Enrollment
308
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMILTON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340654003128
University Heights Elementary School
645 PAXSON AVENUE, HAMILTON, NJ 08690 · (609) 631-4167 · Mercer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL308 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% 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
9.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
104 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 51 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 40% larger than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
63%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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
47.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
46.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.9% | 46.3% |
| 2023-24 | 48.8% | 48.7% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 University Heights Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Heights Elementary School this school | 308 | 33.8% | 40.9% |
| Morgan Elementary School HAMILTON | 285 | 32.3% | 47.3% |
| Pine Acres Early Childhood Center WENONAH | 298 | 31.5% | N/A |
| Clarence B. Lamb Elementary School WRIGHTSTOWN | 294 | 36.7% | 41.0% |
| Adelphia Early Learning Center FREEHOLD | 357 | 30.8% | N/A |
| Durban Avenue Elementary School Hopatcong | 286 | 33.6% | N/A |
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 University Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #727 of 1,290 | #26 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #661 of 1,319 ▼ 94 | #20 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #764 of 1,319 ▼ 65 | #26 of 56 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 308 | #1,071 of 1,562 | #41 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #270 of 1,390 | #11 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #373 of 1,392 | #25 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.8% | #797 of 1,481 | #39 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #507 of 545 | #19 of 22 |
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
308
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 411
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 308 | 31.7 | 9.7:1 | 34% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 321 | 32.2 | 10.0:1 | 28% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 318 | 31.2 | 10.2:1 | 23% (74) |
| 2020-21 | 307 | 30 | 10.2:1 | 29% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 305 | 28.5 | 10.7:1 | 24% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 325 | 26 | 12.5:1 | 25% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | 20 | 17.8:1 | 15% (54) |
| 2000-01 | 316 | 20 | 15.8:1 | 8% (24) |
| 1990-91 | 411 | 22 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for University Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (305 to 308); teachers up 11% (28.5 to 31.7).
About University Heights Elementary School
University Heights Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school found in HAMILTON, New Jersey. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 308 students. Enrollment is 24% lower than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey, which is about 405.
University Heights Elementary School is in Hamilton Township Public School District, a district with 12,355 students across 23 schools.
At 52%, White students outnumber all other groups at University Heights Elementary School combined. After that, the student body is 30% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. University Heights Elementary School has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 9.7:1 comes from the school's 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 34% of students at University Heights Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 48% average for public schools in Mercer County is 14 points higher.
University Heights Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 29% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 47.7% for a school in New Jersey with University Heights Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. University Heights Elementary School posts 40.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Mercer County show that median household income is about $100,645, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. University Heights Elementary School is one of 110 public schools in Mercer County, which together enroll about 58,647 students.
The closest public school, Mercer High School, is about 0.6 miles from University Heights Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. University Heights Elementary School is 3rd of 4 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at University Heights Elementary School was 307 in 2020-21 and 308 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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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 University Heights Elementary schools
One other US public school is named University Heights Elementary. University Heights Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLJONESBORO, AR · 446 students
Nearby schools
- Mercer High School0.6 mi · 200
- Mercer Elementary School0.7 mi · 141
- Regional Day School0.7 mi · 1
- Joseph F. Cappello School0.7 mi · 97
- MCVS Assunpink Shared Time Center/Rubino0.9 mi · 96
- Mercer County Technical School Health Sciences Academy0.9 mi · 137
Frequently asked questions
About University Heights Elementary SchoolHow many students attend University Heights Elementary School?
University Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 308 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does University Heights Elementary School serve?
University Heights Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at University Heights Elementary School?
Approximately 9.7:1 students per teacher at University Heights Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at University Heights Elementary School?
At University Heights Elementary School, the student body is approximately 52% White, 30% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is University Heights Elementary School in?
University Heights Elementary School is part of Hamilton Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.