Wenonah Elementary School

Wenonah Elementary School is one of the minimally staffed elementary-level communitys in WENONAH, New Jersey, one of the schools within Wenonah Boro School District, with 158 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 61% leaner than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Operationally, Wenonah Elementary School answers to Wenonah Boro School District, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Wenonah Elementary School shows that nearly all students (87%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Gloucester County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 3% of students at Wenonah Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Gloucester County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Wenonah Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.4%; this one delivers 60.4%.

Zooming out to the county, Gloucester County reports that median household income runs about $105,115, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Gloucester County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students), Wenonah Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pine Acres Early Childhood Center, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wenonah Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 13%: 181 students in 2018 compared to 158 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 9.3:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 in 2025.

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