Enrollment
312
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMILTON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340654003130
Yardville Elementary School
450 YARDVILLE ALLENTOWN RD, HAMILTON, NJ 08620 · (609) 631-4170 · Mercer County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL312 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
14.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
67 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 | 65 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
49%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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
72.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +15.3pp since 2023
Math
63.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.9% | 63.6% |
| 2023-24 | 57.6% | 55.3% |
% 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
56.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Yardville Elementary School
Yardville Elementary School's state test result (56.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yardville Elementary School this school | 312 | 21.5% | 56.6% |
| Alexander Elementary School HAMILTON | 302 | 24.8% | 44.9% |
| Katharine D Malone Elementary School ROCKAWAY | 303 | 18.8% | 59.0% |
| Betty McElmon Elementary School West Long Branch | 320 | 19.7% | 62.5% |
| Florence M. Burd NEWTON | 288 | 24.3% | 67.9% |
| Oldmans Township School PEDRICKTOWN | 308 | 22.7% | 36.8% |
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 Yardville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #400 of 1,290 | #14 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #351 of 1,319 ▲ 108 | #14 of 56 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #206 of 1,319 ▲ 310 | #7 of 56 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 312 | #1,055 of 1,562 | #39 of 60 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,258 of 1,390 | #54 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.4% | #827 of 1,392 | #39 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.5% | #1,007 of 1,481 | #43 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.5% | #266 of 545 | #9 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
312
+24 (+8%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 303
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 312 | 22 | 14.2:1 | 21% (67) |
| 2023-24 | 329 | 22 | 14.9:1 | 17% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 317 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 13% (41) |
| 2020-21 | 288 | 20 | 14.4:1 | 18% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 285 | 20.7 | 13.8:1 | 18% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 287 | 20 | 14.3:1 | 19% (54) |
| 2010-11 | 279 | 15 | 18.6:1 | 6% (18) |
| 2000-01 | 376 | 19 | 19.8:1 | 2% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 303 | 16 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yardville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (285 to 312); teachers up 7% (20.7 to 22).
About Yardville Elementary School
Yardville Elementary School is a small elementary school serving families in HAMILTON, New Jersey. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 312 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students, which makes this school 23% below average.
The 23 schools in Hamilton Township Public School District enroll 12,355 students altogether, Yardville Elementary School among them.
The largest group at Yardville Elementary School is White students, at 68%. Smaller groups are 19% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 46% of Mercer County residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 49%.
Based on 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, Yardville Elementary School has a ratio of 14.2:1. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey, 11.4:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 21% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Mercer County is 48%.
Yardville Elementary School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 65% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Yardville Elementary School, the prediction is 54.4% and the result is 56.6%.
The school is in Mercer County, where the median household earns about $100,645 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Mercer County, 110 public schools serve about 58,647 students.
A public school about 0.9 miles away, Sunnybrae Elementary School, is the closest to Yardville Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Yardville Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Yardville Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 8%, from 288 to 312.
The discussion board for Yardville Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Nearby schools
- Sunnybrae Elementary School0.9 mi · 278
- Yardville Heights Elementary School1.4 mi · 251
- Bordentown Regional High School2.0 mi · 728
- Richard C Crockett Middle School2.1 mi · 834
- Robinson Elementary School2.1 mi · 387
- Peter Muschal Elementary2.2 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About Yardville Elementary SchoolHow large is Yardville Elementary School?
Yardville Elementary School enrolls approximately 312 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Yardville Elementary School serve?
Yardville Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Yardville Elementary School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Yardville Elementary School.
How diverse is Yardville Elementary School?
Yardville Elementary School reports a student body of 68% White, 19% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Yardville Elementary School in?
Yardville 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.