Willow Grove Elementary School

Summary:

Willow Grove Elementary School is a public elementary school in Hackettstown, New Jersey, serving 369 students in grades 2-4. The school is part of the Hackettstown Public School District, which is ranked 281 out of 613 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating.

Willow Grove Elementary consistently performs above the state average in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency rates. In 2023-2024, the school's 3rd grade ELA proficiency rate was 48%, compared to the state's 43.6%, and the 4th grade rate was 61.4%, significantly higher than the state's 50.8%. In Mathematics, the school's 3rd grade proficiency rate was 45.6%, slightly below the state's 47.6%, but the 4th grade rate was 52.9%, exceeding the state's 45%. Compared to the district, Willow Grove's ELA and Mathematics proficiency rates are on par.

The school has shown strong performance across various student subgroups, particularly for English Language Learners and Special Education students, ranking among the top schools in the state for these populations. However, the school has experienced an increase in chronic absenteeism rates, rising from 12.1% in 2021-2022 to 16.6% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average. Additionally, 39.84% of Willow Grove's students come from low socioeconomic backgrounds, receiving free or reduced-price lunch, which is higher than the state average, but the school has performed well for this subgroup, ranking 201st out of 939 New Jersey elementary schools in 2023-2024.


Detail:

Public 2-4

 601 Willow Grove Street
       Hackettstown, NJ  07840-1713


(908) 852-2805

District: Hackettstown Public School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
550th of 1,338 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,182 Help


Students who attend Willow Grove Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Hackettstown Middle School
High:    Hackettstown High School

Student/teacher ratio:  9.9 Help
Number of students:  354

Racial breakdown:

White:
46.0%
Hispanic:
44.6%
Asian:
4.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  40.7% Help


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Compare Details Willow Grove Elementary School ranks better than 58.9% of elementary schools in New Jersey. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 59.64. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (46%), Hispanic (44.6%), Asian (4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 40.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Willow Grove Elementary School is 9.9. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Willow Grove Elementary School is $14,182.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Willow Grove Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Willow Grove Elementary School 550th of 1338 New Jersey public elementary schools. (See Willow Grove Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Hackettstown Public School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Hackettstown Public School District 281st of 613 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Willow Grove Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Willow Grove Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 75.08 351st 1204 70.8%
2004 80.76 164th 1298 87.4%
2005 78.83 208th 1303 84.0%
2006 79.36 187th 1314 85.8%
2007 83.67 33rd 1329 97.5%
2008 74.34 350th 1338 73.8%
2009 74.18 357th 1346 73.5%
2010 78.46 253rd 1354 81.3%
2011 78.13 277th 1360 79.6%
2012 76.55 321st 1363 76.4%
2013 75.09 370th 1367 72.9%
2014 83.74 149th 1363 89.1%
2015 70.10 426th 1357 68.6%
2016 76.73 331st 1346 75.4%
2017 77.06 333rd 1352 75.4%
2018 66.82 491st 1353 63.7%
2019 79.80 276th 1360 79.7%
2021 63.51 432nd 1317 67.2%
2022 66.38 470th 1345 65.1%
2023 62.21 515th 1342 61.6%
2024 59.64 550th 1338 58.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Willow Grove Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 39.09 216th 411 47.4%
2022 71.89 94th 489 80.8%
2023 63.65 127th 499 74.5%
2024 60.00 145th 559 74.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Willow Grove Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.44 184th 1001 81.6%
2021 56.61 293rd 868 66.2%
2022 85.83 86th 949 90.9%
2023 74.63 169th 958 82.4%
2024 41.44 494th 989 50.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Willow Grove Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.23 102nd 942 89.2%
2019 86.31 69th 948 92.7%
2021 66.98 156th 839 81.4%
2022 85.26 76th 863 91.2%
2023 72.84 167th 910 81.6%
2024 68.53 201st 939 78.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Willow Grove Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.29 569th 1333 57.3%
2019 78.36 271st 1331 79.6%
2021 62.54 421st 1290 67.4%
2022 69.17 426th 1326 67.9%
2023 63.76 488th 1318 63.0%
2024 63.09 487th 1317 63.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Willow Grove Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.99 391st 1334 70.7%
2019 78.83 260th 1335 80.5%
2021 64.43 406th 1297 68.7%
2022 61.22 509th 1324 61.6%
2023 60.47 517th 1315 60.7%
2024 56.48 559th 1313 57.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Willow Grove Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.67 104th 870 88.0%
2019 89.24 58th 899 93.5%
2021 58.71 276th 896 69.2%
2022 67.40 245th 953 74.3%
2023 58.74 338th 982 65.6%
2024 54.25 404th 989 59.2%
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Rank History for White students at Willow Grove Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.58 652nd 1022 36.2%
2019 67.58 316th 1023 69.1%
2021 60.08 328th 964 66.0%
2022 62.33 353rd 976 63.8%
2023 62.77 354th 975 63.7%
2024 66.85 299th 963 69.0%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Willow Grove Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 226 1 2 6 0 n/a n/a 0 235
1989 216 3 3 4 1 n/a n/a 0 227
1990 229 2 5 1 1 n/a n/a 0 238
1991 234 3 6 4 1 n/a n/a 0 248
1992 235 7 8 2 1 n/a n/a 0 253
1993 237 6 7 0 0 n/a n/a 0 250
1994 236 5 4 0 0 n/a n/a 0 245
1995 220 4 5 2 0 n/a n/a 0 231
1996 220 4 5 2 0 n/a n/a 0 231
1998 212 1 2 7 1 n/a n/a 0 223
1999 226 0 2 4 0 n/a n/a 0 232
2000 223 2 6 9 0 n/a n/a 0 240
2001 239 5 8 10 1 n/a n/a 0 263
2002 221 3 12 14 0 n/a n/a 0 250
2003 221 3 12 14 0 n/a n/a 0 250
2004 243 8 14 20 0 n/a n/a 0 285
2005 245 2 7 28 0 n/a n/a 0 282
2006 209 3 15 40 0 n/a n/a 0 267
2007 188 2 14 42 0 n/a n/a 0 246
2008 185 3 15 46 0 n/a n/a 0 249
2009 164 4 28 44 0 0 0 0 240
2010 172 2 26 54 0 6 0 0 260
2011 176 3 23 65 0 5 5 0 277
2012 199 6 21 62 0 0 4 0 292
2013 196 4 25 67 0 0 6 0 298
2014 195 7 25 81 0 0 7 0 315
2015 190 9 27 97 0 0 10 0 333
2016 167 10 27 73 3 0 9 0 289
2017 139 7 23 65 3 0 12 0 249
2018 143 9 25 59 3 0 14 0 253
2019 149 7 16 58 3 0 15 0 248
2020 213 10 12 96 3 0 9 0 343
2021 205 10 12 101 3 0 9 0 340
2022 207 10 16 127 1 0 7 0 368
2023 181 10 14 151 1 0 12 0 369
2024 163 6 14 158 0 1 12 0 354

