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What's the biggest difference between Lounsberry Hollow School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VERNON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341671005424
Lounsberry Hollow School
30 SAMMIS ROAD, VERNON, NJ 07462 · (973) 764-8745 · Sussex County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
119 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
42.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
38.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +6.8pp since 2023
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
417
-63 (-13%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 11.3:1
% White
74%
was 83%
% Hispanic
20%
was 11%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Lounsberry Hollow School
Lounsberry Hollow School is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in VERNON, New Jersey, part of Vernon Township School District, educateing 417 students in grades 4 through 5.
Within Vernon Township School District, which oversees 6 schools and 2,872 students, Lounsberry Hollow School is one campus in the system.
On demographics, Lounsberry Hollow School reports that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 20% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.
On the resource side, The school employs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 29% of students at Lounsberry Hollow School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, Lounsberry Hollow School is in the bottom 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.5%; Lounsberry Hollow School posts 35.9%, -14.7 points below that line.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Sussex County put median household earnings sit near $116,186, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Lounsberry Hollow School is one of 46 public schools in Sussex County (combined enrollment of about 19,579 students).
The closest other public school is Cedar Mountain Primary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Lounsberry Hollow School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lounsberry Hollow School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 43.0%.
Lounsberry Hollow School operates from a countryside location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lounsberry Hollow School has declined 13%, going from 480 students in 2018 to 417 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 11% to 20% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.
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Sussex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
145,807
Census ACS
Median income
$116,186
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
19,579 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vernon Township School District
- Vernon Township High SchoolHigh · 906 students
- Glen Meadow Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
- Rolling Hills Primary SchoolElementary · 431 students
- Cedar Mountain Primary SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Walnut Ridge SchoolElementary · 95 students
Other schools in VERNON
- Vernon Township High SchoolHigh · 906 students
- Glen Meadow Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
- Rolling Hills Primary SchoolElementary · 431 students
- Cedar Mountain Primary SchoolElementary · 406 students
- Walnut Ridge SchoolElementary · 95 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Mountain Primary School0.2 mi · 406
- Rolling Hills Primary School0.3 mi · 431
- Glen Meadow Middle School0.4 mi · 617
- Walnut Ridge School0.8 mi · 95
- Vernon Township High School2.0 mi · 906
- Clifton E. Lawrence5.5 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About Lounsberry Hollow SchoolHow many students attend Lounsberry Hollow School?
Lounsberry Hollow School enrolls approximately 417 students in grades 04-05.
What age range does Lounsberry Hollow School serve?
Lounsberry Hollow School serves students from grade 04 through grade 05.
How many teachers does Lounsberry Hollow School have?
Lounsberry Hollow School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Lounsberry Hollow School?
Student demographics at Lounsberry Hollow School are roughly 74% White, 20% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Lounsberry Hollow School?
Lounsberry Hollow School is overseen by Vernon Township School District in Sussex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.