Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSIDE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340729005544
Hurden Looker Elementary School
1261 LIBERTY AVE, HILLSIDE, NJ 07205 · (908) 352-7664 · Union County
GRADES 02–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
319 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 91 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 20% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
58.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +7.8pp since 2023
Math
34.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 34.6% |
| 2023-24 | 50.2% | 28.0% |
% 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
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 23% 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 16 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 Hurden Looker Elementary School
Hurden Looker Elementary School's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurden Looker Elementary School this school | 408 | 78.2% | 39.7% |
| Number 4 Linden | 447 | 77.9% | 27.6% |
| Field Street School CARNEYS POINT | 463 | 76.5% | 22.6% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary School ASBURY PARK | 443 | 80.1% | 7.8% |
| Washington Elementary School ROSELLE | 397 | 75.1% | 25.6% |
| Fairfield Township School BRIDGETON | 526 | 78.1% | 7.8% |
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 Hurden Looker Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #757 of 1,290 | #37 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #883 of 1,319 ▲ 87 | #41 of 93 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #528 of 1,319 ▲ 129 | #32 of 93 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #676 of 1,562 | #56 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #1,040 of 1,390 | #64 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #436 of 1,392 | #24 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.2% | #240 of 1,481 | #36 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #258 of 798 | #9 of 58 |
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
408
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 366
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 408 | 32 | 12.8:1 | 78% (319) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 37 | 10.6:1 | 72% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 35 | 10.7:1 | 72% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 36 | 11.6:1 | 56% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 485 | 38 | 12.8:1 | 64% (309) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 36 | 13.0:1 | 72% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 59% (277) |
| 2000-01 | 512 | 28 | 18.3:1 | 58% (298) |
| 1990-91 | 366 | 19 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hurden Looker Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (485 to 408); teachers down 16% (38 to 32).
About Hurden Looker Elementary School
A medium-sized elementary school in HILLSIDE, New Jersey, Hurden Looker Elementary School is part of Hillside Public School District. The latest federal count shows 408 students in grades 2 through 6.
Hillside Public School District has 7 schools; together they serve 2,957 students.
Hurden Looker Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 46%. The school is also 40% Black and 11% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 35%. The chance that two students picked at random at Hurden Looker Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
The school has about 12.8 students per teacher and 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 78%. Public schools in Union County average 52%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Hurden Looker Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Hurden Looker Elementary School is +16.3 points, in the top 10% of New Jersey. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 39.7%, and the predicted rate is 23.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Union County, median household income is about $103,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. A total of 180 public schools operate in Union County, serving about 99,046 students.
Hillside High School is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. Hurden Looker Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Hurden Looker Elementary School comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 419 to 408 over 4 years. The school's ratio rose from 11.6:1 to 12.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hillside Public School District
- Hillside High SchoolHigh · 911 students
- Abram P. Morris Early Childhood CenterElementary · 625 students
- Ola Edwards Community SchoolElementary · 391 students
- Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle SchoolMiddle · 323 students
- Deanna G. Taylor AcademyElementary · 202 students
- Hillside Innovation AcademyMiddle · 97 students
Other schools in HILLSIDE
- Hillside High SchoolHigh · 911 students
- Abram P. Morris Early Childhood CenterElementary · 625 students
- Ola Edwards Community SchoolElementary · 391 students
- Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle SchoolMiddle · 323 students
- Deanna G. Taylor AcademyElementary · 202 students
- Hillside Innovation AcademyMiddle · 97 students
Nearby schools
- Hillside High School0.4 mi · 911
- Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School0.6 mi · 323
- Deanna G. Taylor Academy0.7 mi · 202
- Abram P. Morris Early Childhood Center0.7 mi · 625
- Hillside Innovation Academy0.7 mi · 97
- Ola Edwards Community School0.8 mi · 391
Frequently asked questions
About Hurden Looker Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hurden Looker Elementary School?
Hurden Looker Elementary School enrolls approximately 408 students in grades 02-06.
What age range does Hurden Looker Elementary School serve?
Hurden Looker Elementary School serves students from grade 02 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Hurden Looker Elementary School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Hurden Looker Elementary School.
How diverse is Hurden Looker Elementary School?
Hurden Looker Elementary School reports a student body of 11% White, 46% Hispanic, 40% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Hurden Looker Elementary School?
Hurden Looker Elementary School is overseen by Hillside Public School District in Union County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.