Hamburg School, Hamburg NJ - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Hamburg School

Hamburg School is a single public school serving pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in the small borough of Hamburg, New Jersey, located in Sussex County. It is a regular public school within the Hamburg School District, and its enrollment makes it a relatively small school for its grade span. After eighth grade, students in Hamburg attend Wallkill Valley Regional High School, a separated campus that also serves three neighboring communities, so families considering Hamburg School will need to plan for that transition into a larger regional setting.

The student body is predominantly white, with a notable Hispanic presence and smaller shares of Black and Asian students. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a measure of economic need that is on the lower side compared to many schools. This is a pocket of relative stability in the housing market, with a typical single-family home value in the area sitting moderately above the national benchmark but somewhat below the statewide New Jersey figure. The mortgage-rate environment means a substantial monthly payment for a home at that price point, which is something to weigh when looking at the school attendance zone.

Academically, the school shows a mixed pattern across grade levels on the state assessments in English language arts and math. In several upper elementary and middle school grades, the share of students meeting the state proficiency standard is solid, with English language arts results in grades four, five, six, seven, and eight all showing that a strong majority of students scored at or above the proficiency threshold. Math results are more uneven, with some grades, particularly fifth and seventh, posting a majority of students proficient, while third and fourth grades sit closer to the midpoint, and eighth-grade math drops to a point where a parent would want to look into this further with the school. In science, the fifth-grade cohort performed well, but the eighth-grade science results were very low, a gap that suggests a concentrated challenge at that grade level. Because the school does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and the data available here does not include chronic absenteeism figures or other attendance metrics.

Civil rights and outcomes data, as well as information on discipline, course access, and staffing, were not available in the data provided. There is no evidence on whether the school receives Title I funding. The district brief turned up no recent major changes, so the school appears to be operating without a recent upheaval in leadership or programming.

The borough of Hamburg is a compact historic village with a Main Street corridor, a volunteer fire department, a long-standing concert band, and fairy-tale street names tied to a former Gingerbread Castle attraction. Its population has been stable over recent decades, and its small geographic footprint creates a tight-knit feel. Housing stock is limited, and large-scale new development is unlikely given the land constraints. Families moving here for the school will likely find a steady community whose downtown sits on a state highway corridor and whose school serves as a local anchor until the regional high school years. The academic picture is one where a child can progress through solid elementary and middle school English performance, but math performance varies by grade, and the very weak science showing in eighth grade is something worth discussing with the school to understand what supports are in place.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 339%

School 39% · District 39%

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 441%

School 41% · District 41%

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 580%

School 80% · District 80%

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 41 pts above county median

Grade 644%

School 44% · District 44%

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 763%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 820%

School 20% · District 20%

▲ 3 pts above state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 319%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 464%

School 64% · District 64%

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 572%

School 72% · District 72%

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 665%

School 65% · District 65%

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 779%

School 79% · District 79%

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 863%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 5 pts above state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 563%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

Grade 85%

School 5% · District 5%

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

This schoolHamburg 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 5Lower-income50%Higher-income87%37 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income80%Higher-income54%26 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income70%Higher-income87%17 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income50%Higher-income39%11 pp gap