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Enrollment
926
Middle
DISTRICT 937 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT LAUREL TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341095000125
Hartford Upper Elementary School
397 HARTFORD ROAD, MOUNT LAUREL, NJ 08054 · (856) 231-5899 · Burlington County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL926 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of New Jersey public middle schools
- BTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
94 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
197 students
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 470 | 51% |
| Grade 6 | 456 | 49% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Hartford Upper Elementary School→T. E. Harrington Middle School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Mount Laurel Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
62.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
44.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.5% | 44.2% |
| 2023-24 | 63.4% | 42.3% |
% 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
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Hartford Upper Elementary School
Hartford Upper Elementary School's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford Upper Elementary School this school | 926 | 21.3% | 48.4% |
| T. E. Harrington Middle School MOUNT LAUREL | 948 | 22.8% | 48.2% |
| Voorhees Middle School VOORHEES | 979 | 17.2% | 59.1% |
| Mount Olive Middle School BUDD LAKE | 1,137 | 23.9% | 46.4% |
| Carl Sandburg Middle School OLD BRIDGE | 926 | 30.7% | 48.9% |
| Rosa International Middle School CHERRY HILL | 745 | 19.7% | 56.8% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Hartford Upper Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Burlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #193 of 433 | #11 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #206 of 437 ▼ 9 | #14 of 31 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #205 of 437 ▼ 34 | #9 of 31 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 926 | #57 of 445 | #2 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #114 of 417 | #4 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #35 of 419 | #8 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.3% | #275 of 436 | #20 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #271 of 282 | #20 of 21 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
926
-14 (-1%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 1,016
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 926 | 93.5 | 9.9:1 | 21% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 885 | 85.5 | 10.3:1 | 18% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 911 | 87.5 | 10.4:1 | 15% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 940 | 79 | 11.9:1 | 15% (141) |
| 2017-18 | 935 | 79 | 11.8:1 | 17% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 964 | 75 | 12.8:1 | 15% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 899 | 63 | 14.3:1 | 14% (126) |
| 2000-01 | 1,016 | 63 | 16.1:1 | 5% (52) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hartford Upper Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (935 to 926); teachers up 18% (79 to 93.5).
About Hartford Upper Elementary School
MOUNT LAUREL, New Jersey, is home to Hartford Upper Elementary School, a high-enrollment middle-grades school. The school counted 926 students in 2024-25, covering grades 5 through 6. That puts enrollment 60% larger than the 578-student average for middle schools in New Jersey.
District-wide, Mount Laurel Township School District has 8 schools and 4,173 students.
About 47% of students at Hartford Upper Elementary School are White, the largest single group. Other reported shares: 16% Asian, 15% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Burlington County's residents are about 64% White, 18 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at Hartford Upper Elementary School are from different groups.
Hartford Upper Elementary School reports a ratio of 9.9 students per teacher, from 93.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 9.9:1 compares with an average of 10.9:1 for middle schools in New Jersey. Lunch program data show 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Burlington County average 32%.
Hartford Upper Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 41% of New Jersey public middle schools.
A school with Hartford Upper Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 54.5%. Hartford Upper Elementary School scores 48.4%, 6.2 points below that line.
American Community Survey estimates for Burlington County show that the median household earns about $108,111 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Burlington County, 139 public schools serve about 69,020 students.
Hartford Upper Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Springville Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Hartford Upper Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 51.1% on proficiency, and Hartford Upper Elementary School is below that at 48.4%.
In the federal locale system, Hartford Upper Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 940 students in 2020-21 and 926 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 9.9:1.
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Burlington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
467,805
Census ACS
Median income
$108,111
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
139
69,020 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mount Laurel Township School District
- T. E. Harrington Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Springville Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
- Fleetwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
- Larchmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 370 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolElementary · 366 students
Other schools in MOUNT LAUREL
- T. E. Harrington Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Fleetwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 404 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 386 students
- Larchmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 370 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolElementary · 366 students
- Countryside Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
Other Hartford Upper Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Hartford Upper Elementary. Hartford Upper Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Hartford Upper ElementaryHartford, IA · 303 students
Nearby schools
- Springville Elementary School1.1 mi · 480
- Larchmont Elementary School1.1 mi · 370
- Hillside Elementary School1.3 mi · 386
- T. E. Harrington Middle School1.4 mi · 948
- Burlington County Alternative High School2.0 mi · 71
- Fleetwood Elementary School2.2 mi · 404
Frequently asked questions
About Hartford Upper Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hartford Upper Elementary School?
Hartford Upper Elementary School enrolls approximately 926 students in grades 05-06.
What grades does Hartford Upper Elementary School serve?
Hartford Upper Elementary School serves grades 05-06.
How many students per teacher at Hartford Upper Elementary School?
Approximately 9.9:1 students per teacher at Hartford Upper Elementary School.
How diverse is Hartford Upper Elementary School?
Hartford Upper Elementary School reports a student body of 47% White, 14% Hispanic, 15% Black, 16% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Hartford Upper Elementary School in?
Hartford Upper Elementary School is part of Mount Laurel Township School District.
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