Enrollment
358
Elementary
DISTRICT 310 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARDYSTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340678005356
Hardyston Township Elementary School
50 ROUTE 23, FRANKLIN, NJ 07416 · (973) 823-7000 · Sussex County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL358 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
9.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
49 students
DISTRICT 11% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 69 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 10% larger than its 4th grade class (49).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Hardyston Township Elementary School→Hardyston Township Middle School
Based on grade levels within Hardyston Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
52.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -15.5pp since 2023
Math
45.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.7% | 45.9% |
| 2023-24 | 68.2% | 52.7% |
% 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
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Hardyston Township Elementary School
Hardyston Township Elementary School's state test result (55.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardyston Township Elementary School this school | 358 | 13.7% | 55.1% |
| Sycamore Drive Early Childhood Learning Center HAZLET | 341 | 16.1% | N/A |
| Randall Carter Elementary School WAYNE | 351 | 15.1% | 60.8% |
| Wanamassa Elementary School WANAMASSA | 356 | 15.4% | 67.1% |
| Patrick McGaheran LEBANON | 368 | 14.4% | N/A |
| Heights Elementary School OAKLAND | 343 | 10.8% | 57.7% |
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 Hardyston Township Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Sussex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #425 of 1,290 | #6 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #670 of 1,319 ▼ 165 | #14 of 22 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #641 of 1,319 ▼ 351 | #14 of 22 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 358 | #857 of 1,562 | #13 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #147 of 1,390 | #5 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.2% | #957 of 1,392 | #10 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.7% | #1,171 of 1,481 | #19 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.3% | #639 of 798 | #4 of 8 |
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
358
+40 (+13%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 601
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 358 | 39.5 | 9.1:1 | 14% (49) |
| 2023-24 | 321 | 35.5 | 9.0:1 | 15% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 331 | 31.6 | 10.5:1 | 11% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 318 | 33 | 9.6:1 | 8% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 374 | 36.6 | 10.2:1 | 11% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 37 | 11.3:1 | 11% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 28 | 14.6:1 | 6% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 760 | 50 | 15.2:1 | 7% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 601 | 42 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hardyston Township Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (374 to 358); teachers up 8% (36.6 to 39.5).
About Hardyston Township Elementary School
Hardyston Township Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Hardyston Township School District in FRANKLIN, New Jersey. The school reports 358 students in pre-K through 4.
Hardyston Township Elementary School is part of a district of 2 schools: Hardyston Township School District, with 619 students.
By race and ethnicity, Hardyston Township Elementary School is 72% White. The school is also 18% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is lower than the 82% White share among all Sussex County residents. By the diversity index, Hardyston Township Elementary School comes in at 44%.
The school employs the equivalent of 39.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 9.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Hardyston Township Elementary School is 14%. For comparison, public schools in Sussex County average 23%.
allk12 grades Hardyston Township Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Hardyston Township Elementary School is 3.5 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 55.1% actual, 58.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Census estimates describe Sussex County this way: median household income is about $116,186, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Sussex County number 46 and enroll about 19,579.
The closest other public school is Franklin Borough School, about 0.9 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Hardyston Township Elementary School's average proficiency of 55.1% compares with 42.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 13%, from 318 to 358.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Hardyston Township Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Sussex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
145,807
Census ACS
Median income
$116,186
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
19,579 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hardyston Township School District
- Hardyston Township Middle SchoolMiddle · 261 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin Borough School0.9 mi · 527
- Ogdensburg Borough School1.9 mi · 280
- Hardyston Township Middle School2.4 mi · 261
- Sussex County Technology Charter School2.9 mi · 225
- Hamburg School3.4 mi · 246
- Wallkill Valley Regional High School3.5 mi · 581
Frequently asked questions
About Hardyston Township Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hardyston Township Elementary School?
Hardyston Township Elementary School enrolls approximately 358 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Hardyston Township Elementary School serve?
Hardyston Township Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hardyston Township Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hardyston Township Elementary School is approximately 9.1:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hardyston Township Elementary School?
Hardyston Township Elementary School reports a student body of 72% White, 18% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Hardyston Township Elementary School public or private?
Hardyston Township Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hardyston Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.