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Enrollment
528
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODSTOWN-PILESGROVE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341833005116
Mary S. Shoemaker School
MARY S SHOEMAKER SCHOOL, WOODSTOWN, NJ 08098 · (856) 769-0144 · Salem County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest 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
11.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
154 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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 Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
53.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . -7.3pp since 2023
Math
49.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.2% | 49.8% |
| 2023-24 | 60.5% | 51.0% |
% 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
48.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Mary S. Shoemaker School
Mary S. Shoemaker School's state test result (48.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary S. Shoemaker School this school | 528 | 29.2% | 48.6% |
| Oakview Elementary School WEST DEPTFORD | 475 | 34.5% | N/A |
| Wedgwood Elementary School SEWELL | 465 | 31.6% | 42.9% |
| Radix Elementary WILLIAMSTOWN | 609 | 34.2% | 53.7% |
| Whitman Elementary School TURNERSVILLE | 566 | 23.5% | 61.6% |
| Centre City Elementary School MANTUA | 464 | 26.3% | 54.8% |
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 Mary S. Shoemaker School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Salem County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #556 of 1,290 | #3 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #589 of 1,319 ▼ 62 | #3 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #629 of 1,319 ▼ 184 | #5 of 13 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #342 of 1,562 | #1 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #682 of 1,390 | #8 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.0% | #865 of 1,392 | #8 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.2% | #870 of 1,481 | #14 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.0% | #154 of 545 | N/A |
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
528
+58 (+12%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 470
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 528 | 46.9 | 11.3:1 | 29% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 539 | 46.4 | 11.6:1 | 25% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 47.4 | 10.9:1 | 21% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 45 | 10.4:1 | 28% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 49.3 | 9.3:1 | 28% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 44 | 9.4:1 | 32% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | 33 | 14.7:1 | 26% (125) |
| 2000-01 | 520 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 13% (69) |
| 1990-91 | 470 | 24 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary S. Shoemaker School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (459 to 528); teachers down 5% (49.3 to 46.9).
About Mary S. Shoemaker School
Mary S. Shoemaker School is a public elementary school run by Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District in WOODSTOWN, New Jersey. The school has 528 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students, which makes this school 30% bigger than average.
Mary S. Shoemaker School is a school in Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District. The district has 4 schools and 1,494 students.
About 70% of the student body at Mary S. Shoemaker School is White. Other groups make up 13% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Salem County residents are about 73% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 48% means there is a 48% chance two randomly chosen students at Mary S. Shoemaker School are from different groups.
Mary S. Shoemaker School has 46.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is similar, at 11.4:1. At Mary S. Shoemaker School, 29% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 16 points below the 45% average for public schools in Salem County.
On the allk12 Grade, Mary S. Shoemaker School lands at B-, ahead of 47% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 50.2%. Mary S. Shoemaker School scores 48.6%.
In Salem County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $79,960, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 33 public schools and about 11,156 students.
Mary S. Shoemaker School's closest public school neighbor is Woodstown Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. Nearby schools average 44.9% on proficiency, and Mary S. Shoemaker School is above that at 48.6%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
The school's enrollment rose 12% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Salem County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,275
Census ACS
Median income
$79,960
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
11,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District
- Woodstown High SchoolHigh · 550 students
- Woodstown Middle SchoolMiddle · 303 students
- William Roper Early Childhood Learning CenterElementary · 113 students
Other schools in WOODSTOWN
- Salem County Career and Technical High SchoolHigh · 754 students
- Woodstown High SchoolHigh · 550 students
- Woodstown Middle SchoolMiddle · 303 students
- NJ Regional Day - ManningtonCombined · 53 students
Nearby schools
- Woodstown Middle School0.2 mi · 303
- Woodstown High School0.3 mi · 550
- William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center0.5 mi · 113
- Salem County Career and Technical High School2.8 mi · 754
- NJ Regional Day - Mannington2.8 mi · 53
- South Harrison Elementary School4.1 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About Mary S. Shoemaker SchoolHow large is Mary S. Shoemaker School?
Mary S. Shoemaker School enrolls approximately 528 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Mary S. Shoemaker School serve?
Mary S. Shoemaker School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mary S. Shoemaker School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mary S. Shoemaker School is approximately 11.3:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mary S. Shoemaker School?
Student demographics at Mary S. Shoemaker School are roughly 70% White, 10% Hispanic, 13% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Mary S. Shoemaker School in?
Mary S. Shoemaker School is part of Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.