Venice Park School

As an one-room-style elementary-level community in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Venice Park School instructs 39 students from grade pre-K, overseen by Atlantic City School District. That puts it 90% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Within Atlantic City School District, which oversees 11 schools and 6,339 students, Venice Park School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Venice Park School shows that the most-represented group is Black (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 36% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 3% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Atlantic County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Venice Park School reports 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 82% of students at Venice Park School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Atlantic County's rate of about 59%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Atlantic County put the typical household earns roughly $78,050 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Atlantic County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,964 students), Venice Park School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Complex, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 48%: 75 students in 2018 compared to 39 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Venice Park School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.