Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMILTON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340654003116
McGalliard Elementary School
1600 ARENA DRIVE, HAMILTON, NJ 08610 · (609) 631-4158 · Mercer County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
174 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 71% · US 70%
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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
44.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
28.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 39.6% | 19.6% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 McGalliard Elementary School
McGalliard Elementary School's state test result (29.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McGalliard Elementary School this school | 294 | 59.2% | 29.2% |
| Number 6 Linden | 320 | 63.8% | 27.6% |
| Roosevelt School #7 GARFIELD | 282 | 59.6% | 51.0% |
| Number 9 Linden | 311 | 60.5% | 38.9% |
| Number 10 Linden | 299 | 64.2% | 31.4% |
| James Russell Lowell Elementary School TEANECK | 320 | 55.3% | 50.8% |
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 McGalliard Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #975 of 1,290 | #35 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #1,003 of 1,319 ▲ 98 | #34 of 56 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #855 of 1,319 ▲ 35 | #29 of 56 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #1,130 of 1,562 | #46 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #958 of 1,390 | #38 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #309 of 1,392 | #19 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.2% | #469 of 1,481 | #27 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.9% | #281 of 545 | #11 of 22 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
294
+32 (+12%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 297
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 15.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 294 | 23.8 | 12.3:1 | 59% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 294 | 21.8 | 13.5:1 | 49% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 280 | 20.8 | 13.4:1 | 42% (117) |
| 2020-21 | 262 | 17 | 15.4:1 | 39% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 270 | 20.3 | 13.3:1 | 34% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 266 | 24 | 11.1:1 | 33% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 287 | 16 | 17.9:1 | 34% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 292 | 15 | 19.5:1 | 13% (37) |
| 1990-91 | 297 | 13 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McGalliard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (270 to 294); teachers up 17% (20.3 to 23.8).
About McGalliard Elementary School
McGalliard Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in HAMILTON, New Jersey. The school has 294 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in New Jersey have about 405 students on average; enrollment here is 27% lower.
Hamilton Township Public School District counts 12,355 students in its 23 schools, and McGalliard Elementary School is one of them.
At McGalliard Elementary School, 51% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 20% White, 20% Black, 6% Asian, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Mercer County is roughly 23% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, McGalliard Elementary School scores 65%.
Classroom staffing at McGalliard Elementary School totals 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Federal data show 59% of students (174) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Mercer County report 48%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for McGalliard Elementary School is -4.6 points: 29.2% actual, 33.8% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Mercer County show that median household income comes to about $100,645, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 110, with about 58,647 students.
Of the public schools around it, McGalliard Elementary School is closest to Robinson Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. McGalliard Elementary School's average proficiency of 29.2% compares with 31.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for McGalliard Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, McGalliard Elementary School enrolled 262 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 294. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.4:1 to 12.3:1.
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Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
385,864
Census ACS
Median income
$100,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
58,647 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hamilton Township Public School District
- Hamilton East - SteinertHigh · 1,437 students
- Hamilton West-WatsonHigh · 1,408 students
- Hamilton North - NottinghamHigh · 1,147 students
- Albert E Grice Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Emily C. Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Richard C Crockett Middle SchoolMiddle · 834 students
Other schools in HAMILTON
- Hamilton East - SteinertHigh · 1,437 students
- Hamilton West-WatsonHigh · 1,408 students
- Hamilton North - NottinghamHigh · 1,147 students
- Albert E Grice Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Emily C. Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Richard C Crockett Middle SchoolMiddle · 834 students
Nearby schools
- Robinson Elementary School0.7 mi · 387
- George E. Wilson Elementary School0.7 mi · 545
- Kisthardt Elementary School0.8 mi · 250
- Hamilton West-Watson0.8 mi · 1,408
- Albert E Grice Middle School0.9 mi · 991
- Pace Charter School of Hamilton1.3 mi · 463
Frequently asked questions
About McGalliard Elementary SchoolHow many students attend McGalliard Elementary School?
McGalliard Elementary School enrolls approximately 294 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does McGalliard Elementary School serve?
McGalliard Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at McGalliard Elementary School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at McGalliard Elementary School.
How diverse is McGalliard Elementary School?
McGalliard Elementary School reports a student body of 20% White, 51% Hispanic, 20% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is McGalliard Elementary School public or private?
McGalliard Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hamilton Township Public School District.
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