J. Harvey Rodgers School

Set in Glassboro, New Jersey, J. Harvey Rodgers School is a close-knit primary school, one of the schools within Glassboro School District. It hosts 274 students across grades pre-K through K. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so J. Harvey Rodgers School sits 32% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in Glassboro School District (1,948 students total), J. Harvey Rodgers School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, J. Harvey Rodgers School lists that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 28% Black, 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Gloucester County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 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. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Gloucester County (around 32%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Gloucester County) reports that 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. In all, Gloucester County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students), of which J. Harvey Rodgers School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Glassboro High School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

J. Harvey Rodgers School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 291 students in 2018 compared to 274 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 9% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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