Enrollment
400
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOORESTOWN TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341071001142
South Valley Elementary School
210 S STANWICK RD, MOORESTOWN, NJ 08057 · (856) 778-6640 · Burlington County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
13.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
11 students
DISTRICT 8% · 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 | 27 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 25% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
South Valley Elementary School→Moorestown Upper Elementary School→William Allen Middle School→Moorestown High School
Based on grade levels within Moorestown Township Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
78.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
75.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.3% | 75.3% |
| 2023-24 | 80.2% | 79.2% |
% 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
78.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 South Valley Elementary School
South Valley Elementary School's state test result (78.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Valley Elementary School this school | 400 | 2.8% | 78.3% |
| Wildwood Elementary School Mountain Lakes | 423 | 0.7% | 82.3% |
| Somerville Elementary School RIDGEWOOD | 394 | 3.8% | 80.8% |
| Edith A. Bogert Elementary School UPPER SADDLE RIVER | 368 | 0.8% | 76.2% |
| Willard Elementary School RIDGEWOOD | 440 | 1.1% | 75.9% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Westfield | 467 | 0.6% | 74.7% |
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 South Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Burlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #46 of 1,290 | #1 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #157 of 1,319 ▼ 85 | #5 of 56 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #116 of 1,319 ▼ 37 | #2 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #701 of 1,562 | #36 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,222 of 1,390 | #60 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #580 of 1,392 | #40 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.8% | #1,399 of 1,481 | #73 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #632 of 798 | #29 of 32 |
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
400
+55 (+16%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 349
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 400 | 28.8 | 13.9:1 | 3% (11) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 30.8 | 12.9:1 | 5% (19) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 30.8 | 12.7:1 | 6% (22) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 30 | 11.5:1 | 9% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 419 | 28.6 | 14.7:1 | 6% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 400 | 28 | 14.3:1 | 11% (44) |
| 2010-11 | 436 | 24 | 18.2:1 | 5% (23) |
| 2000-01 | 572 | 28 | 20.4:1 | 5% (28) |
| 1990-91 | 349 | 16 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (419 to 400); teachers up 1% (28.6 to 28.8).
About South Valley Elementary School
South Valley Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Moorestown Township Public School District, located in MOORESTOWN, New Jersey. Students in pre-K through 3 attend the school, which enrolls 400 students.
Moorestown Township Public School District has 3,897 students in 6 schools, and South Valley Elementary School is one of those schools.
A majority of students at South Valley Elementary School, 61%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 20% Asian, 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Black. That is close to the 64% White share among all Burlington County residents. By the diversity index, South Valley Elementary School comes in at 58%.
Staffing totals 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 3%. That is 29 points below the 32% average for public schools in Burlington County.
allk12 grades South Valley Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, South Valley Elementary School would score about 64.7%. It scores 78.3%, 13.6 points above that figure.
In the county around the school, Burlington County, median household income is about $108,111, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. South Valley Elementary School is among the 139 public schools in Burlington County.
Nearby, William Allen Middle School is about 1.4 miles away. South Valley Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 63.5% on proficiency, and South Valley Elementary School is above that at 78.3%.
Locale data from NCES put South Valley Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
South Valley Elementary School had 345 students in 2020-21 and 400 in 2024-25, a 16% rise. The ratio was 11.5:1 in 2020-21 and 13.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Burlington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
467,805
Census ACS
Median income
$108,111
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
139
69,020 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moorestown Township Public School District
- Moorestown High SchoolHigh · 1,251 students
- Moorestown Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 869 students
- William Allen Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- George C. Baker Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
- Mary E. Roberts Elementary SchoolElementary · 339 students
Other schools in MOORESTOWN
- Moorestown High SchoolHigh · 1,251 students
- Moorestown Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 869 students
- William Allen Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- George C. Baker Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
- Mary E. Roberts Elementary SchoolElementary · 339 students
Nearby schools
- William Allen Middle School1.4 mi · 635
- Mary E. Roberts Elementary School1.4 mi · 339
- Moorestown Upper Elementary School1.4 mi · 869
- George C. Baker Elementary School1.5 mi · 403
- Moorestown High School1.5 mi · 1,251
- Burlington County Alternative High School1.6 mi · 71
Frequently asked questions
About South Valley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at South Valley Elementary School?
South Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 400 students in grades PK-03.
Is South Valley Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
South Valley Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
How many students per teacher at South Valley Elementary School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at South Valley Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at South Valley Elementary School?
At South Valley Elementary School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 20% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees South Valley Elementary School?
South Valley Elementary School is overseen by Moorestown Township Public School District in Burlington County.
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