West End Memorial Elementary School

Summary:

West End Memorial Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-5 in Woodbury, New Jersey, with 394 students enrolled. The school is part of the Woodbury City Public School District, which is ranked 552 out of 613 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

West End Memorial Elementary School consistently ranks in the bottom quarter of New Jersey elementary schools, with significantly below-average proficiency rates on state assessments across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, only 30.2% of 3rd graders, 14.9% of 4th graders, and 22.4% of 5th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to state averages of 43.6%, 50.8%, and 52.3% respectively. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 16.6% to 26.2% over the past few years, which is significantly above the state average. Additionally, 61.17% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high percentage of students from low-income families.

When comparing West End Memorial Elementary School to other nearby elementary schools, such as Evergreen Avenue Elementary School and Walnut Street School, both also in the Woodbury City Public School District, it consistently underperforms academically. The school's spending per student of $11,934 in the 2018-2019 school year is higher than the state average, but it does not appear to be translating into improved academic outcomes.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 215 Queen Street
       Woodbury, NJ  08096


(856) 853-0124

District: Woodbury City Public School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1158th of 1,338 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,934 Help


Students who attend West End Memorial Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Woodbury Junior-Senior High School

Student/teacher ratio:  11.7 Help
Number of students:  442

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
37.6%
African American:
29.2%
White:
24.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  65.8% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details West End Memorial Elementary School ranks worse than 86.5% of elementary schools in New Jersey. It also ranks last among 3 ranked elementary schools in the Woodbury City Public School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.34. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details West End Memorial Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Woodbury City Public School District. Student population at West End Memorial Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (37.6%), African American (29.2%), White (24.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 65.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Woodbury City Public School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at West End Memorial Elementary School is 11.7, which is the highest among 3 elementary schools in the Woodbury City Public School District! (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at West End Memorial Elementary School is $11,934, which is the lowest among 3 elementary schools in the Woodbury City Public School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

