Harmony Township School

Set in PHILLIPSBURG, New Jersey, Harmony Township School is a close-knit K-5 school, one of the schools within Harmony Township School District. It serves 190 students across grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 53% leaner than the state mean of about 405.

Harmony Township School sits inside Harmony Township School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Harmony Township School lists that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Harmony Township School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Warren County runs at roughly 36%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Harmony Township School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 54.9%; actual is 35.6%, a gap of -19.3 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Warren County shows the typical household earns roughly $100,869 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Warren County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,462 students), Harmony Township School is one campus in the mix.

Lopatcong Township Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Harmony Township School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 41.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Harmony Township School's enrollment has fell 25% since 2018, when it stood at 253 (now 190). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 2% to 7%.

On the community side, the feed for Harmony Township School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.