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Hornblower Early Childhood Center

Belleville · Essex County · Early childhood center
Grades PK
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At a glance

What changed?

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Enrollment over time

In 2025-26 it enrolled 239 students. That is 179 more than in 2020-21 (60) — the school has grown. It peaked at 261 in 2022-23.

students 075150225300 2391998200320082013201820232025

Total students enrolled each fall. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

What the school looks like

The largest group in both 2020-21 and 2025-26 was Hispanic students — 75% then, 78% now.

% of students 050100race categories: 5 → 76%78%8%1998200320082013201820232025
WhiteBlackHispanicAsianTwo or more

Each group’s share of enrollment over time, or its head count — toggle above. New Jersey expanded race and ethnicity reporting from five to seven categories in 2006-07 (dashed line), so “two or more races” appears only after; Asian here includes Pacific Islander. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

How much the mix changed

Between 2021-22 and 2025-26 the makeup of this school shifted noticeably.

That’s a smaller shift than 83% of Essex County early-childhood centers. The biggest moves, in percentage points:
Two or more +5.6·Hispanic −5.1·Asian −0.7

The index is half the sum of every group’s change in share, on a 0–100 scale (how it works). It is computed from the same counts as the makeup chart above — source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment. Compare any two years in the explorer →

Free or reduced-price lunch

In 2025-26, 51.9% of students were certified for free or reduced-price lunch.

% certified 0408056.2%51.9%20202025
This schooldistrict overall

Share of students certified for free or reduced-price meals, through a household application or an automatic match. The lighter line shows the district overall, for comparison. Some districts serve free meals to every student under the Community Eligibility Provision. Those districts often stop collecting household income forms, so their reported share can run below the number of low-income students they enroll. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

Profile built from New Jersey Department of Education Fall Enrollment data, 1998-99 through 2025-26. How this data works →