Battle Hill Elementary

Summary:

Battle Hill Elementary is a public elementary school serving grades PK-4 in the Township of Union School District in Union, New Jersey, with a student population of 385. The school has consistently underperformed compared to the district and state, ranking in the bottom half of New Jersey elementary schools over the past decade.

Battle Hill Elementary faces significant academic challenges, with only 29.1% of 3rd graders and 44.5% of 4th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the district scores of 35.6% and 48.2%, and the state scores of 42% and 51.3%, respectively. The school's math proficiency rates are also significantly lower than the district and state averages. Additionally, the school has a higher percentage of African American (28.05%) and Hispanic (31.17%) students, but these subgroups perform below their peers at other schools in the state. The school also has a higher percentage of students from low-income families, as indicated by the free and reduced-price lunch rate of 19.48%, which may contribute to the academic challenges.

Interestingly, the nearby Washington Elementary and Hannah Caldwell Elementary, which are also part of the Township of Union School District, perform significantly better than Battle Hill Elementary on academic measures. The high chronic absenteeism rate of 11.8% at Battle Hill Elementary may also be a contributing factor to the school's academic underperformance, and addressing this issue could be an important strategy for improving student outcomes.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-4

 2600 Killian Place
       Union, NJ  07083


(908) 851-6480

District: Township of Union School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
982nd of 1,342 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,502 Help


Students who attend Battle Hill Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Burnet Middle School
    Jefferson Elementary
High:    Union High School

Student/teacher ratio:  10.4 Help
Number of students:  385

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
31.2%
White:
28.3%
African American:
28.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  19.5% Help


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Compare Details Battle Hill Elementary ranks worse than 73.2% of elementary schools in New Jersey. It also ranks 5th among 6 ranked elementary schools in the Township of Union School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 27.55. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Battle Hill Elementary has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Township of Union School District. Student population at Battle Hill Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (31.2%), White (28.3%), African American (28.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 19.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Battle Hill Elementary is 10.4, which is the 2nd best among 6 elementary schools in the Township of Union School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Battle Hill Elementary is $12,502, which is the highest among 6 elementary schools in the Township of Union School District!
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Battle Hill Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Battle Hill Elementary 982nd of 1342 New Jersey public elementary schools. (See Battle Hill Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Township of Union School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Township of Union School District 443rd of 615 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Battle Hill Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Battle Hill Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 28.20 928th 1204 22.9%
2004 66.46 542nd 1298 58.2%
2005 44.43 891st 1303 31.6%
2006 50.91 822nd 1314 37.4%
2007 37.26 1016th 1329 23.6%
2008 38.15 991st 1338 25.9%
2009 47.04 853rd 1346 36.6%
2010 48.01 857th 1354 36.7%
2011 53.33 792nd 1360 41.8%
2012 32.47 1029th 1363 24.5%
2013 39.17 955th 1367 30.1%
2014 42.10 923rd 1363 32.3%
2015 47.61 752nd 1357 44.6%
2016 29.84 989th 1346 26.5%
2017 27.58 1018th 1352 24.7%
2018 50.33 701st 1353 48.2%
2019 41.61 839th 1360 38.3%
2021 25.18 937th 1317 28.9%
2022 25.46 1000th 1345 25.7%
2023 27.55 982nd 1342 26.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Battle Hill Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.75 716th 1001 28.5%
2019 21.90 772nd 1007 23.3%
2021 22.72 679th 868 21.8%
2022 31.87 589th 949 37.9%
2023 14.90 856th 958 10.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Battle Hill Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.68 304th 942 67.7%
2019 41.87 531st 948 44.0%
2021 32.13 593rd 839 29.3%
2023 33.92 600th 910 34.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Battle Hill Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.00 672nd 1333 49.6%
2019 68.82 447th 1331 66.4%
2021 30.33 860th 1290 33.3%
2022 23.39 1006th 1326 24.1%
2023 31.96 888th 1318 32.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Battle Hill Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.13 696th 1334 47.8%
2019 28.78 975th 1335 27.0%
2021 22.28 950th 1297 26.8%
2022 29.21 921st 1324 30.4%
2023 25.77 973rd 1315 26.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Battle Hill Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.38 102nd 517 80.3%
2019 68.07 135th 522 74.1%
2021 49.84 198th 456 56.6%
2022 58.18 177th 494 64.2%
2023 56.27 181st 463 60.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Battle Hill Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.95 128th 870 85.3%
2019 63.42 270th 899 70.0%
2021 47.26 407th 896 54.6%
2022 39.12 553rd 953 42.0%
2023 36.20 612th 982 37.7%
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Rank History for White students at Battle Hill Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.33 632nd 1022 38.2%
2019 44.52 586th 1023 42.7%
2021 25.46 788th 964 18.3%
2022 30.84 717th 976 26.5%
2023 17.48 841st 975 13.7%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: New Jersey Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Battle Hill Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 301 53 24 17 0 n/a n/a 0 395
1989 313 55 24 15 0 n/a n/a 0 407
1990 312 71 24 30 0 n/a n/a 0 437
1991 305 69 26 21 0 n/a n/a 0 421
1992 282 53 20 20 0 n/a n/a 0 375
1993 274 71 16 22 0 n/a n/a 0 383
1994 287 68 22 25 0 n/a n/a 0 402
1995 308 73 26 29 0 n/a n/a 0 436
1996 308 73 26 29 0 n/a n/a 0 436
1998 284 89 39 33 0 n/a n/a 0 445
1999 277 104 56 35 0 n/a n/a 0 472
2000 266 100 53 31 0 n/a n/a 0 450
2001 271 117 51 41 0 n/a n/a 0 480
2002 233 124 68 45 0 n/a n/a 0 470
2003 233 124 68 45 0 n/a n/a 0 470
2004 217 123 60 54 0 n/a n/a 0 454
2005 216 109 57 55 0 n/a n/a 0 437
2006 196 126 48 71 0 n/a n/a 0 441
2007 184 143 56 68 0 n/a n/a 0 451
2008 161 142 69 72 1 n/a n/a 0 445
2009 155 145 61 78 0 1 1 0 441
2010 167 134 58 91 0 2 3 0 455
2011 143 124 54 99 0 2 2 0 424
2012 141 125 53 98 0 2 8 0 427
2013 136 133 52 102 0 2 8 0 433
2014 135 136 46 93 0 1 10 0 421
2015 134 134 46 101 0 1 11 0 427
2016 112 133 38 102 0 1 10 0 396
2017 113 142 36 101 0 4 10 0 406
2018 110 145 35 104 1 4 13 0 412
2019 118 128 34 96 1 4 10 0 391
2020 120 133 30 99 1 5 8 0 396
2021 113 119 31 99 0 4 6 0 372
2022 114 116 28 106 0 5 10 0 379
2023 109 108 28 120 1 2 17 0 385

