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Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District, NJ: schools, enrollment and spending
Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District runs 5 public schools with 2,223 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.9 students per teacher is about the same as the New Jersey figure of 11.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 2,223
- Teachers (FTE)
- 187
- Students per teacher
- 11.9
- NJ: 11.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 100 Iona Avenue, Penns Grove, NJ 08069
- Phone
- (856)299-4250
- County
- Salem County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3412840
- State district ID
- NJ-334070
- Total staff (FTE)
- 355
- School counselors (FTE)
- 13.0About 171 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 11.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.9
New Jersey11.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,238), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $48.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.5 million
- State revenue
- $32.2 million
- Local revenue
- $12.6 million
- Total spending
- $45.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,468
- Salaries
- $20.5 million44.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.3%
- State: 66.6%
- Local: 26.1%
New Jersey overall
- Federal: 5.1%
- State: 41.6%
- Local: 53.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,468
New Jersey$25,026
United States$16,826
Schools in Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Field Street School | Elementary | 1 to 3 | 463 | 10.8 |
| Lafayette - Pershing | Elementary | PK to K | 313 | 10.1 |
| Paul W Carleton | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 322 | 12.4 |
| Penns Grove High School | High | 9 to 12 | 632 | 13.4 |
| Penns Grove Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 452 | 11.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Salem County
- Pennsville School District 1,889 students
- Pittsgrove Township School District 1,696 students
- Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District 1,501 students
- Salem City School District 1,309 students
- Salem County Vocational Technical School District 715 students
- UPPER PITTSGROVE TWP School District 340 students
- Oldmans Township School District 311 students
- Quinton Township School District 293 students
- Alloway Twp School District 271 students
- Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School 189 students
- The Lower Alloways Creek School District 186 students
- Mannington Township School District 173 students
- Elsinboro Township School District 106 students
- Salem County Special Services School District 0 students
More in New Jersey
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.