Marian E. McKeown Elementary School

Marian E. McKeown Elementary School is an elementary-level community of intimate scale in NEWTON, New Jersey, overseen by Hampton Township School District, hosting 322 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Marian E. McKeown Elementary School sits 20% leaner than that benchmark.

Operationally, Marian E. McKeown Elementary School answers to Hampton Township School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, Marian E. McKeown Elementary School lists that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 12% Hispanic, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Sussex County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Marian E. McKeown Elementary School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 16% of students at Marian E. McKeown Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Marian E. McKeown Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Sussex County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $116,186 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sussex County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,579 students), Marian E. McKeown Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kittatinny Regional High School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Marian E. McKeown Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Marian E. McKeown Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.3%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 16%: 277 students in 2018 compared to 322 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 94% to 83%. Class-load math has widened: from 7.7:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.