New Hanover Township School

New Hanover Township School is one of the low-enrollment K-5 schools in WRIGHTSTOWN, New Jersey, part of New Hanover Township, with 185 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 54% below the state mean of about 405.

Operationally, New Hanover Township School answers to New Hanover Township, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, New Hanover Township School logs that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 39% Hispanic, 15% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, New Hanover Township School shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Burlington County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, New Hanover Township School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Burlington County put median household earnings sit near $108,111, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Burlington County's 139 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students), New Hanover Township School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Endeavour Elementary School, roughly 2.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), New Hanover Township School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 38.9%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. New Hanover Township School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 187 (now 185). The White share of enrollment increased from 33% to 41% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 7.7:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.

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