Loudenslager Elementary School

Loudenslager Elementary School is one of the close-knit elementary schools in PAULSBORO, New Jersey, one of the schools within Paulsboro School District, with 330 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 6.

Paulsboro School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,171 students; Loudenslager Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Loudenslager Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Black at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 29% Hispanic, 17% White, 12% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Loudenslager Elementary School reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Gloucester County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Loudenslager Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.7%; this one delivers 13.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Gloucester County shows median household income runs about $105,115, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Loudenslager Elementary School is one of 86 public schools in Gloucester County (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students).

Nearest neighbor: Paulsboro Junior High School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Loudenslager Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.5%.

Loudenslager Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Loudenslager Elementary School has increased 13%, going from 291 students in 2018 to 330 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 13% to 29% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.