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Willow Grove Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 235 15.0 15.6 n/a
1989 227 14.0 16.2 n/a
1990 238 14.0 17.0 7.1
1991 248 14.0 17.7 10.1
1992 253 15.0 16.8 9.9
1993 250 16.5 15.2 9.6
1994 245 18.5 13.2 10.6
1995 231 17.0 13.6 9.1
1996 231 17.0 13.6 9.1
1998 223 17.5 12.7 10.8
1999 232 17.5 13.3 9.9
2000 240 17.5 13.7 12.9
2001 263 17.8 14.8 11
2002 250 22.0 11.4 11.2
2003 250 22.0 11.4 11.2
2004 285 23.0 12.4 10.2
2005 282 26.0 10.8 n/a
2006 267 24.0 11.1 0
2007 246 24.0 10.3 19.5
2008 249 21.0 11.9 17.7
2009 240 27.6 7.0 22.5
2010 260 25.0 10.4 22.7
2011 277 22.0 12.5 21.7
2012 292 22.9 12.7 23.6
2013 298 25.0 11.9 17.1
2014 315 26.0 12.1 24.8
2015 333 26.0 12.8 26.7
2016 289 26.0 11.1 26.3
2017 249 26.0 9.5 28.5
2018 253 26.0 9.7 29.6
2019 248 26.0 9.5 28.6
2020 343 32.0 10.7 36.2
2021 340 33.5 10.1 39.7
2022 368 33.0 11.1 42.9
2023 369 35.5 10.3 39.8
2024 354 35.5 9.9 40.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Willow Grove Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 235 15.0 15.6 n/a
1989 227 14.0 16.2 n/a
1990 238 14.0 17.0 7.1
1991 248 14.0 17.7 10.1
1992 253 15.0 16.8 9.9
1993 250 16.5 15.2 9.6
1994 245 18.5 13.2 10.6
1995 231 17.0 13.6 9.1
1996 231 17.0 13.6 9.1
1998 223 17.5 12.7 10.8
1999 232 17.5 13.3 9.9
2000 240 17.5 13.7 12.9
2001 263 17.8 14.8 11
2002 250 22.0 11.4 11.2
2003 250 22.0 11.4 11.2
2004 285 23.0 12.4 10.2
2005 282 26.0 10.8 n/a
2006 267 24.0 11.1 0
2007 246 24.0 10.3 19.5
2008 249 21.0 11.9 17.7
2009 240 27.6 7.0 22.5
2010 260 25.0 10.4 22.7
2011 277 22.0 12.5 21.7
2012 292 22.9 12.7 23.6
2013 298 25.0 11.9 17.1
2014 315 26.0 12.1 24.8
2015 333 26.0 12.8 26.7
2016 289 26.0 11.1 26.3
2017 249 26.0 9.5 28.5
2018 253 26.0 9.7 29.6
2019 248 26.0 9.5 28.6
2020 343 32.0 10.7 36.2
2021 340 33.5 10.1 39.7
2022 368 33.0 11.1 42.9
2023 369 35.5 10.3 39.8
2024 354 35.5 9.9 40.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Willow Grove Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $141 (1.0%) $14,041 (99.0%) $14,182

Data source: New Jersey Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Willow Grove Elementary School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 276th of 1360 Elementary schoolsRanks 515th of 1342 Elementary schools
 18.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Willow Grove Elementary School)68.846.2
 22.6%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Hackettstown Public School District)54.746.2
 8.5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)50.242
 8.2%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Willow Grove Elementary School)83.353
 30.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Hackettstown Public School District)66.753
 13.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)55.145.9
 9.2%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Willow Grove Elementary School)6354.9
 8.1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Hackettstown Public School District)65.154.9
 10.2%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)57.451.3
 6.1%
4th Grade Mathematics (Willow Grove Elementary School)76.159.6
 16.5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Hackettstown Public School District)67.359.6
 7.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)5144.3
 6.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students248369
 48.8%
African American710
 42.9%
American Indian31
 66.7%
Asian1614
 12.5%
Hispanic58151
 160.3%
Pacific Islander00
White149181
 21.5%
Two or More Races1512
 20%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients28.6%39.8%
 11.2%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Willow Grove Elementary School

Students at Willow Grove Elementary School are 46% White, 45% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more races, 2% African American.

In the 2023-24 school year, 354 students attended Willow Grove Elementary School.

Willow Grove Elementary School ranks 550th of 1338 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Willow Grove Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Hackettstown Middle School
High : Hackettstown High School


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