's rate of about 48%.
With demographic context factored in, Hamilton North - Nottingham is in the bottom 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 35.0%; Hamilton North - Nottingham posts 18.5%, -16.5 points below that line.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Mercer County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $100,645 per year, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mercer County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students), Hamilton North - Nottingham is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Klockner Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hamilton North - Nottingham comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 23.3%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Five-year trend. Hamilton North - Nottingham's enrollment has edged down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,258 (now 1,147). Hispanic enrollment moved from 30% to 48% across the same window.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for Hamilton North - Nottingham typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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