Enrollment
347
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTVILLE BORO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341779002684
Parkview Elementary School
101 BIRCH ST, WESTVILLE, NJ 08093 · (856) 456-0235 · Gloucester County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL347 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% 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.
- CBeats 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
9.2:1
38 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
220 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 46 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (38).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
28.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.6% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.8% | 30.4% |
% 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
27.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Parkview Elementary School
Parkview Elementary School's state test result (27.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkview Elementary School this school | 347 | 63.4% | 27.5% |
| Dr. J.P. Cleary Elementary School MINOTOLA | 320 | 62.2% | 25.0% |
| Lakehurst Elementary School LAKEHURST | 411 | 69.1% | 17.3% |
| Mary J Donohoe Community School BAYONNE | 501 | 66.9% | 38.9% |
| Alice Costello Elementary School BROOKLAWN | 277 | 70.0% | 36.2% |
| Nicholas Oresko Community School BAYONNE | 388 | 62.9% | 44.5% |
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 Parkview Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Gloucester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #1,012 of 1,290 | #31 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #934 of 1,319 ▼ 8 | #29 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #1,128 of 1,319 ▲ 8 | #32 of 35 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 347 | #913 of 1,562 | #28 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #159 of 1,390 | #2 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #272 of 1,392 | #12 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.4% | #427 of 1,481 | #6 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #652 of 798 | #16 of 21 |
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
347
+9 (+3%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 387
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 347 | 37.9 | 9.2:1 | 63% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 362 | 36.9 | 9.8:1 | 63% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 327 | 34.6 | 9.4:1 | 64% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 338 | 31 | 10.9:1 | 56% (189) |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 29.1 | 12.4:1 | 60% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 355 | 33 | 10.8:1 | 56% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 336 | 26 | 12.9:1 | 45% (150) |
| 2000-01 | 418 | 32 | 13.1:1 | 38% (159) |
| 1990-91 | 387 | 25 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkview Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (362 to 347); teachers up 30% (29.1 to 37.9).
About Parkview Elementary School
This page covers Parkview Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in WESTVILLE, New Jersey. Classes run from pre-K through 6, and the school has 347 students.
Parkview Elementary School is administered by Westville Boro Public School District.
White students are the majority at Parkview Elementary School, with 50% of enrollment. Other groups make up 22% Hispanic, 17% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Gloucester County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Parkview Elementary School operates with 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 9.2:1. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey have 11.4:1, compared with 9.2:1 here. Parkview Elementary School reports 63% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 32% average for public schools in Gloucester County.
allk12 grades Parkview Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Parkview Elementary School are 4.0 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (27.5% actual, 31.5% predicted).
Recent Census Bureau figures for Gloucester County show that the median household income is $105,115, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Besides Parkview Elementary School, Gloucester County has 85 other public schools.
Alice Costello Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Parkview Elementary School is 8th of 8 on proficiency.
Parkview Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 9 more students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 9.2 students per teacher, compared with 10.9 in 2020-21.
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Gloucester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
306,954
Census ACS
Median income
$105,115
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
46,080 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Parkview Elementary schools
40 other US public schools in 19 states are named Parkview Elementary. Parkview Elementary School is the 29th largest of the 41.
- Parkview Elementary SchoolSTRATFORD, NJ · 357 students
- Parkview ElementaryEl Monte, CA · 920 students
- PARKVIEW ELEMENTARYROSEMOUNT, MN · 674 students
- Parkview Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 618 students
- Parkview Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 609 students
Nearby schools
- Alice Costello Elementary School0.9 mi · 277
- Shady Lane Elementary School1.2 mi · 422
- Bellmawr Park Elementary School1.2 mi · 496
- Gloucester City High School1.5 mi · 739
- Cold Springs School1.6 mi · 839
- Walnut Street School1.8 mi · 112
Frequently asked questions
About Parkview Elementary SchoolHow large is Parkview Elementary School?
Parkview Elementary School enrolls approximately 347 students in grades PK-06.
Is Parkview Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Parkview Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Parkview Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Parkview Elementary School is approximately 9.2:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Parkview Elementary School?
Student demographics at Parkview Elementary School are roughly 50% White, 22% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Parkview Elementary School public or private?
Parkview Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Westville Boro Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.