Enrollment
267
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTIC CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340096000016
Chelsea Heights School
4101 Filbert Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ 08401 · (609) 343-7272 · Atlantic County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL267 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% 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.
- A+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
9.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
238 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 13% smaller than its 8th grade class (30).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Chelsea Heights School→Atlantic City High School
Based on grade levels within Atlantic City School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -8.2pp since 2023
Math
36.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 36.5% |
| 2023-24 | 58.2% | 36.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 17% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 Chelsea Heights School
Chelsea Heights School's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea Heights School this school | 267 | 89.1% | 39.0% |
| School 7 PATERSON | 250 | 89.6% | 21.0% |
| School 19 PATERSON | 288 | 74.7% | 35.8% |
| Brighton Avenue School Atlantic City | 302 | 92.1% | 28.5% |
| Dr. Paul Rafalides School JERSEY CITY | 318 | 76.4% | 41.5% |
| Texas Avenue School Atlantic City | 496 | 91.3% | 20.9% |
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 Chelsea Heights School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Atlantic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #774 of 1,290 | #12 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #859 of 1,319 ▼ 47 | #15 of 38 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #700 of 1,319 ▼ 199 | #9 of 38 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 267 | #1,232 of 1,562 | #36 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #160 of 1,390 | #12 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #227 of 1,392 | #13 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.1% | #67 of 1,481 | #8 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.2% | #67 of 798 | #2 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
267
-65 (-20%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 184
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
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 | 267 | 29.1 | 9.2:1 | 89% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 257 | 27.4 | 9.4:1 | 85% (219) |
| 2022-23 | 269 | 28 | 9.6:1 | 90% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 332 | 30 | 11.1:1 | 91% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 29.6 | 12.4:1 | 93% (343) |
| 2015-16 | 353 | 34 | 10.4:1 | 89% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 408 | 36 | 11.3:1 | 89% (363) |
| 2000-01 | 235 | 19 | 12.4:1 | 91% (213) |
| 1990-91 | 184 | 11 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chelsea Heights School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (367 to 267); teachers down 2% (29.6 to 29.1).
About Chelsea Heights School
Chelsea Heights School, a small elementary school, is located in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It had 267 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 8. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students, which makes this school 34% below average.
The district, Atlantic City School District, has 6,339 students enrolled across 11 schools.
The student body at Chelsea Heights School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 43%. The next largest groups are 30% Asian, 21% Black, and 4% White. The school's Hispanic share is 23 points above the 20% share among Atlantic County residents. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at Chelsea Heights School are from different groups.
There are 29.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 9.2:1. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey, 11.4:1, is higher. Of all students at Chelsea Heights School, 89% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Atlantic County, the average eligibility rate is 59%.
On the allk12 Grade, Chelsea Heights School lands at B+, ahead of 66% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Chelsea Heights School is 17.4%. It actually posts 39.0%, which is 21.6 points higher and in the top 10% of New Jersey schools.
The school is in Atlantic County, where the median household earns about $78,050 a year, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Atlantic County, 77 public schools serve about 41,964 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Richmond Avenue School, is about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Chelsea Heights School is 2nd among 8 schools close by.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 267, compared with 332 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 11.1 in 2020-21 to 9.2 in 2024-25.
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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 Atlantic City School District
- Atlantic City High SchoolHigh · 1,731 students
- Sovereign Avenue SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Richmond Avenue SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Pennsylvania Ave SchoolElementary · 566 students
- New York Avenue SchoolElementary · 550 students
- Dr Martin Luther King Jr School ComplexElementary · 544 students
Other schools in Atlantic City
- Atlantic City High SchoolHigh · 1,731 students
- Sovereign Avenue SchoolElementary · 717 students
- Richmond Avenue SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Pennsylvania Ave SchoolElementary · 566 students
- New York Avenue SchoolElementary · 550 students
- Dr Martin Luther King Jr School ComplexElementary · 544 students
Nearby schools
- Richmond Avenue School0.5 mi · 609
- Sovereign Avenue School0.6 mi · 717
- Brighton Avenue School0.8 mi · 302
- Atlantic City High School1.1 mi · 1,731
- Texas Avenue School1.1 mi · 496
- Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Complex1.5 mi · 544
Frequently asked questions
About Chelsea Heights SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Chelsea Heights School?
Chelsea Heights School enrolls approximately 267 students in grades PK-08.
Is Chelsea Heights School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chelsea Heights School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Chelsea Heights School have?
Chelsea Heights School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Chelsea Heights School?
Student demographics at Chelsea Heights School are roughly 4% White, 43% Hispanic, 21% Black, 30% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Chelsea Heights School in?
Chelsea Heights School is part of Atlantic City School District.
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