Herma S. Simmons Elementary School (Clayton Public School District SCH DIST.), New Jersey - School Profile in 2023-2024 School Year

Updated on August 8, 2025.

Herma S. Simmons Elementary School is a Elementary in CLAYTON, NJ. It currently serves 685 students (grades PK-05). The school is part of the Clayton Public School District School District.

Below, we provide details about the school including the population per grade, the racial demography of the student population, the racial demography of the student population per gender/sex, and the racial demography per grade level.

You can see similar information for other schools in Clayton Public School District School District and all schools in New Jersey.

Other Details

School Type: Regular School

School Level: Elementary

Number of Students:685

Number of Teachers: 69

Student/Teacher Ratio: 9.93

Location Info

Location: 300 WEST CHESTNUT STREET, CLAYTON, NJ 08312

Mailing Address: 300 WEST CHESTNUT STREET, CLAYTON, NJ 08312-1700

Phone: (856)881-8704

Website: http://www.claytonps.org

Data Source: NCES.

Student Population Per Grade

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Grade	Population
Grade 1	88
Grade 2	81
Grade 3	103
Grade 4	95
Grade 5	81
Kindergarten	97
Pre-Kindergarten	140

Gender/Sex of Herma S. Simmons Elementary School Student Population

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Gender	Population	Percent of Population (%)
Male	364	53.14
Female	321	46.86

Race/Ethnicity Demography of Herma S. Simmons Elementary School Student Population

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Race/Ethnicity	Population	Percent of Population (%)
Asian	9	1.31
Black or African American	162	23.65
Hispanic/Latino	125	18.25
Two or more races	70	10.22
White	319	46.57

Male - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population

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Race/Ethnicity	Population	Percent of Population (%)
Asian	9	2.47
Black or African American	80	21.98
Hispanic/Latino	66	18.13
Two or more races	42	11.54
White	167	45.88

Female - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population

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Race/Ethnicity	Population	Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American	82	25.55
Hispanic/Latino	59	18.38
Two or more races	28	8.72
White	152	47.35

Race Demography Per Grade

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Grade 1 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders

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Race/Ethnicity	Population	Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American	18	20.45
Hispanic/Latino	19	21.59
Two or more races	6	6.82
White	45	51.14

Grade 2 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders

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Race/Ethnicity	Population	Percent of Population (%)
Asian	2	2.47
Black or African American	26	32.10
Hispanic/Latino	10	12.35
Two or more races	8	9.88
White	35	43.21

Grade 3 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders

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Race/Ethnicity	Population	Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American	27	26.21
Hispanic/Latino	22	21.36
Two or more races	12	11.65
White	42	40.78

Grade 4 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders

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Race/Ethnicity	Population	Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American	20	21.05
Hispanic/Latino	12	12.63
Two or more races	10	10.53
White	53	55.79

Grade 5 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders

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Race/Ethnicity	Population	Percent of Population (%)
Asian	2	2.47
Black or African American	21	25.93
Hispanic/Latino	16	19.75
Two or more races	9	11.11
White	33	40.74

Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders

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Race/Ethnicity	Population	Percent of Population (%)
Asian	2	2.06
Black or African American	15	15.46
Hispanic/Latino	21	21.65
Two or more races	11	11.34
White	48	49.49

Pre-Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders

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Race/Ethnicity	Population	Percent of Population (%)
Asian	3	2.14
Black or African American	35	25.00
Hispanic/Latino	25	17.86
Two or more races	14	10.00
White	63	45.00