Enrollment
215
Elementary
DISTRICT 251 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOPATCONG BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340744005370
Tulsa Trail Elementary School
2 Tulsa Trail, Hopatcong, NJ 07843 · (973) 398-8806 · Sussex County
GRADES 02–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL215 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C+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
13.2:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
90 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 2 | 106 | 49% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 51% |
Student demographics
61%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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Hopatcong Borough School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
42.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +14.8pp since 2023
Math
41.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.8pp 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 42 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.7% | 41.8% |
| 2023-24 | 27.9% | 36.0% |
% 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
37.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Tulsa Trail Elementary School
Tulsa Trail Elementary School's state test result (37.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tulsa Trail Elementary School this school | 215 | 41.9% | 37.1% |
| Nixon Elementary School LANDING | 261 | 37.2% | 40.3% |
| Taylor Street Elementary School WASHINGTON | 280 | 44.3% | N/A |
| Thomas Jefferson School MORRISTOWN | 285 | 42.1% | 54.9% |
| Little Falls Township Public School # 3 LITTLE FALLS | 217 | 35.0% | 60.3% |
| Samuel R. Donald Elementary School BLOOMINGDALE | 232 | 32.8% | 57.5% |
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 Tulsa Trail Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Sussex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #813 of 1,290 | #18 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #753 of 1,319 ▲ 65 | #18 of 22 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #877 of 1,319 ▲ 217 | #19 of 22 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 215 | #1,367 of 1,562 | #24 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #1,123 of 1,390 | #25 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #474 of 1,392 | #3 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.9% | #706 of 1,481 | #4 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #263 of 798 | #1 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
215
-12 (-5%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 215 | 16.3 | 13.2:1 | 42% (90) |
| 2023-24 | 221 | 17.3 | 12.8:1 | 36% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 210 | 18.6 | 11.3:1 | 35% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 227 | 19 | 11.9:1 | 27% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 255 | 23.3 | 10.9:1 | 28% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 242 | 17 | 14.2:1 | 25% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 300 | 15 | 20.0:1 | 29% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 411 | 29 | 14.2:1 | 14% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 427 | 23 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tulsa Trail Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (255 to 215); teachers down 30% (23.3 to 16.3).
About Tulsa Trail Elementary School
Tulsa Trail Elementary School, located in Hopatcong, New Jersey, is a small elementary school. It enrolled 215 students in grades 2 through 3 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 47% lower than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey, which is about 405.
Hopatcong Borough School District runs Tulsa Trail Elementary School along with 3 other schools, enrolling 1,442 students in total.
White students account for 50% of enrollment at Tulsa Trail Elementary School. The remaining students are 37% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Sussex County is about 82% White. By the diversity index, Tulsa Trail Elementary School comes in at 61%.
Federal staffing data show 16.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Tulsa Trail Elementary School and a ratio of 13.2:1. That ratio is over the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 42% of students. For comparison, public schools in Sussex County average 23%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Tulsa Trail 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.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 43.3% for Tulsa Trail Elementary School. The school posts 37.1%, 6.2 points below the prediction.
Census estimates describe Sussex County this way: median household income is about $116,186, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Sussex County number 46 and enroll about 19,579.
The nearest other public school, Hopatcong High School, is about 0.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Tulsa Trail Elementary School. On state test proficiency, Tulsa Trail Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 215 was 5% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 227. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 11.9:1 to 13.2:1.
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Sussex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
145,807
Census ACS
Median income
$116,186
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
19,579 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hopatcong Borough School District
- Hopatcong High SchoolHigh · 506 students
- Hopatcong Middle SchoolMiddle · 435 students
- Durban Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 students
Other schools in Hopatcong
- Hopatcong High SchoolHigh · 506 students
- Hopatcong Middle SchoolMiddle · 435 students
- Durban Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 students
Nearby schools
- Hopatcong High School0.1 mi · 506
- Durban Avenue Elementary School0.4 mi · 286
- Hopatcong Middle School0.4 mi · 435
- Nixon Elementary School1.0 mi · 261
- Lenape Valley Regional High School1.6 mi · 667
- Mount Arlington Public School1.7 mi · 223
Frequently asked questions
About Tulsa Trail Elementary SchoolHow large is Tulsa Trail Elementary School?
Tulsa Trail Elementary School enrolls approximately 215 students in grades 02-03.
What grades does Tulsa Trail Elementary School serve?
Tulsa Trail Elementary School serves grades 02-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tulsa Trail Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tulsa Trail Elementary School is approximately 13.2:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tulsa Trail Elementary School?
At Tulsa Trail Elementary School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 37% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Tulsa Trail Elementary School in?
Tulsa Trail Elementary School is part of Hopatcong Borough School District.
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