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Roland Rogers Elementary School
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Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Roland Rogers Elementary School
Located at 105 S REEDS ROAD, in GALLOWAY, New Jersey, Roland Rogers Elementary School is an average-sized K-5 school that enrolls 578 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within Galloway Township Public School District. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 43% above typical.
Galloway Township Public School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,119 students. Roland Rogers Elementary School is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, Roland Rogers Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 28% Hispanic, 20% Black, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Atlantic County as a whole is about 56% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, Roland Rogers Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.6%; this one delivers 31.6%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Atlantic County indicate median household income runs about $78,050, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Atlantic County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,964 students), of which Roland Rogers Elementary School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Reeds Road Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Roland Rogers Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 31.5%.
Roland Rogers Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 10%: 526 students in 2018 compared to 578 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for Roland Rogers Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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