Sunnybrae Elementary School

Set in HAMILTON, New Jersey, Sunnybrae Elementary School is a compact K-5 school, part of Hamilton Township Public School District. It teaches 278 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 31% leaner than the state mean of about 405.

Sunnybrae Elementary School is one of 23 schools operated by Hamilton Township Public School District, a district that serves 12,355 students overall.

Demographically, Sunnybrae Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 35% White, 20% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Mercer County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Sunnybrae Elementary School shows 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sunnybrae Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.9%; this one delivers 34.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for Mercer County shows the typical household earns roughly $100,645 per year, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Mercer County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,647 students), Sunnybrae Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Yardville Heights Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sunnybrae Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sunnybrae Elementary School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.2%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 313 students in 2018 compared to 278 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 56% to 35% over that span.

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