Good Intent Elementary School

As an intimate elementary school in DEPTFORD, New Jersey, Good Intent Elementary School teaches 327 students from grades 1 through 5, one of the schools within Deptford Township Public School District.

Within Deptford Township Public School District, which oversees 8 schools and 4,096 students, Good Intent Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Good Intent Elementary School logs that 57% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 18% Hispanic, 13% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Gloucester County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Good Intent Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.3%; this one delivers 42.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Gloucester County indicate median household earnings sit near $105,115, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Gloucester County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students), Good Intent Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Deptford Township High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Good Intent Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 37.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Good Intent Elementary School has decreased 7%, going from 353 students in 2018 to 327 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 18% to 13%.

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