Enrollment
253
Elementary
DISTRICT 235 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEWKSBURY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341617000545
Tewksbury Elementary School
109 FAIRMOUNT ROAD EAST, CALIFON, NJ 07830 · (908) 832-2594 · Hunterdon County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL253 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
7.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
11 students
DISTRICT 4% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (46).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
Tewksbury Elementary School→Old Turnpike School
Based on grade levels within Tewksbury Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
58.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -5.7pp since 2023
Math
58.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . -13.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.7% | 58.7% |
| 2023-24 | 64.4% | 72.1% |
% 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
63.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Tewksbury Elementary School
Tewksbury Elementary School's state test result (63.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tewksbury Elementary School this school | 253 | 4.3% | 63.4% |
| Manito Elementary School OAKLAND | 255 | 4.3% | 73.7% |
| Woodside Avenue School Franklin Lakes | 264 | 1.5% | 70.3% |
| Laning Avenue School VERONA | 261 | 1.1% | 60.6% |
| Hilltop School MENDHAM | 289 | 3.8% | 80.3% |
| Torey J. Sabatini School MADISON | 281 | 3.2% | 81.2% |
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 Tewksbury Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hunterdon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #273 of 1,290 | #5 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #433 of 1,319 ▼ 255 | #8 of 23 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #515 of 1,319 ▼ 160 | #13 of 23 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 253 | #1,275 of 1,562 | #21 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.9:1 | #36 of 1,390 | #2 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.8% | #1,075 of 1,392 | #15 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.3% | #1,355 of 1,481 | #24 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #479 of 798 | #4 of 8 |
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
253
-36 (-12%) vs 2020
-32% since 2010-11, when it was 372
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
was 8.5:1
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 | 253 | 32 | 7.9:1 | 4% (11) |
| 2023-24 | 260 | 28 | 9.3:1 | 3% (7) |
| 2022-23 | 265 | 29 | 9.1:1 | 3% (7) |
| 2020-21 | 289 | 34 | 8.5:1 | 2% (6) |
| 2017-18 | 277 | 30.4 | 9.1:1 | 3% (7) |
| 2015-16 | 299 | 31 | 9.7:1 | 2% (7) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 1% (5) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tewksbury Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (277 to 253); teachers up 5% (30.4 to 32).
About Tewksbury Elementary School
The public elementary school Tewksbury Elementary School is located in CALIFON, New Jersey. The school runs pre-K through 4 and enrolls 253 students. By comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey enroll about 405 students on average.
Tewksbury Township School District has 470 students in 2 schools, and Tewksbury Elementary School is one of those schools.
The student body at Tewksbury Elementary School is 77% White. After that, the student body is 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. A diversity index of 39% means there is a 39% chance two randomly chosen students at Tewksbury Elementary School are from different groups.
Teacher count: 32 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 7.9:1. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey, 11.4:1, is higher. Roughly 4% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Hunterdon County is 16%.
On the allk12 Grade, Tewksbury Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 67% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 63.8%. Tewksbury Elementary School scores 63.4%.
Hunterdon County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $141,715 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Tewksbury Elementary School shares Hunterdon County with 54 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Tewksbury Elementary School is closest to Old Turnpike School, about 1.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Tewksbury Elementary School ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 253, down from 289 in 2020-21.
Tewksbury Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Hunterdon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,160
Census ACS
Median income
$141,715
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
18,056 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tewksbury Township School District
- Old Turnpike SchoolMiddle · 217 students
Other schools in CALIFON
- Woodglen SchoolMiddle · 272 students
- Valley View SchoolElementary · 260 students
- Old Turnpike SchoolMiddle · 217 students
- Califon Public SchoolElementary · 94 students
- ESC AcademyHigh
Nearby schools
- Old Turnpike School1.4 mi · 217
- Old Farmers Road School3.3 mi · 345
- Califon Public School3.9 mi · 94
- Long Valley Middle School4.3 mi · 625
- Valley View School4.6 mi · 260
- Round Valley5.8 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Tewksbury Elementary SchoolHow large is Tewksbury Elementary School?
Tewksbury Elementary School enrolls approximately 253 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Tewksbury Elementary School serve?
Tewksbury Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tewksbury Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tewksbury Elementary School is approximately 7.9:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tewksbury Elementary School?
At Tewksbury Elementary School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 10% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Tewksbury Elementary School in?
Tewksbury Elementary School is part of Tewksbury Township School District.
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