Enrollment
275
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENNSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340912005068
Central Park Elementary School
43 OLIVER AVE, PENNSVILLE, NJ 08070 · (856) 540-6200 · Salem County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL275 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
12.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
132 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 5 | 2% |
| Grade 1 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 2 | 143 | 52% |
| Grade 3 | 126 | 46% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
19.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -14.6pp since 2023
Math
36.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.7% | 36.3% |
| 2023-24 | 34.3% | 39.2% |
% 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
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Central Park Elementary School
Central Park Elementary School's state test result (32.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Park Elementary School this school | 275 | 48.0% | 32.4% |
| Washington Memorial Elementary School WASHINGTON | 280 | 50.0% | 32.2% |
| Montague Township School MONTAGUE | 329 | 43.8% | 45.5% |
| Woodmere EATONTOWN | 235 | 50.2% | 48.9% |
| Taylor Street Elementary School WASHINGTON | 280 | 44.3% | N/A |
| Penn Beach Elementary PENNSVILLE | 263 | 45.2% | 39.3% |
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 Central Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Salem County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #915 of 1,290 | #11 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #860 of 1,319 ▼ 100 | #7 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #1,230 of 1,319 ▼ 234 | #12 of 13 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 275 | #1,205 of 1,562 | #12 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #934 of 1,390 | #11 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #648 of 1,392 | #6 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.0% | #612 of 1,481 | #8 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #417 of 545 | N/A |
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
275
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 247
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 275 | 22.5 | 12.2:1 | 48% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 234 | 22.5 | 10.4:1 | 38% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 216 | 23.5 | 9.2:1 | 39% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | 22 | 12.3:1 | 44% (119) |
| 2017-18 | 265 | 24.1 | 11.0:1 | 37% (98) |
| 2015-16 | 274 | 20 | 13.7:1 | 41% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 277 | 14 | 19.8:1 | 30% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 280 | 18 | 15.6:1 | 15% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 247 | 17 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (265 to 275); teachers down 7% (24.1 to 22.5).
About Central Park Elementary School
Central Park Elementary School sits in PENNSVILLE, New Jersey, and is classified as an elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 3, and the school has 275 students. Against the 405-student average for elementary schools in New Jersey, enrollment here is 32% lower.
Central Park Elementary School is part of a district of 5 schools: Pennsville School District, with 1,846 students.
A majority of students at Central Park Elementary School, 61%, are White. Other reported shares: 23% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 7% multiracial. Salem County's residents are about 73% White, 11 points above the school's share. Central Park Elementary School has a diversity index of 56%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Central Park Elementary School was 12.2:1. Among elementary schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 11.4:1. Central Park Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 48%. Across public schools in Salem County, the average is about the same, 45%.
Central Park Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 17% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 39.9%. Central Park Elementary School scores 32.4%.
In the county around the school, Salem County, median household income is about $79,960, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. A total of 33 public schools operate in Salem County, serving about 11,156 students.
Pennsville Memorial High School is located about 1.0 miles from Central Park Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 28.5%, lower than Central Park Elementary School's 32.4%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Central Park Elementary School had 271 students in 2020-21 and 275 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Central Park Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Salem County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,275
Census ACS
Median income
$79,960
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
11,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pennsville School District
- Pennsville Memorial High SchoolHigh · 483 students
- Pennsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 460 students
- Valley Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 365 students
- Penn Beach ElementaryElementary · 263 students
Other schools in PENNSVILLE
- Pennsville Memorial High SchoolHigh · 483 students
- Pennsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 460 students
- Valley Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 365 students
- Penn Beach ElementaryElementary · 263 students
Other Central Park Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 10 states are named Central Park Elementary. Central Park Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 10.
- CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPLANTATION, FL · 800 students
- Central Park Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, MI · 646 students
- Central Park Elementary SchoolMidlothian, IL · 640 students
- Central Park Elementary SchoolBossier City, LA · 431 students
- Central Park ElementarySanta Clara, CA · 419 students
Nearby schools
- Pennsville Memorial High School1.0 mi · 483
- Pennsville Middle School1.0 mi · 460
- Penn Beach Elementary1.8 mi · 263
- Valley Park Elementary School1.9 mi · 365
- Charter School of New Castle2.4 mi · 788
- Leach (John G.) School3.2 mi · 95
Frequently asked questions
About Central Park Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Central Park Elementary School?
Central Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 275 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does Central Park Elementary School serve?
Central Park Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Central Park Elementary School?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Central Park Elementary School.
How diverse is Central Park Elementary School?
Central Park Elementary School reports a student body of 61% White, 23% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Central Park Elementary School?
Central Park Elementary School is overseen by Pennsville School District in Salem County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.