Hartford Upper Elementary School

As a well-populated intermediate school in MOUNT LAUREL, New Jersey, Hartford Upper Elementary School teaches 926 students from grades 5 through 6, one of the schools within Mount Laurel Township School District. That puts it 60% above the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 578 students.

Mount Laurel Township School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 4,173 students. Hartford Upper Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Hartford Upper Elementary School shows that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 16% Asian, 15% Black, 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Burlington County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Hartford Upper Elementary School logs 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Burlington County's rate of about 32%.

With demographic context factored in, Hartford Upper Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.5%, the actual is 48.4%, a residual of -6.2 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Burlington County indicate the typical household earns roughly $108,111 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Burlington County runs 139 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students), of which Hartford Upper Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Springville Elementary School, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hartford Upper Elementary School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hartford Upper Elementary School has remained close to its prior level, going from 935 students in 2018 to 926 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 59% to 47%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Hartford Upper Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.