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Amsterdam Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 4

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
301 Amsterdam Drive
Hillsborough, NJ 08844
Phone
(908) 431-6600
District
HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
SOMERSET COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
456
Classroom Teachers
35

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

10

(10 is best)

Better than 91.1% of NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

10

(10 is best)

Amsterdam Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
75%
52%
67%
49%
82%
54%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
82%
53%
82%
56%
82%
50%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
12
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 48 10.5%
Grade 1 75 16.4%
Grade 2 90 19.7%
Grade 3 98 21.5%
Grade 4 118 25.9%
Total 456 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 47.3% 50.5% 42.8%
Black 2.3% 5.3% 15.2%
Hispanic 7.2% 10.8% 31.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 42.8% 32.7% 10.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.7% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 3.1% 8.4% 37.1%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE 2.6% 6.4% 32.4%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE 0.4% 1.9% 4.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 40,333 9,288,994
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 725.9 1,258
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.0% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.7% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.2% 31.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 31.3% 27.5%
65 OR OLDER 13.8% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 14,181 3,272,054
Single Parent Households With Children 4.2% 9.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.4% 90.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 59.2% 40.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 47.3% 25.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.9% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.3% 12.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 8.9% 14.5%
$30,000 - $49,999 6.6% 12.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 5.4% 9.9%
$15,000 or less 2.6% 7.8%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,739 $86,997,729 58.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,408 $17,845,688 12.0%
Staff $855 $6,336,405 4.3%
General Administration $234 $1,734,174 1.2%
School Administration $884 $6,551,324 4.4%
Operation $1,466 $10,864,526 7.3%
Transportation $1,065 $7,892,715 5.3%
Other $416 $3,082,976 2.1%
Total Support $7,329 $54,315,219 36.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,045 $7,744,495 5.2%
Total Expenditures $20,114 $149,064,854 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,128 $15,710,354,000 49.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,167 $3,060,054,000 9.6%
Staff $768 $1,083,625,000 3.4%
General Administration $407 $574,582,000 1.8%
School Administration $1,028 $1,451,598,000 4.5%
Operation $1,938 $2,736,501,000 8.6%
Transportation $777 $1,096,518,000 3.4%
Other $505 $712,711,000 2.2%
Total Support $7,590 $10,715,589,000 33.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,948 $5,573,392,000 17.4%
Total Expenditures $22,666 $31,999,335,000 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,069 $358,201,987,000 50.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $716 $36,303,849,544 5.1%
Staff $569 $28,839,133,000 4.1%
General Administration $233 $11,807,269,000 1.7%
School Administration $680 $34,450,660,000 4.8%
Operation $1,094 $55,418,509,000 7.8%
Transportation $494 $25,019,268,456 3.5%
Other $430 $21,796,799,000 3.1%
Total Support $4,216 $213,635,488,000 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,767 $140,198,177,000 19.7%
Total Expenditures $14,052 $712,035,652,000 100.0%

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