Parkview Elementary School

Located at 101 BIRCH ST, in WESTVILLE, New Jersey, Parkview Elementary School is a medium-sized K-5 school that hosts 347 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by Westville Boro Public School District.

Parkview Elementary School sits inside Westville Boro Public School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Parkview Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 22% Hispanic, 17% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Gloucester County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Gloucester County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Parkview Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.5%.

Zooming out to the county, Gloucester County reports that the typical household earns roughly $105,115 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Gloucester County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students), Parkview Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Alice Costello Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Parkview Elementary School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Parkview Elementary School has decreased 4%, going from 362 students in 2018 to 347 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 68% to 50%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

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