Union Valley Elementary School

As a medium-sized elementary-level community in SICKLERVILLE, New Jersey, Union Valley Elementary School serves 530 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Gloucester Township Public Schools. That puts it 31% above the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Within Gloucester Township Public Schools, which oversees 11 schools and 6,502 students, Union Valley Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Union Valley Elementary School records that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 32% Black, 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Union Valley Elementary School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 34% of students at Union Valley Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Camden County (around 50%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Union Valley Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.4%, the actual is 42.9%, a residual of -4.5 points.

Around the school, Camden County reports that median household income runs about $88,755, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Camden County runs 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students), of which Union Valley Elementary School is one.

John H. Glenn School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Union Valley Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Union Valley Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 27.7%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Union Valley Elementary School has ticked up 22%, going from 436 students in 2018 to 530 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 61% to 42% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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