Enrollment
263
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENNSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340912005072
Penn Beach Elementary
96 KANSAS RD, PENNSVILLE, NJ 08070 · (856) 540-6200 · Salem County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL263 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
10.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
119 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 45% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 43% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Pennsville School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
56.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
34.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.5% | 34.2% |
| 2023-24 | 54.9% | 31.3% |
% 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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Penn Beach Elementary
Penn Beach Elementary's state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Beach Elementary this school | 263 | 45.2% | 39.3% |
| Belvidere Elementary School BELVIDERE | 274 | 44.2% | 17.6% |
| Frederic A. Priff Elementary School WARETOWN | 241 | 44.4% | 35.9% |
| Mary Bray Elementary School MOUNT EPHRAIM | 289 | 39.1% | 46.9% |
| Tuckerton Elementary School TUCKERTON | 308 | 51.3% | 33.7% |
| Robert C. Wood Sr Early Childhood Center Little Egg Harbor | 318 | 40.9% | 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 Penn Beach Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Salem County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #763 of 1,290 | #6 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #891 of 1,319 ▲ 17 | #9 of 13 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #570 of 1,319 ▲ 3 | #4 of 13 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 263 | #1,243 of 1,562 | #13 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #431 of 1,390 | #5 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.4% | #994 of 1,392 | #10 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.2% | #655 of 1,481 | #9 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #508 of 798 | #6 of 9 |
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
263
-42 (-14%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 263 | 25.5 | 10.3:1 | 45% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 277 | 24.5 | 11.3:1 | 42% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 25.5 | 12.4:1 | 43% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | 24 | 12.7:1 | 41% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 285 | 24.5 | 11.6:1 | 37% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 262 | 22 | 11.9:1 | 36% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 316 | 17 | 18.6:1 | 30% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 335 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 10% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 390 | 22 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Penn Beach Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (285 to 263); teachers up 4% (24.5 to 25.5).
About Penn Beach Elementary
Penn Beach Elementary is a public small elementary school in PENNSVILLE, New Jersey. It had 263 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 3 through 5. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students, which makes this school 35% below average.
Penn Beach Elementary is one of the 5 schools that make up Pennsville School District (1,846 students in total).
Federal enrollment data show Penn Beach Elementary is 74% White. The remaining shares are 15% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. In Salem County overall, the White share is about 73%. A diversity index of 42% means there is a 42% chance two randomly chosen students at Penn Beach Elementary are from different groups.
Its ratio of 10.3:1 is based on 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 45%. The figure for public schools in Salem County is close, at 45%.
Penn Beach Elementary earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 37% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Penn Beach Elementary scores 39.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 41.4%.
In the wider Salem County area, median household income comes to about $79,960, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Salem County's 33 public schools enroll about 11,156 students and include Penn Beach Elementary.
Pennsville Middle School sits about 0.8 miles from Penn Beach Elementary. Penn Beach Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Penn Beach Elementary comes in 1st of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 14% drop took enrollment from 305 in 2020-21 to 263 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.7:1 to 10.3:1.
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Salem County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,275
Census ACS
Median income
$79,960
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
11,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pennsville School District
- Pennsville Memorial High SchoolHigh · 483 students
- Pennsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 460 students
- Valley Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 365 students
- Central Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 275 students
Other schools in PENNSVILLE
- Pennsville Memorial High SchoolHigh · 483 students
- Pennsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 460 students
- Valley Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 365 students
- Central Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 275 students
Nearby schools
- Pennsville Middle School0.8 mi · 460
- Pennsville Memorial High School0.8 mi · 483
- Valley Park Elementary School1.4 mi · 365
- Central Park Elementary School1.8 mi · 275
- Charter School of New Castle2.7 mi · 788
- New Castle Elementary School2.7 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About Penn Beach ElementaryHow many students attend Penn Beach Elementary?
Penn Beach Elementary enrolls approximately 263 students in grades 03-05.
Is Penn Beach Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Penn Beach Elementary is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Penn Beach Elementary have?
Penn Beach Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Penn Beach Elementary?
Student demographics at Penn Beach Elementary are roughly 74% White, 15% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Penn Beach Elementary?
Penn Beach Elementary is overseen by Pennsville School District in Salem County.
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