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What's the most underrated thing about Leeds Avenue Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
570
Elementary
DISTRICT 444 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANTVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341320000198
Leeds Avenue Elementary School
100 W LEEDS AVENUE, PLEASANTVILLE, NJ 08232 · (609) 383-6878 · Atlantic County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
483 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 90 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 56% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Pleasantville Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
28.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +7.8pp since 2023
Math
21.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.9% | 21.2% |
| 2023-24 | 21.1% | 17.7% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
19.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Leeds Avenue Elementary School
Leeds Avenue Elementary School's state test result (19.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds Avenue Elementary School this school | 570 | 84.7% | 19.4% |
| Winfield Scott School No. 2 ELIZABETH | 630 | 82.4% | 16.0% |
| Luis Munoz-Rivera Elementary School Trenton | 468 | 85.7% | 2.7% |
| Lindenwold School Five LINDENWOLD | 596 | 80.5% | 26.4% |
| George Washington Academy School No. 1 ELIZABETH | 595 | 87.6% | 23.8% |
| Principle Academy Charter School Egg Harbor Township | 434 | 86.6% | 23.9% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Leeds Avenue Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Atlantic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #1,141 of 1,290 | #31 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #1,135 of 1,319 ▲ 2 | #29 of 38 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #1,122 of 1,319 ▲ 73 | #30 of 38 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #278 of 1,562 | #12 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #477 of 1,390 | #25 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #641 of 1,392 | #19 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.7% | #135 of 1,481 | #14 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #604 of 798 | #22 of 27 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
570
-31 (-5%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 380
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 12.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 570 | 54.5 | 10.5:1 | 85% (483) |
| 2023-24 | 627 | 50 | 12.5:1 | 71% (445) |
| 2022-23 | 570 | 44 | 12.9:1 | 76% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 601 | 49 | 12.3:1 | 79% (475) |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 47 | 12.8:1 | 82% (493) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 50 | 11.6:1 | 94% (546) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | 49 | 10.8:1 | 86% (453) |
| 2000-01 | 592 | 46 | 12.9:1 | 68% (402) |
| 1990-91 | 380 | 22 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leeds Avenue Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (602 to 570); teachers up 16% (47 to 54.5).
About Leeds Avenue Elementary School
Leeds Avenue Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in PLEASANTVILLE, New Jersey, (ZIP code 08232). Enrolled students number 570 students, in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 41% higher than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey, which is about 405.
Pleasantville Public School District counts 3,619 students in its 6 schools, and Leeds Avenue Elementary School is one of them.
At 55%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Leeds Avenue Elementary School combined. Other students are 38% Black, 3% multiracial, and 3% White. By comparison, Atlantic County residents are about 20% Hispanic. Leeds Avenue Elementary School has a diversity index of 56%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Leeds Avenue Elementary School total 54.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.5:1. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is higher than this school's figure. The school counts 483 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 85%. The 59% average for public schools in Atlantic County is 26 points lower.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Leeds Avenue Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Leeds Avenue Elementary School is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools.
Within Atlantic County, median household income is about $78,050, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Atlantic County number 77 and enroll about 41,964.
Nearest public school: Pleasantville Middle School, about 0.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Leeds Avenue Elementary School is 6th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Leeds Avenue Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Leeds Avenue Elementary School went from 601 students to 570. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.3:1 in 2020-21, and 10.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Atlantic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,270
Census ACS
Median income
$78,050
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
41,964 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pleasantville Public School District
- Pleasantville High SchoolHigh · 997 students
- Pleasantville Middle SchoolMiddle · 847 students
- South Main Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 455 students
- Washington Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- North Main Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
Other schools in PLEASANTVILLE
- Pleasantville High SchoolHigh · 997 students
- Pleasantville Middle SchoolMiddle · 847 students
- South Main Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 455 students
- Washington Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- North Main Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
Nearby schools
- Pleasantville Middle School0.9 mi · 847
- Pleasantville High School1.0 mi · 997
- North Main Street Elementary School1.0 mi · 318
- Washington Avenue Elementary School1.4 mi · 432
- South Main Street Elementary School1.9 mi · 455
- H Ashton Marsh2.1 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About Leeds Avenue Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Leeds Avenue Elementary School?
Leeds Avenue Elementary School enrolls approximately 570 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Leeds Avenue Elementary School serve?
Leeds Avenue Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Leeds Avenue Elementary School have?
Leeds Avenue Elementary School employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
How diverse is Leeds Avenue Elementary School?
Leeds Avenue Elementary School reports a student body of 3% White, 55% Hispanic, 38% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Leeds Avenue Elementary School?
Leeds Avenue Elementary School is overseen by Pleasantville Public School District in Atlantic County.
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