Bells Elementary School

As a moderately sized primary school in TURNERSVILLE, New Jersey, Bells Elementary School instructs 571 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Washington Township School District. That puts it 41% bigger than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Across the 16 schools in Washington Township School District (9,381 students total), Bells Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Bells Elementary School logs that 74% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 16% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Gloucester County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 21% of students at Bells Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Gloucester County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bells Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Gloucester County put median household income runs about $105,115, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bells Elementary School is one of 86 public schools in Gloucester County (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students).

Wedgwood Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bells Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bells Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 46.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Bells Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 33% since 2018, when it stood at 429 (now 571). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 88% to 74%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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