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Enrollment
621
Elementary
DISTRICT 497 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILLIPSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341296005860
Phillipsburg Elementary School
525 Warren Street, PHILLIPSBURG, NJ 08865 · (908) 454-3400 · Warren County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
8.4:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
478 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 225 | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 192 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 204 | 33% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Phillipsburg School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
28.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
28.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 29 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 have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.9% | 28.8% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 26.5% |
% 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
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Phillipsburg Elementary School
Phillipsburg Elementary School's state test result (26.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phillipsburg Elementary School this school | 621 | 77.0% | 26.3% |
| Joseph C. Caruso School KEANSBURG | 595 | 75.5% | 16.3% |
| Child Family Center MILLVILLE | 554 | 75.3% | N/A |
| Mildred Magowan Elementary School EDGEWATER PARK | 583 | 67.8% | 39.5% |
| Phillipsburg Early Childhood Learning Center PHILLIPSBURG | 449 | 73.7% | N/A |
| Clementon Elementary School CLEMENTON | 586 | 70.6% | 42.0% |
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 Phillipsburg Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Warren County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #1,032 of 1,290 | #20 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #1,000 of 1,319 ▼ 6 | #20 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #1,121 of 1,319 ▼ 43 | #20 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #199 of 1,562 | #1 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.4:1 | #73 of 1,390 | #2 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #131 of 1,392 | #2 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.0% | #253 of 1,481 | #1 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #580 of 798 | #8 of 11 |
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
621
+12 (+2%) vs 2020
+55% since 1990-91, when it was 400
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 621 | 73.6 | 8.4:1 | 77% (478) |
| 2023-24 | 586 | 70.6 | 8.3:1 | 71% (415) |
| 2022-23 | 595 | 72.3 | 8.2:1 | 75% (448) |
| 2020-21 | 609 | 62 | 9.8:1 | 70% (429) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 64.3 | 10.3:1 | 75% (493) |
| 2015-16 | 370 | 37 | 10.0:1 | 69% (256) |
| 2010-11 | 318 | 19 | 16.7:1 | 61% (195) |
| 2000-01 | 613 | 54 | 11.3:1 | 42% (258) |
| 1990-91 | 400 | 23 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Phillipsburg Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (660 to 621); teachers up 15% (64.3 to 73.6).
About Phillipsburg Elementary School
Phillipsburg Elementary School is a large elementary school in PHILLIPSBURG, New Jersey. Enrollment totals 621 students across grades 3 through 5. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey enroll around 405, and this school is 53% bigger than that mark.
The 5 schools of Phillipsburg School District, including Phillipsburg Elementary School, enroll 3,876 students.
At Phillipsburg Elementary School, White students make up the biggest share, 39%. Enrollment also includes 27% Hispanic, 25% Black, and 8% multiracial. Among people living in Warren County, the White share is about 77%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
With 73.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 8.4:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey have an average ratio of 11.4:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Phillipsburg Elementary School, 77% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 36% average among public schools in Warren County.
Phillipsburg Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Phillipsburg Elementary School would score about 24.0%. It scores 26.3%, 2.2 points above that figure.
In Warren County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $100,869 a year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Warren County number 41, with about 15,462 students.
Phillipsburg Early Childhood Learning Center sits about 0.2 miles from Phillipsburg Elementary School. Phillipsburg Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 38.2%, higher than Phillipsburg Elementary School's 26.3%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 609 students in 2020-21 and 621 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 9.8:1 to 8.4:1 over the same years.
Phillipsburg Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Warren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
110,849
Census ACS
Median income
$100,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
15,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Phillipsburg School District
- Phillipsburg High SchoolHigh · 1,750 students
- Phillipsburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 636 students
- Phillipsburg Early Childhood Learning CenterElementary · 449 students
- Philipsburg Primary SchoolElementary · 420 students
Other schools in PHILLIPSBURG
- Phillipsburg High SchoolHigh · 1,750 students
- Phillipsburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 636 students
- Phillipsburg Early Childhood Learning CenterElementary · 449 students
- Philipsburg Primary SchoolElementary · 420 students
- Lopatcong Elementary SchoolElementary · 389 students
- Lopatcong Township Middle SchoolMiddle · 335 students
Other Phillipsburg Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Phillipsburg Elementary. Phillipsburg Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Phillipsburg ElemPhillipsburg, KS · 233 students
Nearby schools
- Phillipsburg Early Childhood Learning Center0.2 mi · 449
- Phillipsburg Middle School0.8 mi · 636
- Philipsburg Primary School0.8 mi · 420
- March Elementary School1.5 mi · 296
- Easton Arts Academy Elementary CS1.6 mi · 254
- Lopatcong Elementary School1.6 mi · 389
Frequently asked questions
About Phillipsburg Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Phillipsburg Elementary School?
Phillipsburg Elementary School enrolls approximately 621 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Phillipsburg Elementary School serve?
Phillipsburg Elementary School serves grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Phillipsburg Elementary School have?
Phillipsburg Elementary School employs 74 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.4:1.
How diverse is Phillipsburg Elementary School?
Phillipsburg Elementary School reports a student body of 39% White, 27% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Phillipsburg Elementary School public or private?
Phillipsburg Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Phillipsburg School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.