Hartshorn 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 2016 – 2017 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2015
  • Educational Environment: 2017 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
400 Hartshorn Drive
Short Hills, NJ 07078
Phone
(973) 379-7550
District
MILLBURN TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
ESSEX COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
496
Classroom Teachers
36

* Hartshorn School is one of the top 100 best public schools in America.

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

10

(10 is best)

Better than 98.4% of NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

10

(10 is best)

Hartshorn School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

Discipline School State
Proficiency in Reading and Math 86 52
Proficiency in Reading 82 51
Proficiency in Math 90 53

Grade 4

Discipline School State
Proficiency in Reading and Math 88 53
Proficiency in Reading 93 57
Proficiency in Math 82 49

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

Class Size
AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL 13.85
AVG FOR DISTRICT 12.36
AVG FOR STATE 12.22
AVG FOR NATION 16.50
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 77 15.5%
Grade 1 74 14.9%
Grade 2 83 16.7%
Grade 3 84 16.9%
Grade 4 94 19.0%
Grade 5 75 15.1%
Total 496 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 64.7% 62.0% 45.8%
Black 0.4% 1.5% 16.0%
Hispanic 4.4% 5.2% 27.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 30.5% 31.3% 10.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 0.6% 1.4% 36.4%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE 0.6% 1.1% 31.8%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE 0.0% 0.3% 4.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 20,387 9,005,644
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,066.1 1,220
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.9% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 27.5% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 22.7% 32.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 30.8% 27.8%
65 OR OLDER 12.2% 15.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,635 3,199,111
Single Parent Households With Children 5.4% 10.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.7% 89.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 84.4% 38.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 59.3% 21.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.1% 17.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 7.8% 12.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 7.3% 15.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 6.8% 13.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.1% 11.4%
$15,000 or less 1.6% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,195 $54,922,670 56.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,329 $11,426,074 11.8%
Staff $636 $3,120,216 3.2%
General Administration $242 $1,187,252 1.2%
School Administration $904 $4,435,024 4.6%
Operation $1,573 $7,717,138 8.0%
Transportation $268 $1,314,808 1.4%
Other $528 $2,590,368 2.7%
Total Support $6,481 $31,795,786 32.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,093 $10,268,258 10.6%
Total Expenditures $19,769 $96,986,714 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,604 $14,970,833,107 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,968 $2,777,873,561 9.2%
Staff $577 $814,793,701 2.7%
General Administration $375 $529,617,536 1.8%
School Administration $962 $1,357,954,822 4.5%
Operation $1,857 $2,621,550,093 8.7%
Transportation $744 $1,049,805,051 3.5%
Other $474 $668,867,364 2.2%
Total Support $6,956 $9,820,594,337 32.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,874 $5,468,730,747 18.1%
Total Expenditures $21,433 $30,260,179,262 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,187 $370,071,182,734 52.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $632 $32,552,249,701 4.6%
Staff $522 $26,871,170,551 3.8%
General Administration $218 $11,205,514,316 1.6%
School Administration $643 $33,118,729,386 4.7%
Operation $1,057 $54,423,429,117 7.7%
Transportation $497 $25,596,058,378 3.6%
Other $416 $21,407,079,047 3.0%
Total Support $3,984 $205,172,626,109 28.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,638 $135,865,864,952 19.1%
Total Expenditures $13,810 $711,111,010,069 100.0%

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