Pauline J. Petway Elementary School

As a moderately sized K-5 school in VINELAND, New Jersey, Pauline J. Petway Elementary School hosts 486 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Vineland Public School District.

Vineland Public School District runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 9,392 students. Pauline J. Petway Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pauline J. Petway Elementary School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 27% White, 13% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 36% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Pauline J. Petway Elementary School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 48% of students at Pauline J. Petway Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Cumberland County's rate of about 67%.

With demographic context factored in, Pauline J. Petway Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.0%.

In the broader community, Cumberland County reports that median household income runs about $67,436, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Cumberland County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,803 students), of which Pauline J. Petway Elementary School is one.

Vineland Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pauline J. Petway Elementary School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 24.6%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Pauline J. Petway Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 550 (now 486). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 41% to 52% over that span.

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