Alloway Township School

Alloway Township School is one of the intimate elementary campuss in ALLOWAY, New Jersey, operated by Alloway Twp School District, with 285 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Alloway Township School sits 30% smaller than that benchmark.

Operationally, Alloway Township School answers to Alloway Twp School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Alloway Township School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Beyond that, the school shows 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Alloway Township School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 17% of students at Alloway Township School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Salem County's rate of about 45%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Alloway Township School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.8%, the actual is 43.6%, a residual of -13.2 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Salem County indicate median household income runs about $79,960, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Salem County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,156 students), of which Alloway Township School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Quinton Township School, around 2.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Alloway Township School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alloway Township School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 32.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Alloway Township School's enrollment has fell 21% since 2018, when it stood at 359 (now 285). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Alloway Township School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.