Harmony Township School, Phillipsburg NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Harmony Township School

Harmony Township School is a single-building public school serving prekindergarten through eighth grade in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, a small historic town on the Delaware River in Warren County. It operates as a regular school under the Harmony Township School District, a district that comprises just this one school for the township's elementary and middle grades. Because the school ends at eighth grade, there is no high school graduation rate to report, and the academic picture comes entirely from state testing in grades three through eight.

The school is a small community institution. Its enrollment is modest for a PK-8 school, and its student body is overwhelmingly white, with a very small share of Hispanic students and only a trace of multiracial enrollment. A modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on students with disabilities and English learners were not available, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those supports.

State testing results from the New Jersey Student Learning Assessments give a mixed picture. In English language arts, the school shows a wide range across grades. The lower elementary grades posted proficiency rates that fell below the midpoint when compared with other Warren County districts, while the seventh-grade results were stronger, with a majority of students scoring proficient or above. The eighth-grade ELA results were in the middle range. In math, the pattern was more consistently below the county midpoint, with proficiency rates that tended to be lower as students moved through the grades. The eighth-grade math proficiency rate was notably weak. In science, fifth-grade results were very low, while eighth-grade science was stronger. Overall, the school's combined proficiency index places it below the midpoint relative to other districts in Warren County. This is the full set of test data available; no multi-year trends were reported, so it is not possible to say whether these results reflect a stable pattern or recent change.

The school's setting in Phillipsburg matters to a family considering it. The town is a former industrial hub along the river, with a traditional downtown along Main Street and Union Square. Its population has grown modestly in recent years after a decline, and the town's official website describes a base of small and mid-size businesses and tourism activity. An Urban Enterprise Zone covers portions of the town, offering a reduced sales tax to encourage commerce. Housing values in the area are moderate for New Jersey, and the county housing market shows active inventory and steady prices. For a family, this is a small-town environment with a walkable center, a riverfront location, and a mix of older homes and modest new activity.

The district itself has no recent parent-relevant changes reported in publicly available sources, so the school appears to be operating without major recent curriculum shifts, referendums, or property-tax changes. A parent looking for a very small, rural-adjacent public school where their child would attend from kindergarten through eighth grade in a single building will find that here. The school offers no high school programs, so students go on to a separate high school elsewhere. The academic results suggest that the middle grades, particularly in math, are an area where a family may want to understand the school's approach and how it prepares students for high school. For a family that values a tight-knit, small school in a quiet historic town, Harmony Township School fits that description.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 354%

School 54% · District 54%

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 433%

School 33% · District 33%

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

Grade 531%

School 31% · District 31%

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

Grade 641%

School 41% · District 41%

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 747%

School 47% · District 47%

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 810%

School 10% · District 10%

▼ 7 pts below state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 339%

School 39% · District 39%

▼ 7 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 433%

School 33% · District 33%

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

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 27%

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 650%

School 50% · District 50%

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 760%

School 60% · District 60%

▲ 3 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 847%

School 47% · District 47%

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Science

Grade 513%

School 13% · District 13%

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 842%

School 42% · District 42%

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

This schoolHarmony 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.