John Fenwick Academy

John Fenwick Academy operates as a mid-sized elementary campus in SALEM, New Jersey, one of the schools within Salem City School District. Current enrollment sits at 387 students spanning grades pre-K through 2.

Salem City School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,252 students. John Fenwick Academy is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, John Fenwick Academy lists that 65% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 11% White, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting John Fenwick Academy higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Salem County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Salem County put the typical household earns roughly $79,960 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Salem County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,156 students), John Fenwick Academy is one campus in the mix.

Salem Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. John Fenwick Academy's enrollment has shrank 15% since 2018, when it stood at 455 (now 387). Black enrollment moved from 73% to 65% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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