Woodfern Elementary School

Set in Hillsborough, New Jersey, Woodfern Elementary School is an intimate primary school, one of the schools within Hillsborough Township Public School District. It works with 311 students across grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 23% below the state mean of about 405.

Hillsborough Township Public School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 7,191 students; Woodfern Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Woodfern Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 31% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Woodfern Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 14% of students at Woodfern Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Somerset County (around 28%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Woodfern Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.2%; this one delivers 72.4%.

In the broader community, Somerset County reports that median household income runs about $140,374, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Woodfern Elementary School is one of 84 public schools in Somerset County (combined enrollment of about 51,276 students).

The closest other public school is Three Bridges School, roughly 2.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woodfern Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 59.2%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Woodfern Elementary School's enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 343 (now 311). The White share of enrollment shrank from 65% to 46% over that span.

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