Main Road School

Main Road School, a reasonably sized K-5 school in NEWFIELD, New Jersey, overseen by Township of Franklin School District, enrolls 345 students, covering grades 3 through 4.

Township of Franklin School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,312 students. Main Road School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Main Road School records that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest breaks down as 13% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Gloucester County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 31 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. Roughly 32% of students at Main Road School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Main Road School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 42.3%, a residual of -6.3 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Gloucester County indicate median household earnings sit near $105,115, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Gloucester County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students), Main Road School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Marie Durand Elementary School, roughly 2.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Main Road School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Main Road School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 28.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Main Road School's enrollment has contracted 17% since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 345). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 80% to 74%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Main Road School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.