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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KINGWOOD TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340801003008

Kingwood Township School

880 COUNTY ROAD 519, FRENCHTOWN, NJ 08825 · (908) 996-2941 · Hunterdon County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL341 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of New Jersey public elementary schools
  • BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • DBeats 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

Enrollment
341
Elementary
STATE 405
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
39 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
38 students
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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K299%
Kindergarten247%
Grade 13410%
Grade 23711%
Grade 3288%
Grade 4299%
Grade 53911%
Grade 63611%
Grade 74212%
Grade 84313%

This year's kindergarten class (24) is 44% smaller than its 8th grade class (43).

Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 71% · US 70%
White
30289%
STATE 37% · US 43%
Hispanic
216%
STATE 35% · US 30%
Black
31%
STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
21%
STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
134%
STATE 3% · US 5%
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
Male
19457%
Female
14743%

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Test scores

NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations
English Language Arts
72.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +17.1pp since 2023
Math
45.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.

NJSLA results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2572.1%45.6%
2023-2455.0%38.6%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 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 Kingwood Township School

Kingwood Township School's state test result (48.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Kingwood Township School this school34111.1%48.7%
Indian Mills Elementary School
SHAMONG
3478.4%57.4%
South Harrison Elementary School
HARRISONVILLE
34511.6%49.2%
Wolf Hill School
OCEANPORT
3546.8%62.7%
Spring Lake Heights Elementary School
SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS
2929.9%66.1%
Old Farmers Road School
LONG VALLEY
3459.0%64.2%
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 Kingwood Township School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New JerseyIn Hunterdon County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
48.7%#552 of 1,290#19 of 23
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
45.6%#676 of 1,319
▲ 92
#20 of 23
▲ 2
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
72.1%#222 of 1,319
▲ 349
#3 of 23
▲ 12
Enrollment
ranked largest first
341#940 of 1,562#12 of 31
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
8.7:1#98 of 1,390#7 of 23
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
21.0%#1,300 of 1,392#23 of 23
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
11.1%#1,223 of 1,481#20 of 25
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+1.8%#480 of 545#13 of 14
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 2024-25
Enrollment
341
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 394
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 9.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2534139.18.7:111% (38)
2023-24344398.8:18% (27)
2022-2332536.29.0:113% (42)
2020-21340359.7:112% (40)
2017-1833535.29.5:19% (30)
2015-163433410.1:18% (29)
2010-113873311.7:10% (0)
2000-014523911.6:16% (29)
1990-913942416.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kingwood Township School.

Since 2017-18: students up 2% (335 to 341); teachers up 11% (35.2 to 39.1).

About Kingwood Township School

Kingwood Township School is a small elementary school in FRENCHTOWN, New Jersey. The school enrolls 341 students in pre-K through 8.

Federal records list Kingwood Township School District as the district for Kingwood Township School.

Of every 100 students at Kingwood Township School, about 89 are White. The school is also 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 21%.

On staff are 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 8.7:1. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 11% of students at Kingwood Township School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Kingwood Township School outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.

Kingwood Township School scores 48.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 60.1%.

For the population of Hunterdon County, the median household earns about $141,715 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Kingwood Township School shares Hunterdon County with 54 other public schools.

About 3.3 miles separate Kingwood Township School from the closest public school, Frenchtown Elementary. Within five miles are 4 other public schools. On average proficiency, Kingwood Township School is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.

Locale data from NCES put Kingwood Township School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).

There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (340) to 2024-25 (341).

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Hunterdon County at a glance

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Population
130,160
Census ACS
Median income
$141,715
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
18,056 students

Quick facts

School name
Kingwood Township School
District
Kingwood Township School District
Address
880 COUNTY ROAD 519, FRENCHTOWN, NJ 08825
Phone
(908) 996-2941
County
Hunterdon County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–08
Total enrollment
341
Teachers (FTE)
39
Student–teacher ratio
8.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
38 (11%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
340801003008
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Kingwood Township School
How large is Kingwood Township School?
Kingwood Township School enrolls approximately 341 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Kingwood Township School serve?
Kingwood Township School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Kingwood Township School?
Approximately 8.7:1 students per teacher at Kingwood Township School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kingwood Township School?
At Kingwood Township School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Kingwood Township School public or private?
Kingwood Township School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kingwood Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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