Sharon School

Sharon School is a large elementary school in ROBBINSVILLE, New Jersey, run under Robbinsville Public School District. The school educates 1,005 students in grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 148% above typical.

Within Robbinsville Public School District, which oversees 3 schools and 3,073 students, Sharon School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sharon School logs that 47% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 34% White, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Mercer County as a whole is about 12% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Sharon School reports 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 10% of students at Sharon School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Mercer County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sharon School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.8%; this one delivers 63.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Mercer County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $100,645 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sharon School is one of 110 public schools in Mercer County (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students).

Robbinsville High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sharon School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sharon School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 46.7%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sharon School has shrank 10%, going from 1,116 students in 2018 to 1,005 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 53% to 34% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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