Dawes Avenue Elementary School

Set in Somers Point, New Jersey, Dawes Avenue Elementary School is an intimate elementary-level community, run under Somers Point School District. It works with 341 students across grades pre-K through 3.

Dawes Avenue Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Somers Point School District, a district that instructs 684 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Dawes Avenue Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 32% White, 19% Black, 10% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Dawes Avenue Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 73% of students at Dawes Avenue Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Atlantic County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Dawes Avenue Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Atlantic County indicate the typical household earns roughly $78,050 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Atlantic County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,964 students), of which Dawes Avenue Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dawes Avenue Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 44.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 338 students in 2018 compared to 341 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 41% to 32% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

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