Enrollment
248
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODBURY HEIGHTS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341818002698
Woodbury Heights Elementary
100 ACADEMY AVE, WOODBURY HTS, NJ 08097 · (856) 848-2610 · Gloucester County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL248 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest 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
9.4:1
27 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
49 students
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 | 15 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 28% smaller than its 6th grade class (39).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
59.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
52.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.8% | 52.8% |
| 2023-24 | 53.8% | 48.5% |
% 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
49.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Woodbury Heights Elementary
Woodbury Heights Elementary's state test result (49.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbury Heights Elementary this school | 248 | 19.8% | 49.9% |
| Riverton School District RIVERTON | 252 | 19.0% | 50.0% |
| Brass Castle School WASHINGTON | 261 | 21.8% | 43.2% |
| Sewell Elementary School SEWELL | 273 | 22.7% | N/A |
| Haviland Avenue School AUDUBON | 227 | 23.8% | N/A |
| William P Tatem Elementary School COLLINGSWOOD | 248 | 16.1% | 60.8% |
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 Woodbury Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Gloucester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #524 of 1,290 | #12 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #542 of 1,319 ▲ 27 | #13 of 35 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #489 of 1,319 ▲ 103 | #6 of 35 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 248 | #1,298 of 1,562 | #45 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #196 of 1,390 | #5 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.2% | #1,047 of 1,392 | #36 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.8% | #1,039 of 1,481 | #41 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.8% | #289 of 545 | #10 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
248
+19 (+8%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 264
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 248 | 26.5 | 9.4:1 | 20% (49) |
| 2023-24 | 256 | 25.6 | 10.0:1 | 16% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 255 | 25.9 | 9.8:1 | 9% (23) |
| 2020-21 | 229 | 23 | 10.0:1 | 24% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 228 | 24.4 | 9.3:1 | 19% (43) |
| 2015-16 | 224 | 21 | 10.7:1 | 23% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 218 | 17 | 12.8:1 | 19% (41) |
| 2000-01 | 277 | 20 | 13.8:1 | 11% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 264 | 19 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodbury Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (228 to 248); teachers up 9% (24.4 to 26.5).
About Woodbury Heights Elementary
As a low-enrollment elementary school, Woodbury Heights Elementary serves students in WOODBURY HTS, New Jersey. School enrollment was 248 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 6. The average among elementary schools in New Jersey is roughly 405 students; this school is 39% smaller than that.
Federal records list Woodbury Heights Public School District as the district for Woodbury Heights Elementary.
White students account for 76% of enrollment at Woodbury Heights Elementary. Other groups make up 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Black. County-wide, about 76% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Woodbury Heights Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 40%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1 at Woodbury Heights Elementary, with 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 11.4:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 20% of enrollment. It compares with 32% for public schools in Gloucester County.
allk12 grades Woodbury Heights Elementary a C+. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Woodbury Heights Elementary is 55.4%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 49.9%.
In the county around the school, Gloucester County, median household income is about $105,115, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. A total of 86 public schools operate in Gloucester County, serving about 46,080 students.
The shortest distance from Woodbury Heights Elementary to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Lake Tract Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Woodbury Heights Elementary is 2nd among 8 schools close by.
Under the NCES locale system, Woodbury Heights Elementary is Suburb: Large.
Woodbury Heights Elementary saw enrollment rise 8% between 2020-21 and 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
Nearby schools
- Lake Tract Elementary School0.5 mi · 409
- Gateway Regional High School0.5 mi · 862
- Oak Valley Elementary School0.8 mi · 337
- Green-Fields Elementary School1.1 mi · 479
- West End Memorial Elementary School1.4 mi · 469
- Wenonah Elementary School1.5 mi · 158
Frequently asked questions
About Woodbury Heights ElementaryHow large is Woodbury Heights Elementary?
Woodbury Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 248 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Woodbury Heights Elementary serve?
Woodbury Heights Elementary serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Woodbury Heights Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Woodbury Heights Elementary is approximately 9.4:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Woodbury Heights Elementary?
Student demographics at Woodbury Heights Elementary are roughly 76% White, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Woodbury Heights Elementary in?
Woodbury Heights Elementary is part of Woodbury Heights Public School District.
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