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Enrollment
558
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VINELAND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341680005921
Dr. William Mennies Elementary School
361 EAST GRANT AVENUE, VINELAND, NJ 08360 · (856) 794-6957 · Cumberland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL558 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
13.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
410 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
23.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -7.6pp since 2023
Math
13.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.1% | 13.9% |
| 2023-24 | 30.7% | 17.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
19.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% 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 Dr. William Mennies Elementary School
Dr. William Mennies Elementary School's state test result (19.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. William Mennies Elementary School this school | 558 | 73.5% | 19.3% |
| West End School North Plainfield | 600 | 76.0% | 29.3% |
| Solve D'Ippolito Elementary School VINELAND | 504 | 68.7% | 36.3% |
| Number 2 LINDEN | 602 | 78.7% | 19.6% |
| Marie Durand Elementary School VINELAND | 504 | 68.8% | 26.4% |
| Franklin Elementary School RAHWAY | 658 | 72.2% | 31.6% |
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 Dr. William Mennies Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #1,143 of 1,290 | #19 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #1,233 of 1,319 ▼ 85 | #25 of 32 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #1,204 of 1,319 ▼ 151 | #20 of 32 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 558 | #294 of 1,562 | #7 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,188 of 1,390 | #31 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #619 of 1,392 | #16 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.5% | #306 of 1,481 | #15 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #498 of 798 | #14 of 24 |
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
558
-38 (-6%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 531
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 558 | 41 | 13.6:1 | 73% (410) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 42 | 13.4:1 | 66% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 602 | 44 | 13.7:1 | 0% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 596 | 43 | 13.9:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 607 | 46 | 13.2:1 | 60% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 624 | 44 | 14.2:1 | 74% (461) |
| 2010-11 | 656 | 47 | 14.0:1 | 70% (457) |
| 2000-01 | 644 | 47 | 13.7:1 | 66% (425) |
| 1990-91 | 531 | 33 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. William Mennies Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (607 to 558); teachers down 11% (46 to 41).
About Dr. William Mennies Elementary School
This page covers Dr. William Mennies Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in VINELAND, New Jersey. Enrollment totals 558 students across kindergarten through 5. The school is 38% larger than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
The district, Vineland Public School District, operates 14 schools serving 9,392 students.
Federal enrollment data show Dr. William Mennies Elementary School is 61% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 18% Black, 15% White, and 4% multiracial. Cumberland County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 41 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.6:1. The gap from the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 2.2 students per teacher. On the income side, 73% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Dr. William Mennies Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 8% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
The model predicts 25.9% for a school in New Jersey with Dr. William Mennies Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Dr. William Mennies Elementary School posts 19.3%.
The school's county is Cumberland County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $67,436 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Dr. William Mennies Elementary School shares Cumberland County with 51 other public schools.
John H. Winslow Elementary School is about 1.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Dr. William Mennies Elementary School is 7th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put Dr. William Mennies Elementary School inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).
The school's enrollment fell 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
153,305
Census ACS
Median income
$67,436
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
27,803 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vineland Public School District
- Vineland Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,736 students
- Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Gloria M Sabater Elementary SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle SchoolMiddle · 620 students
- Veterans Memorial MiddleMiddle · 603 students
- Anthony Rossi Elementary SchoolElementary · 595 students
Other schools in VINELAND
- Vineland Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,736 students
- Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Gloria M Sabater Elementary SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle SchoolMiddle · 620 students
- Veterans Memorial MiddleMiddle · 603 students
- Anthony Rossi Elementary SchoolElementary · 595 students
Nearby schools
- John H. Winslow Elementary School1.4 mi · 472
- Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle School1.5 mi · 620
- Vineland Public Charter School1.5 mi · 428
- Cumberland County Technical Education Center2.1 mi · 1,296
- Compass Academy Charter School2.2 mi · 183
- Veterans Memorial Middle2.2 mi · 603
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. William Mennies Elementary SchoolHow large is Dr. William Mennies Elementary School?
Dr. William Mennies Elementary School enrolls approximately 558 students in grades KG-05.
Is Dr. William Mennies Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dr. William Mennies Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dr. William Mennies Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dr. William Mennies Elementary School is approximately 13.6:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dr. William Mennies Elementary School?
At Dr. William Mennies Elementary School, the student body is approximately 15% White, 61% Hispanic, 18% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Dr. William Mennies Elementary School?
Dr. William Mennies Elementary School is overseen by Vineland Public School District in Cumberland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.