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Battle Hill Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 395 21.0 18.8 n/a
1989 407 22.0 18.5 n/a
1990 437 22.0 19.8 8
1991 421 25.0 16.8 7.6
1992 375 20.0 18.7 8
1993 383 21.0 18.2 12
1994 402 23.0 17.5 8.5
1995 436 25.0 17.4 10.1
1996 436 25.0 17.4 10.1
1998 445 24.0 18.5 13.3
1999 472 26.0 18.2 12.1
2000 450 29.0 15.5 15.6
2001 480 29.2 16.4 18.3
2002 470 29.0 16.2 14.3
2003 470 29.0 16.2 14.3
2004 454 27.0 16.8 13.2
2005 437 29.0 15.1 n/a
2006 441 29.0 15.2 12.9
2007 451 28.0 16.1 20.4
2008 445 29.0 15.3 23.8
2009 441 44.4 8.6 28.8
2010 455 29.0 15.6 27.3
2011 424 32.0 13.2 30
2012 427 25.5 16.7 30.9
2013 433 29.0 14.9 29.1
2014 421 34.0 12.3 20
2015 427 35.0 12.2 26.5
2016 396 40.0 9.9 24.2
2017 406 37.0 10.9 24.9
2018 412 37.0 11.1 19.9
2019 391 37.0 10.5 19.2
2020 396 38.0 10.4 32.6
2021 372 38.0 9.7 25.8
2022 379 37.0 10.2 25.9
2023 385 37.0 10.4 19.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Battle Hill Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 395 21.0 18.8 n/a
1989 407 22.0 18.5 n/a
1990 437 22.0 19.8 8
1991 421 25.0 16.8 7.6
1992 375 20.0 18.7 8
1993 383 21.0 18.2 12
1994 402 23.0 17.5 8.5
1995 436 25.0 17.4 10.1
1996 436 25.0 17.4 10.1
1998 445 24.0 18.5 13.3
1999 472 26.0 18.2 12.1
2000 450 29.0 15.5 15.6
2001 480 29.2 16.4 18.3
2002 470 29.0 16.2 14.3
2003 470 29.0 16.2 14.3
2004 454 27.0 16.8 13.2
2005 437 29.0 15.1 n/a
2006 441 29.0 15.2 12.9
2007 451 28.0 16.1 20.4
2008 445 29.0 15.3 23.8
2009 441 44.4 8.6 28.8
2010 455 29.0 15.6 27.3
2011 424 32.0 13.2 30
2012 427 25.5 16.7 30.9
2013 433 29.0 14.9 29.1
2014 421 34.0 12.3 20
2015 427 35.0 12.2 26.5
2016 396 40.0 9.9 24.2
2017 406 37.0 10.9 24.9
2018 412 37.0 11.1 19.9
2019 391 37.0 10.5 19.2
2020 396 38.0 10.4 32.6
2021 372 38.0 9.7 25.8
2022 379 37.0 10.2 25.9
2023 385 37.0 10.4 19.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Battle Hill Elementary

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $12,502

Data source: New Jersey Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Battle Hill Elementary

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 839th of 1360 Elementary schoolsRanks 982nd of 1342 Elementary schools
 11.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Battle Hill Elementary)37.429.1
 8.3%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Township of Union School District)58.535.6
 22.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)50.242
 8.2%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Battle Hill Elementary)46.736.7
 10%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Township of Union School District)57.336.7
 20.6%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)55.145.9
 9.2%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Battle Hill Elementary)57.344.5
 12.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Township of Union School District)68.248.2
 20%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)57.451.3
 6.1%
4th Grade Mathematics (Battle Hill Elementary)54.713.9
 40.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Township of Union School District)56.234.9
 21.3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)5144.3
 6.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students391385
 1.5%
African American128108
 15.6%
American Indian11
Asian3428
 17.6%
Hispanic96120
 25%
Pacific Islander42
 50%
White118109
 7.6%
Two or More Races1017
 70%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients19.2%19.5%
 0.3%


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Battle Hill Elementary ranks 982nd of 1342 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students at Battle Hill Elementary are 31% Hispanic, 28% White, 28% African American, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more races.

Students who attend Battle Hill Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Burnet Middle School
Middle : Jefferson Elementary
High : Union High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 385 students attended Battle Hill Elementary.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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