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Penns Grove, NJ
Public School Ratings




Penns Grove Public Schools

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

Methodology:   Only NeighborhoodScout gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location. Read more about Scout's School Data


Penns Grove Carneys Point Regional School District details

Penns Grove Carneys Point Regional School District
100 Iona Avenue
Penns Grove, NJ 08069

2,219 Students enrolled in District

5 Schools in District

13 Students Per Classroom (State average is 12)

Penns Grove Carneys Point Regional School District School Quality Ratings

District Quality Compared to New Jersey

2

(10 is best)

Better than 10.2% of all NJ school districts.

District Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Better than 24.1% of all U.S. school districts.



Public School Test Scores

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
17%
40%
18%
47%
16%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math

Schools in this District

School Grades
Field Street School
144 Field Street
Carneys Point, NJ, 08069
01-03
Lafayette Pershing School
237 Shell Road
Carneys Point, NJ, 08069
PK-KG
Paul W Carleton School
251 Maple Avenue
Penns Grove, NJ, 08069
04-05
Penns Grove High School
334 Harding Highway
Carneys Point, NJ, 08069
09-12
Penns Grove Middle School
351 Maple Avenue
Penns Grove, NJ, 08069
06-08

School District Enrollment by Group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 18.1% 41.1%
Black 38.4% 15.3%
Hispanic 42.6% 32.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 66.8% 33.2%
Free lunch eligible 61.7% 29.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.1% 4.2%

Educational Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,137 $24,289,797 53.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,459 $3,182,079 7.0%
Staff $576 $1,256,256 2.8%
General Administration $542 $1,182,102 2.6%
School Administration $1,106 $2,412,186 5.3%
Operation $1,750 $3,816,750 8.5%
Transportation $663 $1,446,003 3.2%
Other $566 $1,234,446 2.7%
Total Support $6,662 $14,529,822 32.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,890 $6,303,090 14.0%
Total Expenditures $20,690 $45,124,890 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,252 $16,876,633,536 49.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,485 $3,422,916,968 10.0%
Staff $778 $1,071,908,147 3.1%
General Administration $448 $617,313,228 1.8%
School Administration $1,106 $1,523,858,437 4.4%
Operation $2,059 $2,835,591,380 8.3%
Transportation $773 $1,065,361,101 3.1%
Other $557 $766,792,454 2.2%
Total Support $8,206 $11,303,690,627 33.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,415 $6,081,668,713 17.8%
Total Expenditures $24,874 $34,262,079,216 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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