Field Street School

Located at 144 FIELD STREET, in CARNEYS POINT, New Jersey, Field Street School is an average-sized K-5 school that instructs 463 students (grades 1 through 3), overseen by Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District.

Field Street School is one of 5 schools operated by Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District, a district that caters to 2,182 students overall.

Demographically, Field Street School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 36% Black, 12% White. By comparison, Salem County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Field Street School logs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Salem County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Field Street School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.3%, the actual is 22.6%, a residual of -1.7 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Salem County put median household earnings sit near $79,960, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Salem County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,156 students), of which Field Street School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Penns Grove High School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Field Street School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Field Street School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 18.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Field Street School's enrollment has declined 7% since 2018, when it stood at 498 (now 463). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 34% to 49%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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