Pohatcong Township School

Pohatcong Township School is one of the intimate elementary campuss in PHILLIPSBURG, New Jersey, run under Pohatcong Township School District, with 318 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 21% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

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

On the student-mix side, Pohatcong Township School reports that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 19% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Warren County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Pohatcong Township School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pohatcong Township School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.2%.

Zooming out to the county, Warren County reports that the typical household earns roughly $100,869 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pohatcong Township School is one of 41 public schools in Warren County (combined enrollment of about 15,462 students).

Nearest neighbor: Alpha Borough School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pohatcong Township School. On composite proficiency, Pohatcong Township School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 316 students in 2018 compared to 318 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 90% to 68%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

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