Pine Acres Early Childhood Center

Pine Acres Early Childhood Center is a tight-knit elementary school in WENONAH, New Jersey, run under Deptford Township Public School District. The school hosts 298 students in grade K. That puts it 26% smaller than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Within Deptford Township Public School District, which oversees 8 schools and 4,096 students, Pine Acres Early Childhood Center is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Pine Acres Early Childhood Center logs that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 23% Hispanic, 13% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

In terms of school funding signals, Pine Acres Early Childhood Center records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Gloucester County) shows that median household income runs about $105,115, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Pine Acres Early Childhood Center is one of 86 public schools in Gloucester County (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students).

Nearest neighbor: Wenonah Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pine Acres Early Childhood Center.

Pine Acres Early Childhood Center operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 24%: 240 students in 2018 compared to 298 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 64% to 50% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.