Mark Newbie Elementary School

Mark Newbie Elementary School operates as a rural-scale elementary school in COLLINGSWOOD, New Jersey, operated by Collingswood Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 136 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 66% leaner than typical.

Collingswood Public School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 2,205 students; Mark Newbie Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Mark Newbie Elementary School shows that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 20% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Black.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 29% of students at Mark Newbie Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Camden County's rate of about 50%.

With demographic context factored in, Mark Newbie Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Camden County indicate median household earnings sit near $88,755, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Camden County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students), Mark Newbie Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: James A. Garfield Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Mark Newbie Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.3%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mark Newbie Elementary School has expanded 3%, going from 132 students in 2018 to 136 in 2025.

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