North Hanover Township Upper Elementary School

Located at 351 MONMOUTH ROAD, in WRIGHTSTOWN, New Jersey, North Hanover Township Upper Elementary School is an intimate intermediate school that caters to 349 students (grades 4 through 6), one of the schools within North Hanover Township School District. Compared to the state average of about 578 students per school, that is 40% below typical.

North Hanover Township Upper Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by North Hanover Township School District, a district that teaches 1,434 students overall.

In terms of who attends, North Hanover Township Upper Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 27% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Burlington County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, North Hanover Township Upper Elementary School has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, North Hanover Township Upper Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.2%, the actual is 43.3%, a residual of -3.9 points.

Across the wider county, Burlington County reports that the typical household earns roughly $108,111 per year, 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), North Hanover Township Upper Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Clarence B. Lamb Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around North Hanover Township Upper Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Hanover Township Upper Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. North Hanover Township Upper Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 25% since 2018, when it stood at 280 (now 349). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 17% to 27% over that span.

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