Texas Avenue School

Texas Avenue School is a moderately sized elementary school in Atlantic City, New Jersey, run under Atlantic City School District. The school teaches 496 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Texas Avenue School sits 22% larger than that benchmark.

Atlantic City School District comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 6,339 students; Texas Avenue School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Texas Avenue School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 66% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 26% Asian, 7% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 91% of students at Texas Avenue School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Atlantic County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Texas Avenue School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 16.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.9%.

Around the school, Atlantic County reports that the typical household earns roughly $78,050 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Atlantic County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,964 students), Texas Avenue School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Brighton Avenue School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Texas Avenue School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 26.2%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 560 students in 2018 compared to 496 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 70% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.