Hilltop School

Hilltop School, a small K-5 school in LODI, New Jersey, operated by Lodi School District, teaches 337 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Lodi School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,082 students. Hilltop School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Hilltop School lists that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 20% White, 8% Black, 7% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Hilltop School logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Bergen County's rate of about 28%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hilltop School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 32.0%; this one delivers 49.3%, a residual of +17.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Bergen County shows the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Hilltop School is one campus in the mix.

Hasbrouck Heights High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hilltop School. On composite proficiency, Hilltop School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 56.4%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hilltop School has decreased 7%, going from 361 students in 2018 to 337 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 48% to 62%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Hilltop School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.