Sovereign Avenue School

Regular School · Atlantic City, NJ

Sovereign Avenue School is a regular school school in Atlantic City, New Jersey, serving grades PK–08 with 717 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 10:1.

Level

Elementary

Grades

PK – 08

Enrollment

717

Teachers (FTE)

71.5

Student–Teacher Ratio

10:1

Status

Open

Lunch Program Participation

Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity	Students	Share
Hispanic/Latino	486	68%
Asian	152	21%
Black or African American	71	10%
Two or more races	7	1%
White	1	0%
Total enrollment	717	369M / 348F

English Language Learners: 195 (27% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric	This School	State Avg	Tested
Math Proficiency	16.0% -9.6pp	25.6%	421
Reading Proficiency	34.0% -12.8pp	46.8%	431
Science Proficiency	6-9%	—	153

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)

-0.08 grade levels

Math

+0.14 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented

Program offered

50 students enrolled

Out-of-School Suspensions

0.1% of enrollment · SY 2021–22

Chronically Absent

11.7% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category	Students	% of School
Total enrollment (est.)	717	100%

Contact & Location

111 N. Sovereign Avenue

Atlantic City, NJ 08401

Phone: (609)343-7260

http://www.acboe.org/sov

District

Atlantic City School District

Per-pupil expenditure: $36,858

District enrollment: 6,346

Other Schools in District

Brighton Avenue School Elementary
Chelsea Heights School Elementary
Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Complex Elementary
New York Avenue School Elementary
Pennsylvania Ave School Elementary
Richmond Avenue School Elementary
Texas Avenue School Elementary
Uptown School Complex Elementary

View all 10 schools →

Related Data

Neighborhood demographics (ZIP 08401) → CensusDepth.com
New Jersey population & income data → CensusDepth.com
New Jersey teacher salaries → WageDepth.com

NCES ID

340096000012

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD