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Enrollment
463
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PACE CHARTER SCHOOL OF HAMILTON·NCES 340004200322
Pace Charter School of Hamilton
52 Lafayette Ave, HAMILTON TWP, NJ 08610 · (609) 599-1212 · Mercer County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
41 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
370 students
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 26% larger than its 8th grade class (43).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
71.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
49.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 down about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.3% | 49.3% |
| 2023-24 | 67.5% | 53.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 22% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 30 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 Pace Charter School of Hamilton
Pace Charter School of Hamilton's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pace Charter School of Hamilton this school | 463 | 79.9% | 52.5% |
| Dr. John Grieco Elementary School Englewood | 499 | 78.4% | 31.4% |
| East End School North Plainfield | 451 | 80.5% | 28.6% |
| George E. Wilson Elementary School HAMILTON | 545 | 83.7% | 16.0% |
| School 12 PATERSON | 474 | 78.7% | 8.1% |
| Paul S. Robeson Elementary School TRENTON | 390 | 81.8% | 3.9% |
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 Pace Charter School of Hamilton ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #470 of 1,290 | #16 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #598 of 1,319 ▼ 102 | #19 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #237 of 1,319 ▲ 64 | #9 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #506 of 1,562 | #16 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #688 of 1,390 | #26 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.8% | #965 of 1,392 | #44 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.9% | #213 of 1,481 | #20 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +56.9% | #17 of 545 | #1 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
463
+44 (+11%) vs 2020
+270% since 2000-01, when it was 125
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 463 | 41 | 11.3:1 | 80% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 35 | 13.0:1 | 75% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 439 | 38 | 11.6:1 | 72% (315) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 34 | 12.3:1 | 79% (330) |
| 2017-18 | 295 | 23 | 12.8:1 | 76% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 238 | 24 | 9.9:1 | 79% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 116 | 10 | 11.6:1 | 69% (80) |
| 2000-01 | 125 | 1 | 125.0:1 | 41% (51) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pace Charter School of Hamilton.
Since 2017-18: students up 57% (295 to 463); teachers up 78% (23 to 41).
About Pace Charter School of Hamilton
Among the schools in HAMILTON TWP, New Jersey, is Pace Charter School of Hamilton, a medium-sized elementary school. The school's enrollment of 463 students covers kindergarten through 8.
Federal records list Pace Charter School of Hamilton as its own district.
Hispanic students account for 73% of enrollment at Pace Charter School of Hamilton. Enrollment also includes 17% Black and 7% White. The school's Hispanic share is 49 points above the 23% share among Mercer County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Pace Charter School of Hamilton belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 44%.
Pace Charter School of Hamilton employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 11.3:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey have a similar average ratio of 11.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 80% in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Mercer County average 48%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Pace Charter School of Hamilton receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Pace Charter School of Hamilton outperforms its prediction by 30.1 points. The model expects 22.4% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in New Jersey; the school's rate is 52.5%.
Census estimates describe Mercer County this way: median household income is about $100,645, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Mercer County number 110 and enroll about 58,647.
Nearby, Lalor Elementary School is about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Pace Charter School of Hamilton places 1st out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Pace Charter School of Hamilton has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Enrollment was 419 in 2020-21 and 463 in 2024-25, a rise of 44 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.3:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Pace Charter School of Hamilton. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Nearby schools
- Lalor Elementary School0.5 mi · 351
- Grace A Dunn Middle School0.5 mi · 703
- Hamilton West-Watson0.5 mi · 1,408
- Franklin Elementary School0.6 mi · 372
- George E. Wilson Elementary School0.6 mi · 545
- William Harrison Elementary School0.9 mi · 243
Frequently asked questions
About Pace Charter School of HamiltonWhat is the total enrollment at Pace Charter School of Hamilton?
Pace Charter School of Hamilton enrolls approximately 463 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Pace Charter School of Hamilton serve?
Pace Charter School of Hamilton serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pace Charter School of Hamilton?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pace Charter School of Hamilton is approximately 11.3:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pace Charter School of Hamilton?
At Pace Charter School of Hamilton, the student body is approximately 7% White, 73% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Pace Charter School of Hamilton in?
Pace Charter School of Hamilton is part of Pace Charter School of Hamilton.
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