Lafayette - Pershing

As a modestly sized primary school in CARNEYS POINT, New Jersey, Lafayette - Pershing works with 313 students from grades pre-K through K, operated by Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District. Enrollment runs roughly 23% below the state mean of about 405.

Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,182 students; Lafayette - Pershing is among them.

On demographics, Lafayette - Pershing reports that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% Black, 14% White, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Lafayette - Pershing has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Salem County (around 45%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Salem County) reports that median household earnings sit near $79,960, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Salem County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,156 students), of which Lafayette - Pershing is one.

The closest other public school is Penns Grove Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lafayette - Pershing.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 314 students in 2018 compared to 313 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 25% to 14% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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