Central Park Elementary School

Central Park Elementary School, a compact K-5 school in PENNSVILLE, New Jersey, operated by Pennsville School District, works with 275 students, covering grades K through 3. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Central Park Elementary School sits 32% leaner than that benchmark.

Pennsville School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,846 students. Central Park Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Central Park Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Salem County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Central Park Elementary School reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Central Park Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.9%; this one delivers 32.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Salem County) records that median household income runs about $79,960, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Salem County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,156 students), of which Central Park Elementary School is one.

Pennsville Memorial High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Central Park Elementary School comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 28.5%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Central Park Elementary School's enrollment has climbed 4% since 2018, when it stood at 265 (now 275). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 82% to 61%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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