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Grade Downing Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 3

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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

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School Overview

Address
3 Rd & Central Aves
Runnemede, NJ 08078
Phone
(856) 939-4036
District
RUNNEMEDE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
CAMDEN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
125
Classroom Teachers
8

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

6

(10 is best)

Better than 56.0% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Grade Downing Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
46%
43%
44%
42%
48%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
10
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 31 24.8%
Grade 1 44 35.2%
Grade 2 22 17.6%
Grade 3 28 22.4%
Total 125 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 74.8% 80.2% 41.1%
Black 9.2% 7.0% 15.3%
Hispanic 13.4% 9.7% 32.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.5% 2.8% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 37.6% 28.4% 33.2%
Free lunch eligible 33.6% 22.8% 29.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.0% 5.6% 4.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 8,316 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,932.9 1,254
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.1% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.7% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 38.3% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.9% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 14.1% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,155 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 7.9% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.4% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 22.1% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 12.0% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 23.7% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.4% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.2% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.4% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.6% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 5.7% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,691 $9,119,423 50.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,770 $2,362,810 13.2%
Staff $763 $650,839 3.6%
General Administration $639 $545,067 3.0%
School Administration $763 $650,839 3.6%
Operation $1,808 $1,542,224 8.6%
Transportation $234 $199,602 1.1%
Other $476 $406,028 2.3%
Total Support $7,454 $6,358,262 35.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,855 $2,435,315 13.6%
Total Expenditures $20,999 $17,912,147 100.0%
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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