Rieck Avenue Elementary School

As a mid-sized elementary campus in MILLVILLE, New Jersey, Rieck Avenue Elementary School enrolls 419 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Millville School District.

Millville School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 4,992 students. Rieck Avenue Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Rieck Avenue Elementary School shows that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 28% Black, 21% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Cumberland County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Rieck Avenue Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 79% of students at Rieck Avenue Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cumberland County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Rieck Avenue Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.1%; this one delivers 31.1%.

In the broader community, census data for Cumberland County shows median household earnings sit near $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. Rieck Avenue Elementary School is one of 52 public schools in Cumberland County (combined enrollment of about 27,803 students).

The closest other public school is Mount Pleasant Elementary School, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rieck Avenue Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 20.9%.

Rieck Avenue Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 475 students in 2018 compared to 419 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 41% to 21% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.