William L Antheil Elementary School, Ewing NJ

Original Research by School Decision on William L Antheil Elementary School

William L Antheil Elementary School serves students in prekindergarten through fifth grade in Ewing, a first-ring suburb of Trenton. The school is part of the Ewing Township School District and sits on Ewingville Road, in a township that blends suburban residential neighborhoods with commercial corridors and large institutional campuses, including The College of New Jersey and several state government facilities. Ewing’s population has been stable for decades, and the area has a mix of older suburban development and more recent corporate park growth.

Antheil is a regular public elementary school with an enrollment that is large for a PK-5 building. The student body is diverse. Black and Hispanic students each make up roughly a third of the enrollment, white students account for about a fifth, and Asian students and students of two or more races each represent a small share. More than half of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a measure that indicates a substantial share of families with lower household incomes.

State testing results from the New Jersey Student Learning Assessments are available for grades three through five in math and English language arts, and for grade five in science. In math, the share of students scoring proficient or above was below the midpoint across all three tested grades. In English language arts, the picture was mixed. Third-grade proficiency was lower, while fourth and fifth graders posted higher proficiency rates. In fifth-grade science, the share of students reaching proficiency was lower. Overall, the school’s combined proficiency index across tested subjects and grades sits above the midpoint when compared with other schools in Mercer County, a position that reflects the stronger ELA results in the upper elementary grades.

The school serves prekindergarten through fifth grade, so there is no graduation rate to report. The school is a regular public school and is not a charter or magnet. Data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, course access, and staffing were not available in the source materials. A parent may want to ask the school directly about class sizes, support services, and enrichment offerings.

Housing in the area around the school has a typical value that is below the statewide benchmark, and rents have been rising. The national mortgage rate environment and rent-to-income ratio suggest that buying a home in this ZIP code is more expensive each month than renting, a dynamic common in many markets. The local unemployment rate has been steady near the national figure.

The school is part of the Ewing Township School District. The district brief turned up little in the way of recent major changes or strategic initiatives, so that context is not available to describe here.

For a family considering Antheil, the school offers a diverse student body in a suburban setting near Trenton. The academic picture is mixed, with English language arts results in the upper grades being a relative strength while math and science proficiency are areas where a parent may want to ask the school about targeted support and intervention programs. The school serves only elementary grades, so the transition to middle school will be a future consideration.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 334%

School 34% · District 31% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 430%

School 30% · District 32% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 532%

School 32% · District 26% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 328%

School 28% · District 32% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 46% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 544%

School 44% · District 40% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Science

Grade 522%

School 22% · District 18% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

This schoolEwing Township School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income20%Higher-income36%16 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income28%Higher-income64%35 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income40%Higher-income48%8 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income28%Higher-income40%12 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income17%Higher-income45%28 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income26%Higher-income40%14 pp gap