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Penns Grove, NJ
Public School Ratings




Penns Grove Public Schools

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:  

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 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

Methodology:   Only Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location.


Penns Grove Carneys Point Regional School District details

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

2,245 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

1

(10 is best)

Better than 1.9% of all NJ school districts.

District Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Better than 9.8% of all U.S. school districts.



Public School Test Scores

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
14%
45%
18%
52%
10%
39%
    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) 15.5% 39.1%
Black 37.3% 14.9%
Hispanic 46.2% 34.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 10.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.4%
Economic Groups This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 75.6% 37.1%
Free lunch eligible 67.5% 31.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 8.2% 5.7%

Educational Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $13,257 $29,761,000 56.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,821 $4,089,000 7.7%
Staff $839 $1,883,000 3.6%
General Administration $502 $1,126,000 2.1%
School Administration $1,008 $2,263,000 4.3%
Operation $2,053 $4,610,000 8.7%
Transportation $639 $1,435,000 2.7%
Other $718 $1,612,000 3.0%
Total Support $7,580 $17,018,000 32.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,760 $6,196,000 11.7%
Total Expenditures $23,597 $52,975,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,629 $20,370,924,000 51.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,803 $3,903,661,000 9.9%
Staff $872 $1,214,300,000 3.1%
General Administration $482 $671,066,000 1.7%
School Administration $1,195 $1,664,142,000 4.2%
Operation $2,241 $3,120,212,000 7.9%
Transportation $950 $1,322,740,000 3.3%
Other $616 $857,184,000 2.2%
Total Support $9,159 $12,753,305,000 32.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,641 $6,462,515,000 16.3%
Total Expenditures $28,428 $39,586,744,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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