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Enrollment
518
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTIC CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340096000022
Uptown School Complex
323 Madison Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ 08401 · (609) 344-8809 · Atlantic County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL518 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
8.8:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
468 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 | 72 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 52 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 19% smaller than its 8th grade class (52).
Student demographics
56%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
Uptown School Complex→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
16.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.1pp since 2023
Math
4.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . -4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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 | 16.1% | 4.5% |
| 2023-24 | 18.2% | 8.7% |
% 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
10.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Uptown School Complex
Uptown School Complex's state test result (10.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uptown School Complex this school | 518 | 90.3% | 10.4% |
| Whitney M. Young Jr. School JERSEY CITY | 623 | 86.7% | 6.5% |
| Pennsylvania Ave School Atlantic City | 566 | 85.7% | 15.7% |
| Camden Street Elementary School NEWARK | 685 | 86.0% | 10.4% |
| Quitman Street School NEWARK | 706 | 84.4% | 9.7% |
| New York Avenue School Atlantic City | 550 | 91.8% | 7.6% |
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 Uptown School Complex ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Atlantic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.4% | #1,248 of 1,290 | #36 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.5% | #1,314 of 1,319 ▼ 44 | #38 of 38 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #1,266 of 1,319 ▼ 36 | #36 of 38 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 518 | #363 of 1,562 | #16 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.8:1 | #102 of 1,390 | #6 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #655 of 1,392 | #20 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #55 of 1,481 | #7 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #448 of 798 | #14 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
518
-18 (-3%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 768
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 518 | 59.1 | 8.8:1 | 90% (468) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 54.6 | 9.1:1 | 92% (458) |
| 2022-23 | 556 | 53.1 | 10.5:1 | 93% (516) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 53 | 10.1:1 | 88% (471) |
| 2017-18 | 572 | 55.4 | 10.3:1 | 96% (547) |
| 2015-16 | 615 | 53 | 11.6:1 | 86% (530) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | 58 | 10.1:1 | 92% (539) |
| 2000-01 | 829 | 58 | 14.3:1 | 95% (784) |
| 1990-91 | 768 | 43 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Uptown School Complex.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (572 to 518); teachers up 7% (55.4 to 59.1).
About Uptown School Complex
Uptown School Complex is an elementary school in Atlantic City, New Jersey, reachable at (609) 344-8809. Enrollment stands at 518 students, covering pre-K through 8. The school is 28% above the average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Atlantic City School District runs 11 schools with a combined 6,339 students. Uptown School Complex is one of them.
The student body at Uptown School Complex is 53% Black. It is also 41% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Atlantic County's residents are about 13% Black, 39 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at Uptown School Complex are from different groups.
Uptown School Complex reports a ratio of 8.8 students per teacher, from 59.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 11.4:1. Lunch program data show 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Atlantic County, the average eligibility rate is 59%.
Uptown School Complex earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 6% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 16.7%. Uptown School Complex scores 10.4%.
The school is in Atlantic County, where the median household earns about $78,050 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Atlantic County, 77 public schools serve about 41,964 students.
Pennsylvania Ave School is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Uptown School Complex is 7th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 18 students, from 536 to 518. Students per teacher dropped from 10.1 in 2020-21 to 8.8 in 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Sovereign Avenue SchoolElementary · 717 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
Other schools in Atlantic City
- Atlantic City High SchoolHigh · 1,731 students
- Sovereign Avenue SchoolElementary · 717 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
Nearby schools
- Pennsylvania Ave School0.3 mi · 566
- New York Avenue School0.8 mi · 550
- Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Complex1.2 mi · 544
- Texas Avenue School1.7 mi · 496
- Venice Park School1.7 mi · 39
- Brighton Avenue School2.0 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About Uptown School ComplexWhat is the total enrollment at Uptown School Complex?
Uptown School Complex enrolls approximately 518 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Uptown School Complex serve?
Uptown School Complex serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Uptown School Complex?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Uptown School Complex is approximately 8.8:1 (59 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Uptown School Complex?
Uptown School Complex reports a student body of 1% White, 41% Hispanic, 53% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Uptown School Complex public or private?
Uptown School Complex is a public K-12 school, overseen by Atlantic City School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.