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Enrollment
717
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTIC CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340096000012
Sovereign Avenue School
111 N. Sovereign Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ 08401 · (609) 343-7260 · Atlantic County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL717 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest 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
10.0:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
651 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 100 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 75 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 24% smaller than its 8th grade class (75).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Sovereign Avenue School→Atlantic City High School
Based on grade levels within Atlantic City School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
47.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
21.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.8% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.8% | 24.5% |
% 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
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Sovereign Avenue School
Sovereign Avenue School's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sovereign Avenue School this school | 717 | 90.8% | 29.9% |
| Texas Avenue School Atlantic City | 496 | 91.3% | 20.9% |
| Richmond Avenue School Atlantic City | 609 | 87.4% | 51.1% |
| Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities TRENTON | 545 | 94.9% | 31.2% |
| Lindbergh Elementary School PALISADES PARK | 762 | 79.9% | 31.0% |
| School 27 PATERSON | 641 | 80.8% | 24.1% |
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 Sovereign Avenue School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Atlantic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #960 of 1,290 | #19 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #1,137 of 1,319 ▼ 111 | #30 of 38 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #768 of 1,319 ▲ 98 | #12 of 38 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 717 | #102 of 1,562 | #4 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #338 of 1,390 | #18 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.6% | #846 of 1,392 | #32 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.8% | #51 of 1,481 | #6 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.6% | #713 of 798 | #24 of 27 |
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
717
+21 (+3%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 643
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 717 | 71.5 | 10.0:1 | 91% (651) |
| 2023-24 | 718 | 71.5 | 10.0:1 | 93% (670) |
| 2022-23 | 698 | 68.4 | 10.2:1 | 91% (638) |
| 2020-21 | 696 | 67 | 10.4:1 | 86% (602) |
| 2017-18 | 736 | 66.8 | 11.0:1 | 97% (713) |
| 2015-16 | 743 | 64 | 11.6:1 | 94% (697) |
| 2010-11 | 779 | 75 | 10.4:1 | 89% (694) |
| 2000-01 | 475 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 82% (388) |
| 1990-91 | 643 | 37 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sovereign Avenue School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (736 to 717); teachers up 7% (66.8 to 71.5).
About Sovereign Avenue School
Sovereign Avenue School is a public elementary school in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The school serves 717 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students.
Sovereign Avenue School is a school in Atlantic City School District. The district has 11 schools and 6,339 students.
Sovereign Avenue School's enrollment is 68% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 21% Asian and 10% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Atlantic County's population at about 20%. Sovereign Avenue School has a diversity index of 49%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 71.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 10.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 91%. That is 32 points above the 59% average for public schools in Atlantic County.
The allk12 Grade for Sovereign Avenue School is B-. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 50% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 16.5% at Sovereign Avenue School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 29.9%.
Sovereign Avenue School is located in Atlantic County, where median household income is about $78,050, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 77 public schools in Atlantic County, with a combined enrollment of about 41,964.
The nearest public school is Brighton Avenue School, at about 0.2 miles. Sovereign Avenue School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 29.9% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 8 nearby schools.
Sovereign Avenue School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Sovereign Avenue School saw enrollment rise 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Sovereign Avenue School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Atlantic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,270
Census ACS
Median income
$78,050
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
41,964 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Atlantic City School District
- Atlantic City High SchoolHigh · 1,731 students
- Richmond Avenue SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Pennsylvania Ave SchoolElementary · 566 students
- New York Avenue SchoolElementary · 550 students
- Dr Martin Luther King Jr School ComplexElementary · 544 students
- Uptown School ComplexElementary · 518 students
Other schools in Atlantic City
- Atlantic City High SchoolHigh · 1,731 students
- Richmond Avenue SchoolElementary · 609 students
- Pennsylvania Ave SchoolElementary · 566 students
- New York Avenue SchoolElementary · 550 students
- Dr Martin Luther King Jr School ComplexElementary · 544 students
- Uptown School ComplexElementary · 518 students
Nearby schools
- Brighton Avenue School0.2 mi · 302
- Texas Avenue School0.5 mi · 496
- Richmond Avenue School0.6 mi · 609
- Chelsea Heights School0.6 mi · 267
- Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Complex1.0 mi · 544
- New York Avenue School1.3 mi · 550
Frequently asked questions
About Sovereign Avenue SchoolHow large is Sovereign Avenue School?
Sovereign Avenue School enrolls approximately 717 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Sovereign Avenue School serve?
Sovereign Avenue School serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Sovereign Avenue School have?
Sovereign Avenue School employs 72 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Sovereign Avenue School?
Student demographics at Sovereign Avenue School are roughly 0% White, 68% Hispanic, 10% Black, 21% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Sovereign Avenue School in?
Sovereign Avenue School is part of Atlantic City School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.