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Dawes Avenue Elementary School

Regular School · Somers Point, NJ

Dawes Avenue Elementary School is a regular school school in Somers Point, New Jersey, serving grades PK–03 with 341 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 8.3:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
PK – 03
Enrollment
341
Teachers (FTE)
41.0
Student–Teacher Ratio
8.3:1
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 123 36%
White 108 32%
Black or African American 65 19%
Two or more races 35 10%
Asian 6 2%
American Indian / Alaska Native 2 1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 2 1%
Total enrollment 341 182M / 159F

English Language Learners: 40 (12% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 6-9% 25.6% 96
Reading Proficiency 15-19% 46.8% 96

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)
-0.34 grade levels
Math
-0.04 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
None offered
Out-of-School Suspensions
4
1.2% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
116
34% 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.) 341 100%

Contact & Location

22 W. Dawes Avenue

Somers Point, NJ 08244

Phone: (609)653-1027

http://www.sptsd.org

District

Somers Point School District

Per-pupil expenditure: $31,690

District enrollment: 741

Other Schools in District

NCES ID

341503000208

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