Kisthardt Elementary School

Set in HAMILTON, New Jersey, Kisthardt Elementary School is a tight-knit elementary campus, operated by Hamilton Township Public School District. It hosts 250 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 38% leaner than typical.

Across the 23 schools in Hamilton Township Public School District (12,355 students total), Kisthardt Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Kisthardt Elementary School records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 16% Black, 14% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Mercer County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Mercer County's rate of about 48%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kisthardt Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.9%; this one delivers 18.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Mercer County indicate median household earnings sit near $100,645, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Mercer County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students), Kisthardt Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

McGalliard Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kisthardt Elementary School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 30.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Kisthardt Elementary School's enrollment has increased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 214 (now 250). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 43% to 66%.

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