Other / mixed grade configuration · Frenchtown, NJ

Kingwood Township School

Federal NCES profile for Kingwood Township School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 51/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 340801003008
0/100100/10051/100
👥 S:T ratio
62
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
32
📋 Attendance
80
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Kingwood Township School earns 51/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 81% of New Jersey schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most New Jersey schools.

51
Resource Index · Higher
9.5:1
small classes for New Jersey
11.7%
free-lunch eligible
341
students enrolled

Kingwood Township School has class sizes smaller than 81% of New Jersey schools. Computed live against every New Jersey school reporting to NCES.

Enrollment

341

New Jersey · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

36.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

9.5:1

vs 11.8:1 New Jersey avg

-19% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

11.7%

vs 29.6% New Jersey avg

-60% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Kingwood Township School compares with New Jersey and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:19.5:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Kingwood Township School

Kingwood Township School is a lower-poverty, mid-sized combined-grade school in Frenchtown, New Jersey, enrolling 341 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 9.5:1 puts it in the smaller third of New Jersey schools by student-teacher ratio.

Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 11.7% of students eligible for free meals.

Enrollment of 341 puts it in the smaller third of New Jersey schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 2,501 scored New Jersey schools.

Against 669 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks mid-pack at #464.

Its student body is predominantly White (89% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 21/100).

Counselor availability sits well past the ASCA benchmark, roughly 341 students sharing each counselor, though short of the most stretched campuses.

Attendance holds up well here: only 8.2% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.

Kingwood Township School District operates only this one school, so Kingwood Township School has no district-mates to compare against locally.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Kingwood Township School compares

Kingwood Township School on the metrics families compare, against New Jersey and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs New Jersey New Jersey avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 9.5:1 ▼ 19% 11.8:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 11.7% ▼ 60% 29.6% 51.7%
Enrollment 341 top 67% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

9.5:1
Leaner classes than 91% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
341
Bigger than 38% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
11.7%
free-lunch eligible - 60% below the New Jersey average of 29.6%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
9.5:1
students per teacher - 19% below state mean
Top 19% in New Jersey - lower ratio than 81% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
8.2%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 5-10% range, close to the pre-pandemic national baseline.
Funding equity
$24,875
per pupil, district-wide - below New Jersey avg of $24,984
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 341 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
1
in-school suspensions + 6 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.3 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 2.1 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 88.6%
Hispanic or Latino 6.2%
Two or More 3.8%
African American 0.9%
Asian 0.6%

Largest group: White at 88.6% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 21.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 21.0, Kingwood Township School is less mixed than the New Jersey school average of 51.2.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Kingwood Township School District, which includes Kingwood Township School.

$24,875
Per student
0%
vs New Jersey
Avg $24,984
+50%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 67.9%
State 27.5%
Federal 4.6%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of New Jersey, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Kingwood Township School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Kingwood Township School

How many students attend Kingwood Township School?

Kingwood Township School has 341 students enrolled. It is a public school in Frenchtown, NJ.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Kingwood Township School?

The student-teacher ratio at Kingwood Township School is 9.5:1, which is 19% lower than the New Jersey average of 11.8:1 and 39% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Kingwood Township School?

11.7% of students at Kingwood Township School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the New Jersey average of 29.6%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Kingwood Township School?

The largest demographic group at Kingwood Township School is White at 88.6% of enrollment, in Frenchtown, NJ.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Kingwood Township School?

Kingwood Township School has a Resource Investment Index of 51/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Kingwood Township School a good school?

Kingwood Township School earns 51/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 81% of New Jersey schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most New Jersey schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Kingwood Township School District?

None reported; Kingwood Township School District operates only Kingwood Township School as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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