West Amwell Township School

West Amwell Township School operates as a compact K-5 school in Lambertville, New Jersey, overseen by South Hunterdon Regional School District. Current enrollment sits at 170 students spanning grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 58% below typical.

West Amwell Township School is one of 5 schools operated by South Hunterdon Regional School District, a district that serves 1,181 students overall.

On the student-mix side, West Amwell Township School shows that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% multiracial.

On the resource side, West Amwell Township School shows 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting West Amwell Township School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 20% of students at West Amwell Township School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, West Amwell Township School is in the bottom 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 55.2%; West Amwell Township School posts 40.7%, -14.5 points below that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Hunterdon County put median household earnings sit near $141,715, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hunterdon County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,056 students), West Amwell Township School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: West Amwell School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Amwell Township School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 60.3%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at West Amwell Township School has contracted 26%, going from 231 students in 2018 to 170 in 2024. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 86% to 74%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 6.5:1 in 2024.

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