Enrollment
278
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMILTON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340654003126
Sunnybrae Elementary School
166 ELTON AVENUE, HAMILTON, NJ 08620 · (609) 631-4166 · Mercer County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL278 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
11.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
123 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
43.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
31.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.4% | 31.6% |
| 2023-24 | 34.4% | 34.7% |
% 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Sunnybrae Elementary School
Sunnybrae Elementary School's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnybrae Elementary School this school | 278 | 44.2% | 34.1% |
| Howard L. Emmons PEMBERTON | 273 | 44.3% | N/A |
| Samuel T. Busansky School PEMBERTON | 283 | 47.7% | 22.9% |
| Fort Dix Elementary School FORT DIX | 296 | 38.2% | 42.1% |
| Woodland School CONVENT STATION | 299 | 43.8% | N/A |
| Langtree Elementary School HAMILTON | 339 | 43.7% | 44.5% |
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 Sunnybrae Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #879 of 1,290 | #31 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #941 of 1,319 ▼ 102 | #33 of 56 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #862 of 1,319 ▲ 128 | #30 of 56 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 278 | #1,195 of 1,562 | #49 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #637 of 1,390 | #21 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #140 of 1,392 | #6 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.2% | #670 of 1,481 | #35 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #383 of 798 | #10 of 30 |
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
278
-34 (-11%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 293
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 278 | 25 | 11.1:1 | 44% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 24 | 11.7:1 | 41% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 260 | 27.2 | 9.5:1 | 35% (90) |
| 2020-21 | 312 | 26 | 12.0:1 | 37% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 313 | 26.5 | 11.8:1 | 35% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 319 | 26 | 12.3:1 | 31% (99) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 26% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 303 | 21 | 14.4:1 | 20% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 293 | 18 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunnybrae Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (313 to 278); teachers down 6% (26.5 to 25).
About Sunnybrae Elementary School
In HAMILTON, New Jersey, Sunnybrae Elementary School is a small elementary school. It serves 278 students in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students.
Within Hamilton Township Public School District, Sunnybrae Elementary School is one of 23 schools. The district enrolls 12,355 students.
At Sunnybrae Elementary School, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 36%. Next come 35% White, 20% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 23% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 70%, meaning two students picked at random have a 70% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 25 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.1:1. That is close to the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. The school's lunch program data list 44% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Sunnybrae Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After adjusting for student poverty, Sunnybrae Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.1%; the prediction is 41.9%.
In the county around the school, Mercer County, the median household income is $100,645, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Mercer County is home to 110 public schools and about 58,647 public school students.
The closest other public school is Yardville Heights Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Sunnybrae Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Sunnybrae Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Sunnybrae Elementary School's enrollment declined from 312 in 2020-21 to 278 in 2024-25.
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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
Other schools in Hamilton Township Public School District
- Hamilton East - SteinertHigh · 1,437 students
- Hamilton West-WatsonHigh · 1,408 students
- Hamilton North - NottinghamHigh · 1,147 students
- Albert E Grice Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Emily C. Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Richard C Crockett Middle SchoolMiddle · 834 students
Other schools in HAMILTON
- Hamilton East - SteinertHigh · 1,437 students
- Hamilton West-WatsonHigh · 1,408 students
- Hamilton North - NottinghamHigh · 1,147 students
- Albert E Grice Middle SchoolMiddle · 991 students
- Emily C. Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 966 students
- Richard C Crockett Middle SchoolMiddle · 834 students
Other Sunnybrae Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Sunnybrae Elementary. Sunnybrae Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Sunnybrae ElementarySan Mateo, CA · 346 students
Nearby schools
- Yardville Heights Elementary School0.7 mi · 251
- Yardville Elementary School0.9 mi · 312
- Robinson Elementary School1.3 mi · 387
- Albert E Grice Middle School1.4 mi · 991
- Richard C Crockett Middle School1.7 mi · 834
- Hamilton East - Steinert2.0 mi · 1,437
Frequently asked questions
About Sunnybrae Elementary SchoolHow large is Sunnybrae Elementary School?
Sunnybrae Elementary School enrolls approximately 278 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Sunnybrae Elementary School serve?
Sunnybrae Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Sunnybrae Elementary School have?
Sunnybrae Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sunnybrae Elementary School?
At Sunnybrae Elementary School, the student body is approximately 35% White, 36% Hispanic, 20% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Sunnybrae Elementary School in?
Sunnybrae Elementary School is part of Hamilton Township Public School District.
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