Hatchery Hill Elementary School

Hatchery Hill Elementary School, a low-enrollment primary school in Hackettstown, New Jersey, one of the schools within Hackettstown Public School District, hosts 283 students, covering grades pre-K through 1. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 30% smaller than typical.

Across the 4 schools in Hackettstown Public School District (1,978 students total), Hatchery Hill Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Hatchery Hill Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 40% White, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 13% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Warren County put median household income runs about $100,869, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hatchery Hill Elementary School is one of 41 public schools in Warren County (combined enrollment of about 15,462 students).

Hackettstown High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 24%: 373 students in 2018 compared to 283 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 62% to 40% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.