Enrollment
469
Elementary
DISTRICT 297 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODBURY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341815002696
West End Memorial Elementary School
215 Queen Street, Woodbury, NJ 08096 · (856) 853-0124 · Gloucester County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest 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
11.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
331 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 101 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
West End Memorial Elementary School→Woodbury Jr-Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Woodbury City Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
28.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.8pp since 2023
Math
34.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +13.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.7% | 34.5% |
| 2023-24 | 22.9% | 20.7% |
% 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
21.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 West End Memorial Elementary School
West End Memorial Elementary School's state test result (21.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West End Memorial Elementary School this school | 469 | 70.6% | 21.7% |
| Clementon Elementary School CLEMENTON | 586 | 70.6% | 42.0% |
| Child Family Center MILLVILLE | 554 | 75.3% | N/A |
| Rieck Avenue Elementary School MILLVILLE | 419 | 78.8% | 31.1% |
| Number 1 Linden | 454 | 75.6% | 25.2% |
| Field Street School CARNEYS POINT | 463 | 76.5% | 22.6% |
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 West End Memorial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Gloucester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #1,105 of 1,290 | #34 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #888 of 1,319 ▲ 186 | #27 of 35 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #1,126 of 1,319 ▲ 53 | #31 of 35 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #488 of 1,562 | #18 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #771 of 1,390 | #29 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #128 of 1,392 | #6 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.6% | #344 of 1,481 | #4 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.4% | #74 of 545 | #3 of 22 |
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
469
+65 (+16%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 423
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 469 | 40.5 | 11.6:1 | 71% (331) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 37.7 | 11.7:1 | 66% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 394 | 35.7 | 11.0:1 | 61% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 55% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 374 | 28.7 | 13.0:1 | 58% (217) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 28 | 13.4:1 | 59% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 337 | 22 | 15.3:1 | 54% (183) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 29 | 13.1:1 | 44% (168) |
| 1990-91 | 423 | 21 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West End Memorial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (374 to 469); teachers up 41% (28.7 to 40.5).
About West End Memorial Elementary School
West End Memorial Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Woodbury, New Jersey. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 469 students enrolled.
Woodbury City Public School District has 4 schools and 1,709 students, and West End Memorial Elementary School is one of those schools.
At West End Memorial Elementary School, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 39%. After that, the student body is 29% Black, 22% White, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Gloucester County is about 8% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 11.6 students per teacher and 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Gloucester County report 32%.
The allk12 Grade for West End Memorial Elementary School is D. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 11% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
West End Memorial Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 21.7%, compared with a predicted 27.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
West End Memorial Elementary School is located in Gloucester County, where the median household income is $105,115, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. West End Memorial Elementary School is one of 86 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Woodbury Jr-Sr High School, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 35.1% on proficiency, and West End Memorial Elementary School is below that at 21.7%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment at West End Memorial Elementary School climbed 16% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 404 to 469 students. The ratio was 14.4:1 in 2020-21 and 11.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Gloucester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
306,954
Census ACS
Median income
$105,115
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
46,080 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Woodbury City Public School District
- Woodbury Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 818 students
- Evergreen Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- Walnut Street SchoolElementary · 112 students
Other schools in Woodbury
- Woodbury Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 818 students
- Green-Fields Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
- Evergreen Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- Walnut Street SchoolElementary · 112 students
Nearby schools
- Woodbury Jr-Sr High School0.6 mi · 818
- Evergreen Avenue Elementary School1.1 mi · 310
- Walnut Street School1.1 mi · 112
- Lake Tract Elementary School1.2 mi · 409
- Oakview Elementary School1.3 mi · 475
- Green-Fields Elementary School1.3 mi · 479
Frequently asked questions
About West End Memorial Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at West End Memorial Elementary School?
West End Memorial Elementary School enrolls approximately 469 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does West End Memorial Elementary School serve?
West End Memorial Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at West End Memorial Elementary School?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at West End Memorial Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at West End Memorial Elementary School?
Student demographics at West End Memorial Elementary School are roughly 22% White, 39% Hispanic, 29% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is West End Memorial Elementary School in?
West End Memorial Elementary School is part of Woodbury City Public School District.
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