Dorothy L. Bullock School

Set in Glassboro, New Jersey, Dorothy L. Bullock School is a well-populated elementary-level community, operated by Glassboro School District. It works with 701 students across grades 1 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 73% bigger than typical.

Dorothy L. Bullock School is one of 4 schools operated by Glassboro School District, a district that instructs 1,948 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Dorothy L. Bullock School records that the largest single group is Black at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 27% White, 26% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Gloucester County as a whole is about 11% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Gloucester County's rate of about 32%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dorothy L. Bullock School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 38.8%; this one comes in at 24.3%, -14.5 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Gloucester County shows median household income runs about $105,115, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Gloucester County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students), of which Dorothy L. Bullock School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Orchard Valley Middle School, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dorothy L. Bullock School. On composite proficiency, Dorothy L. Bullock School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 37.5%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Dorothy L. Bullock School's enrollment has increased 52% since 2018, when it stood at 462 (now 701). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 13% to 26% over that span.

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