Hopewell Crest, Bridgeton NJ - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Hopewell Crest

Hopewell Crest is the single public school for the Hopewell Township School District in Cumberland County, serving children from prekindergarten through eighth grade. The school sits on Sewall Road in Bridgeton, though the district it belongs to is the Hopewell Township district. After eighth grade, students would move on to a high school outside this district; the data available here covers only the K-8 years.

The student body is small for a school serving this grade span. The population is predominantly white, with a substantial Hispanic segment and smaller shares of students who identify as Black, multiracial, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Asian. About half of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a common measure of household economic need. Data on the share of students with disabilities or those learning English was not available, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those supports.

State test results from the New Jersey Student Learning Assessments show a mixed picture. In English language arts, the school's strongest showing comes in the upper grades, with proficiency rates climbing through fourth, seventh, and eighth grades into a range that would give a parent a clearer sense of solid progress. Third and fifth grade reading results are weaker. In math, the pattern is more uneven: fourth and sixth graders post the strongest results, while third, fifth, and eighth graders show lower proficiency. Science results, tested in fifth and eighth grades, also sit on the lower side. Looking across all tested subjects and grades, the school's composite proficiency index places it in the top quartile among districts in Cumberland County. That is a meaningful point of context, because the county-level comparison set includes a wide range of performance, and Hopewell Crest's overall standing is above the median of that group. Still, the variability from grade to grade and subject to subject is large enough that a parent should look closely at how their own child's grade level is performing.

No data on chronic absenteeism or on discipline was provided. The school has no high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report. Information on course access, staffing ratios, or specialized program offerings such as gifted education or career-technical pathways was not included in the available data.

Bridgeton, where the school is physically located, is a city with a distinct character. It is the county seat and sits on the Cohansey River. The city has a large historic district, a downtown that the local Main Street association has repositioned as a Culinary Arts district, and the STEAMWorks makerspace run in partnership with Cumberland County College. Major employers include Ardagh Group's glass plant, South Woods State Prison, and the Rutgers Food Innovation Center. Housing values in the area are moderately priced relative to state and national benchmarks, and the local unemployment rate tracks near the national average.

The Hopewell Township School District did not have any major parent-relevant changes, such as boundary adjustments, new programs, or leadership turnover, documented in available public records. The district's strategic priorities were not surfaced in the search, so nothing about those is included here.

For a parent trying to decide whether this school fits, the central factors are clear. The school serves a small, economically diverse community from pre-K through eighth grade. Academic performance is uneven, strongest in upper-grade English and weakest in elementary math and science, and the overall proficiency index is above the county median. The setting is a small city with a working industrial and agricultural base, a historic downtown, and modest housing costs relative to the state. A parent would want to know how their child's grade level is performing, what support is available for students who are behind, and what the transition to high school looks like, since this school does not offer its own high school program.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 316%

School 16% · District 16%

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

Grade 440%

School 40% · District 40%

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 21%

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 640%

School 40% · District 40%

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 27 pts above county median

Grade 731%

School 31% · District 31%

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 820%

School 20% · District 20%

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

English language arts

Grade 314%

School 14% · District 14%

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

Grade 445%

School 45% · District 45%

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 526%

School 26% · District 26%

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

Grade 636%

School 36% · District 36%

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 741%

School 41% · District 41%

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 846%

School 46% · District 46%

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Science

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 822%

School 22% · District 22%

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

This schoolHopewell 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-income10%Higher-income19%9 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income27%Higher-income57%30 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income23%Higher-income30%7 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income20%Higher-income52%32 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income32%Higher-income55%23 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income30%Higher-income67%36 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income17%Higher-income14%2 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income33%Higher-income44%10 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income16%Higher-income27%11 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income36%Higher-income44%8 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income13%Higher-income60%47 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income17%Higher-income30%13 pp gap