Warren G. Harding Elementary School

Warren G. Harding Elementary School, a high-enrollment primary school in Kenilworth, New Jersey, one of the schools within Kenilworth School District, serves 659 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 63% bigger than the state mean of about 405.

Across the 2 schools in Kenilworth School District (1,433 students total), Warren G. Harding Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Warren G. Harding Elementary School shows that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 37% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 39% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Warren G. Harding Elementary School reports 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 23% of students at Warren G. Harding Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Union County's rate of about 52%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Warren G. Harding Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.9%.

Around the school, Union County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,202, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Union County's 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), Warren G. Harding Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is David Brearley Middle/High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Warren G. Harding Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Warren G. Harding Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 42.9%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 700 students in 2018 compared to 659 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 29% to 37% across the same window.

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