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Enrollment
1,408
High
DISTRICT 1,331 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMILTON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340654003092
Hamilton West-Watson
2720 SOUTH CLINTON AVENUE, HAMILTON, NJ 08610 · (609) 631-4168 · Mercer County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,408 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
101 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
840 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 365 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 393 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 356 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 294 | 21% |
Student demographics
62%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
19.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -16.7pp since 2023
Math
8.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.7% | 8.6% |
| 2023-24 | 36.4% | 8.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 West-Watson
Hamilton West-Watson's state test result (18.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton West-Watson this school | 1,408 | 59.7% | 18.6% |
| Garfield High School GARFIELD | 1,258 | 60.6% | 20.0% |
| Hamilton North - Nottingham HAMILTON | 1,147 | 57.0% | 18.5% |
| Atlantic County Institute of Technology MAYS LANDING | 1,852 | 62.6% | 37.1% |
| Woodbridge High School WOODBRIDGE | 1,681 | 54.3% | 20.4% |
| Lodi High School LODI | 906 | 62.5% | 36.5% |
Matched among New Jersey high 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 West-Watson ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #329 of 397 | #13 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.6% | #339 of 400 ▲ 5 | #12 of 18 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #349 of 395 ▼ 29 | #15 of 16 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,408 | #86 of 442 | #6 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #318 of 388 | #12 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #124 of 389 | #8 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.7% | #110 of 405 | #5 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.3% | #67 of 173 | #5 of 8 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,408
+134 (+11%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 1,032
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 1,408 | 100.9 | 13.9:1 | 60% (840) |
| 2023-24 | 1,427 | 100.9 | 14.1:1 | 51% (725) |
| 2022-23 | 1,348 | 99.4 | 13.6:1 | 44% (588) |
| 2020-21 | 1,274 | 100 | 12.7:1 | 45% (571) |
| 2017-18 | 1,243 | 98.8 | 12.6:1 | 45% (555) |
| 2015-16 | 1,228 | 101 | 12.2:1 | 44% (539) |
| 2010-11 | 1,313 | 81 | 16.2:1 | 27% (357) |
| 2000-01 | 1,257 | 86 | 14.6:1 | 8% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 1,032 | 87 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hamilton West-Watson.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (1,243 to 1,408); teachers up 2% (98.8 to 100.9).
About Hamilton West-Watson
Hamilton West-Watson runs as a high-enrollment high school in HAMILTON, New Jersey. Enrollment is 1,408 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in New Jersey is about 929 students, so this school is 52% bigger than average.
Hamilton Township Public School District enrolls 12,355 students in 23 schools, including Hamilton West-Watson.
Hamilton West-Watson is 54% Hispanic by enrollment. Other reported shares: 22% White, 19% Black, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 23% Hispanic among all Mercer County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1 at Hamilton West-Watson, with 100.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.2 above the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 60%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Mercer County is 48%.
Hamilton West-Watson scores 14.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 18.6% actual versus 33.5% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Mercer County, the median household income is $100,645, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Mercer County is home to 110 public schools and about 58,647 public school students.
Nearby, George E. Wilson Elementary School is about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Hamilton West-Watson ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 18.6% against a local average of 22.1%.
NCES describes the area around Hamilton West-Watson as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment climbed 11% from its 2020-21 level of 1,274. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.7:1 to 13.9:1.
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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 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
- George E. Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 545 students
Other schools in HAMILTON
- Hamilton East - SteinertHigh · 1,437 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
- George E. Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 545 students
Nearby schools
- George E. Wilson Elementary School0.1 mi · 545
- Pace Charter School of Hamilton0.5 mi · 463
- McGalliard Elementary School0.8 mi · 294
- Kisthardt Elementary School0.9 mi · 250
- Lalor Elementary School1.0 mi · 351
- Grace A Dunn Middle School1.0 mi · 703
Frequently asked questions
About Hamilton West-WatsonHow large is Hamilton West-Watson?
Hamilton West-Watson enrolls approximately 1,408 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Hamilton West-Watson serve?
Hamilton West-Watson serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hamilton West-Watson?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hamilton West-Watson is approximately 13.9:1 (101 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hamilton West-Watson?
At Hamilton West-Watson, the student body is approximately 22% White, 54% Hispanic, 19% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Hamilton West-Watson public or private?
Hamilton West-Watson 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.