Enrollment
341
Elementary
DISTRICT 173 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOMERS POINT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341503000208
Dawes Avenue Elementary School
22 W. Dawes Avenue, Somers Point, NJ 08244 · (609) 653-1027 · Atlantic County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL341 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% 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.
- B-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
8.3:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 3.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
249 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 92 | 27% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 15% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Dawes Avenue Elementary School→Jordan Road Elementary School
Based on grade levels within Somers Point School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
29.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
27.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.8% | 27.1% |
| 2023-24 | 26.6% | 29.7% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Dawes Avenue Elementary School
Dawes Avenue Elementary School's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawes Avenue Elementary School this school | 341 | 73.0% | 28.3% |
| Dr. Albert M. Bean School PINE HILL | 364 | 77.7% | 22.9% |
| South Toms River Elementary School SOUTH TOMS RIVER | 330 | 72.4% | 17.5% |
| Philipsburg Primary School PHILLIPSBURG | 420 | 76.2% | N/A |
| Phillipsburg Early Childhood Learning Center PHILLIPSBURG | 449 | 73.7% | N/A |
| Charles L. Spragg School EGG HARBOR CITY | 285 | 71.6% | 9.0% |
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 Dawes Avenue Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Atlantic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #999 of 1,290 | #23 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #1,027 of 1,319 ▼ 86 | #24 of 38 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #1,108 of 1,319 ▲ 14 | #27 of 38 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 341 | #942 of 1,562 | #29 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.3:1 | #62 of 1,390 | #3 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.2% | #79 of 1,392 | #3 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.0% | #311 of 1,481 | #16 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #510 of 545 | #9 of 9 |
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
341
+38 (+13%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 309
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 341 | 41 | 8.3:1 | 73% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 366 | 41.5 | 8.8:1 | 63% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 346 | 41.5 | 8.3:1 | 59% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | 30 | 10.1:1 | 63% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 338 | 35.9 | 9.4:1 | 70% (235) |
| 2015-16 | 351 | 35 | 10.0:1 | 71% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 27 | 13.8:1 | 51% (192) |
| 2000-01 | 465 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 46% (213) |
| 1990-91 | 309 | 14 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dawes Avenue Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (338 to 341); teachers up 14% (35.9 to 41).
About Dawes Avenue Elementary School
Somers Point, New Jersey, is home to Dawes Avenue Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. It offers pre-K through 3 and has 341 students enrolled.
Somers Point School District is the local district for Dawes Avenue Elementary School. It runs 3 schools with 684 students.
Hispanic students make up 36% of enrollment at Dawes Avenue Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 32% White, 19% Black, and 10% multiracial. That compares with about 20% Hispanic among all Atlantic County residents. A diversity index of 72% means there is a 72% chance two randomly chosen students at Dawes Avenue Elementary School are from different groups.
Dawes Avenue Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.3:1, with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 73% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Atlantic County is 59%.
On the allk12 Grade, Dawes Avenue Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 31% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 26.2% for Dawes Avenue Elementary School. The school posts 28.3%, 2.1 points above the prediction.
The school's county is Atlantic County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $78,050, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 77 public schools in the county, enrolling about 41,964, Dawes Avenue Elementary School among them.
Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Dawes Avenue Elementary School is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
In the federal locale system, Dawes Avenue Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 303 to 341, a 13% increase. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 10.1:1 to 8.3:1.
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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 Somers Point School District
- Jordan Road Elementary SchoolMiddle · 339 students
- New York Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 4 students
Other schools in Somers Point
- Jordan Road Elementary SchoolMiddle · 339 students
- Chartertech High School for the Performing ArtsHigh · 253 students
- New York Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 4 students
Nearby schools
- Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts0.6 mi · 253
- New York Avenue Elementary School0.7 mi · 4
- Seaview Elementary School0.8 mi · 444
- Jordan Road Elementary School1.0 mi · 339
- Belhaven Middle School1.4 mi · 347
- Mainland Regional High School1.6 mi · 1,160
Frequently asked questions
About Dawes Avenue Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dawes Avenue Elementary School?
Dawes Avenue Elementary School enrolls approximately 341 students in grades PK-03.
Is Dawes Avenue Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dawes Avenue Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
How many students per teacher at Dawes Avenue Elementary School?
Approximately 8.3:1 students per teacher at Dawes Avenue Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dawes Avenue Elementary School?
At Dawes Avenue Elementary School, the student body is approximately 32% White, 36% Hispanic, 19% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Dawes Avenue Elementary School?
Dawes Avenue Elementary School is overseen by Somers Point School District in Atlantic County.
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