Public schools in Hamilton, NJ

Hamilton has 26 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 4 high, 4 middle, 18 elementary, enrolling 12,793 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Hamilton Township School District runs 23 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 2 districts and agencies that run Hamilton's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in HamiltonDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Hamilton Township School District2312,096$22,204
Mercer County Special Services School District3126not reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

4 high schools in Hamilton, 4,192 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Hamilton East - Steinert1,43713.831.6%Hamilton Township
Hamilton West-Watson1,40813.950.6%Hamilton Township
Hamilton North - Nottingham1,14712.947.4%Hamilton Township
Mercer High School2006.146.5%Mercer County Special Services

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 middle schools in Hamilton, 2,932 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Albert E Grice Middle School99112.753.4%Hamilton Township
Emily C. Reynolds Middle School96613.736.4%Hamilton Township
Richard C Crockett Middle School83411.255.9%Hamilton Township
Mercer Elementary School1416.438.3%Mercer County Special Services

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

18 elementary schools in Hamilton, 5,669 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
George E. Wilson Elementary School54514.375.4%Hamilton Township
Kuser Elementary School51213.473.2%Hamilton Township
Robinson Elementary School38711.936.7%Hamilton Township
Lalor Elementary School35112.872.4%Hamilton Township
Mercerville Elementary School35012.540.0%Hamilton Township
Langtree Elementary School33912.237.8%Hamilton Township
Yardville Elementary School31214.217.6%Hamilton Township
University Heights Elementary School3089.727.9%Hamilton Township
Alexander Elementary School30212.020.2%Hamilton Township
McGalliard Elementary School29412.353.4%Hamilton Township
The other 8 elementary schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Morgan Elementary School2859.629.1%Hamilton Township
Klockner Elementary School28414.161.6%Hamilton Township
Sunnybrae Elementary School27811.139.6%Hamilton Township
Greenwood Elementary School27013.674.1%Hamilton Township
Sayen Elementary School25411.923.2%Hamilton Township
Yardville Heights Elementary School25110.845.0%Hamilton Township
Kisthardt Elementary School25011.961.2%Hamilton Township
Joseph F. Cappello School977.222.7%Mercer County Special Services

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Hamilton's public schools compare with New Jersey's

The median Hamilton school has 12.3 students per full-time teacher, more than the New Jersey median of 11.3. 23% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 31% across the state. Its median school enrolls 310 students (state 435).

Hamilton against New Jersey, schools open in 2024-25 with students
HamiltonNew Jersey
Median students per teacher12.311.3
Median school size (students)310435
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)23%31%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)3.8%8.1%
Charter schools0%3.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 26 Hamilton schools and the 2,480 New Jersey schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Hamilton

  1. Hamilton Township School DistrictRuns 23 of Hamilton's 26 public schools and spent $22,204 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$22,204
  2. Hamilton East - Steinert, the largest high school in Hamilton1,437 students in 2024-25, 13.8 per teacher.1,437
  3. Compare Hamilton Township School District with Mercer County Special Services School DistrictHamilton's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in New JerseyNew Jersey's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Hamilton addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in New Jersey

  1. Newark78 schools
  2. Jersey City52 schools
  3. Paterson46 schools
  4. Elizabeth38 schools
  5. Trenton34 schools
  6. Camden22 schools
  7. East Orange21 schools
  8. Edison20 schools

Questions about schools in Hamilton

  1. How many public schools are in Hamilton, NJ?
    26 public schools with an address in Hamilton were open in 2024-25: 4 high, 4 middle, 18 elementary, enrolling 12,793 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Hamilton?
    Hamilton East - Steinert, with 1,437 students in 2024-25 (Hamilton Township School District).
  3. Which districts run Hamilton's schools?
    Hamilton Township School District (23 schools), Mercer County Special Services School District (3 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .