Hurffville Elementary School

Set in SEWELL, New Jersey, Hurffville Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, run under Washington Township School District. It teaches 544 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 34% bigger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Across the 16 schools in Washington Township School District (9,381 students total), Hurffville Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Hurffville Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 13% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian. Compared to Gloucester County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 17% of students at Hurffville Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Gloucester County's rate of about 32%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hurffville Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.8%, the actual is 58.1%, a residual of +1.3 points.

Around the school, census data for Gloucester County shows the typical household earns roughly $105,115 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Gloucester County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students), Hurffville Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Chestnut Ridge Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hurffville Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Hurffville Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 11% since 2018, when it stood at 492 (now 544). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 3% to 13%.

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