Enrollment
327
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341065004338
Hilldale School
123 KONNER AVENUE, PINE BROOK, NJ 07058 · (973) 331-7100 · Morris County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL327 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
10.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
5 students
DISTRICT 3% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 47% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Based on grade levels within Montville Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
91.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +6.9pp since 2023
Math
90.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.4% | 90.9% |
| 2023-24 | 84.5% | 86.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
85.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 Hilldale School
Hilldale School's state test result (85.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilldale School this school | 327 | 1.5% | 85.3% |
| Walter Stillman School TENAFLY | 314 | 3.2% | 79.3% |
| Malcolm S Mackay School TENAFLY | 349 | 0.9% | 72.1% |
| Mount Pleasant Elementary School LIVINGSTON | 407 | 0.7% | 80.3% |
| Hartshorn School SHORT HILLS | 392 | 0.8% | 83.5% |
| T. Baldwin Demarest Elementary School OLD TAPPAN | 374 | 0.8% | 71.6% |
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 Hilldale School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.3% | #12 of 1,290 | #2 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.9% | #7 of 1,319 ▲ 14 | #1 of 77 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.4% | #11 of 1,319 ▲ 30 | #1 of 77 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 327 | #997 of 1,562 | #49 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #509 of 1,390 | #44 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #558 of 1,392 | #31 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 1.5% | #1,434 of 1,481 | #86 of 90 |
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
327
+30 (+10%) vs 2020
+140% since 1990-91, when it was 136
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 327 | 30.9 | 10.6:1 | 2% (5) |
| 2023-24 | 331 | 30.9 | 10.7:1 | 2% (5) |
| 2022-23 | 320 | 31.6 | 10.1:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | 29 | 10.2:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 327 | 30.7 | 10.7:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | 30 | 12.0:1 | 3% (9) |
| 2010-11 | 393 | 21 | 18.7:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2000-01 | 264 | 12 | 22.0:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 136 | 8 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hilldale School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (327 to 327); teachers up 1% (30.7 to 30.9).
About Hilldale School
Hilldale School runs as a low-enrollment elementary school in PINE BROOK, New Jersey. Enrollment totals 327 students across kindergarten through 5.
Across its 7 schools, Montville Township School District enrolls 3,500 students. Hilldale School is one of those schools.
The student body at Hilldale School has no majority group. White students lead at 45%. Next come 45% Asian, 6% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 68% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
There are 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 10.6:1. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey, 11.4:1, is higher. Of all students at Hilldale School, 2% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 19% average for public schools in Morris County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Hilldale School lands at A+, ahead of 98% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Hilldale School is 65.3%. It actually posts 85.3%, which is 20.0 points higher and in the top 10% of New Jersey schools.
In the wider Morris County area, the median household earns about $137,326 a year, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Across Morris County, 156 public schools serve about 72,239 students.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Woodmont School, is the closest to Hilldale School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Hilldale School comes in 1st of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 327, compared with 297 in 2020-21.
The Hilldale School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montville Township School District
- Montville Township High SchoolHigh · 1,035 students
- Robert R Lazar Middle SchoolMiddle · 798 students
- Woodmont SchoolElementary · 366 students
- Valley View SchoolElementary · 360 students
- Cedar Hill SchoolElementary · 329 students
- William Mason SchoolElementary · 285 students
Nearby schools
- Woodmont School0.7 mi · 366
- Valley View School0.8 mi · 360
- Montville Township High School0.9 mi · 1,035
- Robert R Lazar Middle School1.3 mi · 798
- Rockaway Meadow Elementary School1.4 mi · 257
- Lake Hiawatha Elementary School1.8 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About Hilldale SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hilldale School?
Hilldale School enrolls approximately 327 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Hilldale School serve?
Hilldale School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hilldale School?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at Hilldale School.
What is the student diversity at Hilldale School?
Student demographics at Hilldale School are roughly 45% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 45% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Hilldale School public or private?
Hilldale School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Montville Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.