Oakview Elementary School

Oakview Elementary School is a K-5 school of average-sized scale in WEST DEPTFORD, New Jersey, one of the schools within West Deptford Township School District, enrolling 475 students in grades pre-K through 2.

West Deptford Township School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,816 students. Oakview Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Oakview Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian.

On the resource side, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 35% of students at Oakview Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, census data for Gloucester County shows the typical household earns roughly $105,115 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Oakview Elementary School is one of 86 public schools in Gloucester County (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students).

Nearest neighbor: West Deptford High School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oakview Elementary School.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 25%: 379 students in 2018 compared to 475 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.