Lambertville Public School

Set in Lambertville, New Jersey, Lambertville Public School is a tight-knit elementary school, overseen by South Hunterdon Regional School District. It serves 228 students across grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 44% leaner than typical.

Within South Hunterdon Regional School District, which oversees 5 schools and 1,181 students, Lambertville Public School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Lambertville Public School logs that White students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Hunterdon County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Lambertville Public School reports 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Lambertville Public School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Hunterdon County's rate of about 16%.

After controlling for student poverty, Lambertville Public School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.7%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hunterdon County) records that the typical household earns roughly $141,715 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hunterdon County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,056 students), Lambertville Public School is one campus in the mix.

South Hunterdon Regional Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lambertville Public School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 60.6%.

Lambertville Public School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at Lambertville Public School has contracted 7%, going from 244 students in 2018 to 228 in 2024. Class-load math has pulled in: from 7.9:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 in 2024.

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