Enrollment
250
Elementary
DISTRICT 242 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERKELEY HEIGHTS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340153005434
Thomas P. Hughes School
446 SNYDER AVE, BERKELEY HTS, NJ 07922 · (908) 464-1717 · Union County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL250 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
10.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
7 students
DISTRICT 3% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 83 | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 31% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Based on grade levels within Berkeley Heights School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
67.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -7.7pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.7% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.4% | 79.5% |
% 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
71.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Thomas P. Hughes School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas P. Hughes School this school | 250 | 2.8% | 71.4% |
| Frank J Smith Elementary EAST HANOVER | 239 | 4.2% | N/A |
| Lincoln Early Childhood Center Westfield | 268 | 3.0% | N/A |
| William Woodruff School BERKELEY HTS | 238 | 1.3% | N/A |
| McKinley Elementary School Westfield | 291 | 2.1% | 68.8% |
| Angelo L. Tomaso School Warren | 261 | 5.0% | 69.7% |
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 Thomas P. Hughes School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #139 of 1,290 | #15 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #145 of 1,319 ▼ 78 | #14 of 93 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #320 of 1,319 ▼ 170 | #21 of 93 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 250 | #1,290 of 1,562 | #96 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #529 of 1,390 | #17 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #488 of 1,392 | #29 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.8% | #1,398 of 1,481 | #90 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #517 of 798 | #32 of 58 |
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
250
-14 (-5%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 286
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 250 | 23.4 | 10.7:1 | 3% (7) |
| 2023-24 | 270 | 23 | 11.7:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2022-23 | 276 | 24.2 | 11.4:1 | 3% (7) |
| 2020-21 | 264 | 24 | 11.0:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 270 | 21.3 | 12.7:1 | 2% (6) |
| 2015-16 | 253 | 23 | 11.0:1 | 2% (6) |
| 2010-11 | 189 | 22 | 8.6:1 | 2% (3) |
| 2000-01 | 305 | 22 | 13.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 286 | 17 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas P. Hughes School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (270 to 250); teachers up 10% (21.3 to 23.4).
About Thomas P. Hughes School
Thomas P. Hughes School is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in BERKELEY HTS, New Jersey. The school offers grades 3 through 5 and enrolls 250 students. That puts enrollment 38% below the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Enrollment across the 6 schools in Berkeley Heights School District totals 2,340 students.
The student body at Thomas P. Hughes School is 59% White. The rest of enrollment is 15% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among all residents of Union County, the White share is about 39%. A diversity index of 60% means there is a 60% chance two randomly chosen students at Thomas P. Hughes School are from different groups.
There are about 10.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Thomas P. Hughes School, which has 23.4. Elementary schools in New Jersey have an average ratio of 11.4:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 3%. For comparison, public schools in Union County average 52%.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Thomas P. Hughes School outscored 83%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Thomas P. Hughes School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (71.4%) and its predicted rate (64.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
Union County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $103,202 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Union County number 180, with about 99,046 students.
Measured in a straight line, Columbia Middle School is about 0.6 miles from Thomas P. Hughes School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Thomas P. Hughes School ranks 3rd of 7 nearby schools, at 71.4% versus a 69.2% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 14 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Berkeley Heights School District
- Governor Livingston High SchoolHigh · 849 students
- Columbia Middle SchoolMiddle · 523 students
- Mary Kay McMillin Early Childhood CenterElementary · 256 students
- William Woodruff SchoolElementary · 238 students
- Mountain Park SchoolElementary · 224 students
Other schools in BERKELEY HTS
- Columbia Middle SchoolMiddle · 523 students
- William Woodruff SchoolElementary · 238 students
- Mountain Park SchoolElementary · 224 students
Nearby schools
- Columbia Middle School0.6 mi · 523
- Mary Kay McMillin Early Childhood Center0.6 mi · 256
- William Woodruff School0.8 mi · 238
- Allen W. Roberts School1.3 mi · 641
- Mountain Park School1.3 mi · 224
- Bayberry School1.7 mi · 391
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas P. Hughes SchoolHow many students attend Thomas P. Hughes School?
Thomas P. Hughes School enrolls approximately 250 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Thomas P. Hughes School serve?
Thomas P. Hughes School serves grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Thomas P. Hughes School have?
Thomas P. Hughes School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Thomas P. Hughes School?
Student demographics at Thomas P. Hughes School are roughly 59% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 15% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Thomas P. Hughes School in?
Thomas P. Hughes School is part of Berkeley Heights School District.
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