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Morris Goodwin School

839 YE GREATE STREET, GREENWICH, NJ 08323 · (856) 451-5513 · Cumberland County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL85 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% 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.
  • A-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

Enrollment
85
Elementary
STATE 405
Student : Teacher
4.2:1
20 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
37 students
STATE 41%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K1012%
Kindergarten56%
Grade 11113%
Grade 21012%
Grade 378%
Grade 489%
Grade 5911%
Grade 689%
Grade 767%
Grade 81113%
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 71% · US 70%
White
6374%
STATE 37% · US 43%
Hispanic
78%
STATE 35% · US 30%
Black
1416%
STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
11%
STATE 10% · US 6%
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
Male
4755%
Female
3845%

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Test scores

NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations
English Language Arts
80.0%
NJ avg 53.1%

What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The New Jersey average is about 53 of 100.

Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Morris Goodwin School

Morris Goodwin School's state test result (55.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Morris Goodwin School this school8543.5%55.0%
Elsinboro Township School
SALEM
10554.3%37.4%
Delaware Avenue School
Palmyra
9946.5%N/A
Hampton Borough School
HAMPTON
11335.4%44.7%
Stow Creek Township School
BRIDGETON
12737.8%58.3%
Norma Elementary School
PITTSGROVE
14537.2%N/A
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 Morris Goodwin School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New JerseyIn Cumberland County
Enrollment
ranked largest first
85#1,531 of 1,562#37 of 37
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 2024-25
Enrollment
85
+6 (+8%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 87
Student : Teacher
4.2:1
was 7.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-258520.54.2:144% (37)
2023-2479107.9:147% (37)
2022-238222.63.6:144% (36)
2020-2179107.9:152% (41)
2017-186314.84.3:137% (23)
2015-1660154.0:127% (16)
2010-1167513.4:124% (16)
2000-0196109.6:129% (28)
1990-9187810.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morris Goodwin School.

Since 2017-18: students up 35% (63 to 85); teachers up 38% (14.8 to 20.5).

About Morris Goodwin School

Morris Goodwin School serves students in GREENWICH, New Jersey, as a very small elementary school. Students in pre-K through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 85 students. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students, which makes this school 79% below average.

Morris Goodwin School reports to Greenwich Township School District.

White students are 74% of those enrolled at Morris Goodwin School. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% Black and 8% Hispanic. In Cumberland County overall, about 47% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 42, compared with 70 nationally.

The student-to-teacher ratio at Morris Goodwin School is 4.2:1, based on 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Morris Goodwin School counts 44% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cumberland County is 67%.

On the allk12 Grade, Morris Goodwin School lands at B+, ahead of 74% of New Jersey public elementary schools.

Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Morris Goodwin School's results are 12.7 points above predicted: 55.0% against 42.3%.

The school is in Cumberland County, where the median household earns about $67,436 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Across Cumberland County, 52 public schools serve about 27,803 students.

Stow Creek Township School is the nearest public school to Morris Goodwin School, about 3.7 miles away. Other public schools within ten miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 21.5%, lower than Morris Goodwin School's 55.0%.

Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 85, compared with 79 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 7.9 in 2020-21 to 4.2 in 2024-25.

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Cumberland County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Morris Goodwin School
District
Greenwich Township School District
Address
839 YE GREATE STREET, GREENWICH, NJ 08323
Phone
(856) 451-5513
County
Cumberland County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–08
Total enrollment
85
Teachers (FTE)
20
Student–teacher ratio
4.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
37 (44%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
340615001848
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Morris Goodwin School
What is the total enrollment at Morris Goodwin School?
Morris Goodwin School enrolls approximately 85 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Morris Goodwin School serve?
Morris Goodwin School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Morris Goodwin School?
Approximately 4.2:1 students per teacher at Morris Goodwin School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Morris Goodwin School?
At Morris Goodwin School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 8% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian.
Is Morris Goodwin School public or private?
Morris Goodwin School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Greenwich Township School District.
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