Kingwood Township School, Frenchtown NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Kingwood Township School

Kingwood Township School is a single K-8 regular public school that serves as the only school in the Kingwood Township School District. It is located in Frenchtown, a small riverfront borough along the Delaware River in Hunterdon County. The school covers pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. Because the school does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate or high school level programming to report.

The student body is small and demographically very homogeneous. Nearly all students are white. A very small share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which indicates the school serves a population with relatively high socioeconomic status. Special education and English learner counts were not available in the data provided.

On state assessments, the academic picture is uneven and depends heavily on the subject and grade level. In English language arts, the school shows clear strength in the middle grades. Proficiency rates in grades four and seven reach notably high levels, with grade seven standing out as particularly strong. Grades five, six, and eight also post solid results, while grade three sits at a moderate level. Overall, reading and writing scores across the tested grades are a clear positive for the school.

Math tells a more mixed story. Proficiency rates in grades three and five are solid, while grades four and seven land in a mid-range. Grade six shows a softer result. The most striking figure is in grade eight, where the math proficiency rate is very low. This wide gap between grade eight math and the rest of the school’s math performance is a pattern a parent may want to explore further with the school. In science, grade five shows moderate results, while grade eight again shows a low proficiency rate. The school’s overall proficiency index across all tested subjects and grades sits above the midpoint among districts in Hunterdon County, but that county-level comparison set includes both elementary and high school districts, so the picture is not a direct peer comparison.

The school environment data was limited. Discipline, course access, staffing, and attendance figures were not reported in the data. The school does not appear to be a Title I school, though the data was not definitive on that point.

The community context matters here. Frenchtown is a compact historic borough with a walkable downtown of galleries, shops, and restaurants along Bridge Street. The population has been stable to slightly declining for decades, and the borough has very little room for physical expansion. The housing market in the area carries a high price tag. The typical home value in the school’s zip code positions it well above the national benchmark and roughly in line with the state overall. A substantial housing investment is required to live in this attendance zone.

The district itself did not have any recent changes of the kind that would affect a family’s decision, such as a boundary redraw, a major construction project, or a program launch, according to the data. No information was available on the school’s program offerings, such as music, art, athletics, or enrichment options. Families interested in those details would need to contact the school directly.

This is a small, rural school with a strong socioeconomic footing and a clear academic strength in English language arts across most grades. The math results, especially in the upper grades, are weaker and vary notably by grade. The school’s setting in a historic river town with a tight housing market means families moving here are typically making a deliberate choice about community and property investment. For parents whose children are headed to high school, they should note that Kingwood Township School is a K-8 building, and students would move on to a separate regional high school afterward.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 368%

School 68% · District 68%

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

Grade 439%

School 39% · District 39%

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 562%

School 62% · District 62%

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

Grade 633%

School 33% · District 33%

even with state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 746%

School 46% · District 46%

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

Grade 84%

School 4% · District 4%

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 50%

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

Grade 486%

School 86% · District 86%

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 573%

School 73% · District 73%

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 669%

School 69% · District 69%

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

Grade 788%

School 88% · District 88%

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

Grade 864%

School 64% · District 64%

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

Science

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 54%

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 824%

School 24% · District 24%

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

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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.