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Enrollment
635
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340573000108
Arthur Rann Elementary School
515 S EIGHTH AVE, GALLOWAY, NJ 08205 · (609) 748-1250 · Atlantic County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL635 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
342 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 96 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 20% smaller than its 6th grade class (96).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Arthur Rann Elementary School→Galloway Township Middle School
Based on grade levels within Galloway Township Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
28.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
30.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 30.6% |
| 2023-24 | 29.6% | 31.8% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Arthur Rann Elementary School
Arthur Rann Elementary School's state test result (28.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Rann Elementary School this school | 635 | 53.9% | 28.7% |
| Horace Mann Community School BAYONNE | 712 | 54.9% | 39.8% |
| Smithville Elementary School GALLOWAY | 572 | 49.7% | 33.8% |
| Maude M. Wilkins Elementary School MAPLE SHADE | 554 | 57.4% | 23.9% |
| Holly Glen Elementary School WILLIAMSTOWN | 570 | 49.5% | 46.9% |
| H Ashton Marsh ABSECON | 516 | 53.1% | 41.1% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Arthur Rann Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Atlantic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #983 of 1,290 | #21 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #963 of 1,319 ▼ 69 | #19 of 38 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #1,138 of 1,319 ▼ 66 | #31 of 38 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 635 | #173 of 1,562 | #7 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #460 of 1,390 | #24 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #192 of 1,392 | #10 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.9% | #542 of 1,481 | #25 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #739 of 798 | #26 of 27 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
635
-52 (-8%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 773
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 11.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 635 | 61 | 10.4:1 | 54% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 652 | 61.7 | 10.6:1 | 52% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 640 | 64.7 | 9.9:1 | 43% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 687 | 62 | 11.1:1 | 45% (309) |
| 2017-18 | 648 | 63.7 | 10.2:1 | 49% (317) |
| 2015-16 | 663 | 58 | 11.4:1 | 48% (319) |
| 2010-11 | 652 | 50 | 13.0:1 | 45% (292) |
| 2000-01 | 635 | 64 | 9.9:1 | 29% (184) |
| 1990-91 | 773 | 51 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arthur Rann Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (648 to 635); teachers down 4% (63.7 to 61).
About Arthur Rann Elementary School
Families in GALLOWAY, New Jersey, are served by Arthur Rann Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school. It teaches 635 students in pre-K through 6. It has 57% more students than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey (about 405).
Arthur Rann Elementary School is one of the 6 schools that make up Galloway Township Public School District (3,119 students in total).
At Arthur Rann Elementary School, White students make up the biggest share, 47%. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 13% Black, 9% Asian, and 5% multiracial. By comparison, Atlantic County residents are about 56% White. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at Arthur Rann Elementary School are from different groups.
The school has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.4 students per teacher. Elementary schools in New Jersey have an average ratio of 11.4:1. The school reported 54% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Arthur Rann Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 12% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Arthur Rann Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools: 28.7% actual against 36.7% predicted.
Census data for Atlantic County show the median household earns about $78,050 a year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Atlantic County number 77, with about 41,964 students.
Arthur Rann Elementary School is about 1.4 miles from H Ashton Marsh, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Arthur Rann Elementary School is 7th of 9 on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Arthur Rann Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 8%.
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Atlantic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,270
Census ACS
Median income
$78,050
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
41,964 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Galloway Township Public School District
- Galloway Township Middle SchoolMiddle · 705 students
- Roland Rogers Elementary SchoolElementary · 578 students
- Smithville Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Reeds Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 493 students
- Pomona PreschoolElementary · 136 students
Other schools in GALLOWAY
- Absegami High SchoolHigh · 1,130 students
- Galloway Township Middle SchoolMiddle · 705 students
- Roland Rogers Elementary SchoolElementary · 578 students
- Smithville Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Reeds Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 493 students
- Atlantic Community Charter SchoolElementary · 333 students
Nearby schools
- H Ashton Marsh1.4 mi · 516
- Emma C Attales1.4 mi · 392
- Absegami High School1.8 mi · 1,130
- Reeds Road Elementary School2.1 mi · 493
- Roland Rogers Elementary School2.1 mi · 578
- Galloway Township Middle School2.3 mi · 705
Frequently asked questions
About Arthur Rann Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Arthur Rann Elementary School?
Arthur Rann Elementary School enrolls approximately 635 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Arthur Rann Elementary School serve?
Arthur Rann Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Arthur Rann Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Arthur Rann Elementary School is approximately 10.4:1 (61 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Arthur Rann Elementary School?
Arthur Rann Elementary School reports a student body of 47% White, 24% Hispanic, 13% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Arthur Rann Elementary School?
Arthur Rann Elementary School is overseen by Galloway Township Public School District in Atlantic County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.