Hillside Elementary School

Hillside Elementary School operates as a moderately sized K-5 school in MOUNT LAUREL, New Jersey, one of the schools within Mount Laurel Township School District. Current enrollment sits at 386 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hillside Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 15% Black, 14% Asian, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Hillside Elementary School lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Burlington County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hillside Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.3%; this one delivers 43.8%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Burlington County put the typical household earns roughly $108,111 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Burlington County runs 139 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students), of which Hillside Elementary School is one.

T. E. Harrington Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hillside Elementary School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 48.5%.

Hillside Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Hillside Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 353 (now 386). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 60% to 48% over that span.

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