R. M. Bacon Elementary School

Located at 501 SOUTH THIRD STREET, in MILLVILLE, New Jersey, R. M. Bacon Elementary School is a tight-knit elementary campus that hosts 284 students (grades K through 5), run under Millville School District. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 30% below typical.

Across the 8 schools in Millville School District (4,992 students total), R. M. Bacon Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, R. M. Bacon Elementary School reports that 39% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 29% Hispanic, 19% White, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Cumberland County as a whole is about 17% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cumberland County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, R. M. Bacon Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.7%; this one delivers 14.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cumberland County) shows that median household income runs about $67,436, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cumberland County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,803 students), of which R. M. Bacon Elementary School is one.

Silver Run Elementary 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. On composite proficiency, R. M. Bacon Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 18.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 295 students in 2018 compared to 284 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 32% to 19%.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.