Broad Street Elementary School

As a tight-knit elementary school in GIBBSTOWN, New Jersey, Broad Street Elementary School serves 290 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Greenwich Township School District. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 28% smaller than typical.

Within Greenwich Township School District, which oversees 5 schools and 1,119 students, Broad Street Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Broad Street Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Broad Street Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.2%; actual is 30.4%, a gap of -17.9 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Gloucester County put median household earnings sit near $105,115, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Broad Street Elementary School is one of 86 public schools in Gloucester County (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students).

Nearest neighbor: Nehaunsey Middle School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Broad Street Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Broad Street Elementary School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 28.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Broad Street Elementary School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 290 (now 290). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 77% to 67%.

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