William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center

William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center operates as a tiny elementary school in Pilesgrove, New Jersey, run under Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District. Current enrollment sits at 113 students spanning grade pre-K. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center sits 72% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,494 students, William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center shows that 79% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 22% of students at William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Salem County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Salem County indicate median household income runs about $79,960, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center is one of 33 public schools in Salem County (combined enrollment of about 11,156 students).

Mary S. Shoemaker School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 31%: 163 students in 2018 compared to 113 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 79% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.