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What's the biggest difference between Marie Durand Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
504
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VINELAND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341680001930
Marie Durand Elementary School
371 W FOREST GROVE RD, VINELAND, NJ 08360 · (856) 794-6929 · Cumberland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test 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.
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
13.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
347 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
34.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
28.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.8% | 28.3% |
| 2023-24 | 29.7% | 22.4% |
% 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
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Marie Durand Elementary School
Marie Durand Elementary School's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marie Durand Elementary School this school | 504 | 68.8% | 26.4% |
| Solve D'Ippolito Elementary School VINELAND | 504 | 68.7% | 36.3% |
| Donald A. Quarles Early Childhood Center ENGLEWOOD | 434 | 70.7% | N/A |
| Dr. William Mennies Elementary School VINELAND | 558 | 73.5% | 19.3% |
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary School PENNSAUKEN | 418 | 69.1% | 26.5% |
| Abraham Lincoln School #6 GARFIELD | 385 | 67.8% | 29.6% |
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 Marie Durand Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #1,031 of 1,290 | #13 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #1,010 of 1,319 ▲ 42 | #12 of 32 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #1,031 of 1,319 ▲ 39 | #11 of 32 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #401 of 1,562 | #14 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #1,107 of 1,390 | #27 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #809 of 1,392 | #22 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.8% | #370 of 1,481 | #20 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #794 of 798 | #23 of 24 |
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
504
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 599
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 504 | 38.5 | 13.1:1 | 69% (347) |
| 2023-24 | 508 | 38.5 | 13.2:1 | 64% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 39.5 | 12.0:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2020-21 | 496 | 39 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 39 | 13.0:1 | 60% (305) |
| 2015-16 | 521 | 37 | 14.1:1 | 76% (398) |
| 2010-11 | 560 | 38 | 14.7:1 | 80% (449) |
| 2000-01 | 602 | 50 | 12.0:1 | 61% (366) |
| 1990-91 | 599 | 37 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marie Durand Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (506 to 504); teachers down 1% (39 to 38.5).
About Marie Durand Elementary School
Marie Durand Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in VINELAND, New Jersey. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 504 students. It has 24% more students than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey (about 405).
Vineland Public School District counts 9,392 students in its 14 schools, and Marie Durand Elementary School is one of them.
About 68% of the student body at Marie Durand Elementary School is Hispanic. Other groups include 14% White, 11% Black, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Cumberland County residents are about 36% Hispanic. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at Marie Durand Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Marie Durand Elementary School is 13.1:1, based on 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The figure for public schools in Cumberland County is close, at 67%.
Marie Durand Elementary School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 20% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Marie Durand Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 26.4%; the prediction is 28.5%.
Census data for Cumberland County show median household income comes to about $67,436, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The county has 52 public schools and about 27,803 students.
Solve D'Ippolito Elementary School sits about 1.7 miles from Marie Durand Elementary School. Marie Durand Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Marie Durand Elementary School comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 496 in 2020-21 and 504 in 2024-25.
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Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
153,305
Census ACS
Median income
$67,436
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
27,803 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vineland Public School District
- Vineland Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,736 students
- Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Gloria M Sabater Elementary SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle SchoolMiddle · 620 students
- Veterans Memorial MiddleMiddle · 603 students
- Anthony Rossi Elementary SchoolElementary · 595 students
Other schools in VINELAND
- Vineland Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,736 students
- Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Gloria M Sabater Elementary SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Sgt. Dominick Pilla Middle SchoolMiddle · 620 students
- Veterans Memorial MiddleMiddle · 603 students
- Anthony Rossi Elementary SchoolElementary · 595 students
Nearby schools
- Solve D'Ippolito Elementary School1.7 mi · 504
- Thomas W. Wallace Jr. Middle School2.6 mi · 695
- Main Road School2.7 mi · 345
- Gloria M Sabater Elementary School3.0 mi · 678
- Casimer M. Dallago Jr. Impact Center3.0 mi · 341
- Dane Barse Elementary School3.2 mi · 245
Frequently asked questions
About Marie Durand Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Marie Durand Elementary School?
Marie Durand Elementary School enrolls approximately 504 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Marie Durand Elementary School serve?
Marie Durand Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Marie Durand Elementary School have?
Marie Durand Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Marie Durand Elementary School?
At Marie Durand Elementary School, the student body is approximately 14% White, 68% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Marie Durand Elementary School in?
Marie Durand Elementary School is part of Vineland Public School District.
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