William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 113 | 100% |
School pathway
Schools most like William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center this school | 113 | 22.1% | N/A |
| Clyde S. Jennings Elementary School OAKLYN | 123 | 21.1% | 48.1% |
| Sandyston Walpack Consolidated School LAYTON | 130 | 23.1% | 49.2% |
| Bloomsbury Borough School Bloomsbury | 98 | 23.5% | 52.0% |
| Frenchtown Elementary FRENCHTOWN | 97 | 25.8% | 45.1% |
| Lavallette Elementary School Lavallette | 142 | 18.3% | 45.9% |
Where William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Salem County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 113 | #1,505 of 1,562 | #18 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.1% | #998 of 1,481 | #18 of 19 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 113 | 11 | 10.3:1 | 22% (25) |
| 2023-24 | 113 | 10 | 11.3:1 | 24% (27) |
| 2022-23 | 152 | 9 | 16.9:1 | 14% (22) |
| 2020-21 | 83 | 10 | 8.3:1 | 14% (12) |
| 2017-18 | 163 | 12 | 13.6:1 | 26% (42) |
| 2015-16 | 155 | 10 | 15.5:1 | 19% (29) |
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (163 to 113); teachers down 8% (12 to 11).
About William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center
William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center is a small elementary school in New Jersey, with an address in Pilesgrove. The school reports 113 students in pre-K. The school's enrollment is 72% smaller than the 405 average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District is the local district for William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center. It runs 4 schools with 1,494 students.
A majority of students at William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center, 79%, are White. Other reported shares: 10% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 3% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 36%.
The teaching staff at William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center is 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 10.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, higher than at this school. About 22% of students, or 25, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Salem County averages 45%, higher than here.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Salem County show that median household income is about $79,960, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. William Roper Early Childhood Learning Center is one of 33 public schools in Salem County, which together enroll about 11,156 students.
The closest other public school is Mary S. Shoemaker School, about 0.5 miles away. There are 7 other public schools within five miles.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 83 in 2020-21 and 113 in 2024-25, a 36% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 8.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.3:1.
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