West End Memorial Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks West End Memorial Elementary School 1158th of 1338 New Jersey public elementary schools. (See West End Memorial Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Woodbury City Public School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Woodbury City Public School District 552nd of 613 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for West End Memorial Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at West End Memorial Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 23.44 952nd 1204 20.9%
2004 42.37 898th 1298 30.8%
2005 33.12 1004th 1303 22.9%
2006 35.81 996th 1314 24.2%
2007 35.05 1036th 1329 22.0%
2008 40.25 965th 1338 27.9%
2009 36.13 1003rd 1346 25.5%
2010 53.92 773rd 1354 42.9%
2011 31.24 1047th 1360 23.0%
2012 42.51 919th 1363 32.6%
2013 34.47 1010th 1367 26.1%
2014 30.93 1036th 1363 24.0%
2015 24.89 1037th 1357 23.6%
2016 19.98 1115th 1346 17.2%
2017 27.10 1024th 1352 24.3%
2018 20.00 1120th 1353 17.2%
2019 21.37 1105th 1360 18.8%
2021 19.58 1031st 1317 21.7%
2022 19.23 1088th 1345 19.1%
2023 10.89 1228th 1342 8.5%
2024 14.34 1158th 1338 13.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at West End Memorial Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 11.16 549th 559 1.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at West End Memorial Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.86 883rd 1001 11.8%
2019 15.40 883rd 1007 12.3%
2021 18.83 736th 868 15.2%
2022 24.25 696th 949 26.7%
2023 13.13 895th 958 6.6%
2024 19.93 794th 989 19.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at West End Memorial Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.35 761st 942 19.2%
2019 30.01 668th 948 29.5%
2021 35.06 556th 839 33.7%
2022 25.03 664th 863 23.1%
2023 13.56 772nd 910 15.2%
2024 19.15 764th 939 18.6%
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Rank History for Female students at West End Memorial Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.09 1110th 1333 16.7%
2019 15.58 1150th 1331 13.6%
2021 21.90 997th 1290 22.7%
2022 18.22 1078th 1326 18.7%
2023 8.91 1220th 1318 7.4%
2024 13.45 1146th 1317 13.0%
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Rank History for Male students at West End Memorial Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.41 1052nd 1334 21.1%
2019 28.26 983rd 1335 26.4%
2021 20.63 989th 1297 23.7%
2022 22.75 1002nd 1324 24.3%
2023 15.37 1114th 1315 15.3%
2024 17.54 1077th 1313 18.0%
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Rank History for African American students at West End Memorial Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.11 242nd 517 53.2%
2019 39.84 324th 522 37.9%
2021 41.62 254th 456 44.3%
2022 42.88 281st 494 43.1%
2023 26.70 368th 463 20.5%
2024 35.81 315th 469 32.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at West End Memorial Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.65 672nd 870 22.8%
2019 18.29 736th 899 18.1%
2021 26.80 718th 896 19.9%
2022 25.88 711th 953 25.4%
2023 16.13 862nd 982 12.2%
2024 15.36 867th 989 12.3%
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Rank History for White students at West End Memorial Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.51 731st 1022 28.5%
2019 40.10 653rd 1023 36.2%
2021 50.37 442nd 964 54.1%
2022 49.28 503rd 976 48.5%
2023 1.43 942nd 975 3.4%
2024 21.55 794th 963 17.5%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for West End Memorial Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 258 129 1 6 0 n/a n/a 0 394
1989 241 145 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 388
1990 271 154 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 427
1991 278 144 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 423
1992 273 145 0 4 0 n/a n/a 0 422
1993 294 140 2 6 0 n/a n/a 0 442
1994 272 149 1 8 0 n/a n/a 0 430
1995 238 160 1 6 0 n/a n/a 0 405
1996 238 160 1 6 0 n/a n/a 0 405
1998 236 173 2 9 0 n/a n/a 0 420
1999 197 168 4 8 0 n/a n/a 0 377
2000 184 172 1 14 0 n/a n/a 0 371
2001 192 166 6 16 0 n/a n/a 0 380
2002 184 151 8 35 0 n/a n/a 0 378
2003 184 151 8 35 0 n/a n/a 0 378
2004 189 140 7 33 0 n/a n/a 0 369
2005 167 137 8 37 1 n/a n/a 0 350
2006 174 125 8 43 0 n/a n/a 0 350
2007 172 109 8 48 1 n/a n/a 0 338
2008 168 125 9 51 0 n/a n/a 0 353
2009 173 127 8 49 1 1 0 0 359
2010 152 140 9 40 3 1 0 0 345
2011 147 125 9 48 3 1 4 0 337
2012 156 118 9 51 1 0 5 0 340
2013 161 115 5 58 0 0 12 0 351
2014 160 120 8 58 2 1 17 0 366
2015 168 121 6 74 4 0 23 0 396
2016 155 99 4 91 2 0 24 0 375
2017 163 104 5 101 3 0 20 0 396
2018 140 93 6 110 3 0 22 0 374
2019 135 115 6 146 3 0 30 0 435
2020 129 123 3 161 2 0 30 0 448
2021 101 124 4 144 0 0 31 0 404
2022 89 132 3 149 0 0 33 0 406
2023 97 116 5 141 0 0 35 0 394
2024 108 129 6 166 0 0 33 0 442

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at West End Memorial Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 394 18.0 21.8 n/a
1989 388 20.0 19.4 n/a
1990 427 21.0 20.3 23.7
1991 423 21.0 20.1 29.1
1992 422 23.0 18.3 29.4
1993 442 24.4 18.1 29.2
1994 430 23.5 18.3 28.4
1995 405 22.4 18.1 35.1
1996 405 22.4 18.1 35.1
1998 420 25.0 16.8 34.8
1999 377 24.0 15.7 34.2
2000 371 29.0 12.8 42.3
2001 380 29.3 13.0 44.2
2002 378 31.1 12.2 41.3
2003 378 31.1 12.2 41.3
2004 369 32.1 11.5 42.8
2005 350 30.1 11.6 n/a
2006 350 29.5 11.9 42.6
2007 338 28.0 12.1 45.9
2008 353 24.0 14.7 49.6
2009 359 33.9 7.9 50.7
2010 345 25.0 13.8 53.3
2011 337 22.6 14.9 54.3
2012 340 24.9 13.6 56.8
2013 351 26.1 13.4 53.8
2014 366 26.9 13.5 56.3
2015 396 30.0 13.2 57.6
2016 375 29.0 12.9 58.9
2017 396 29.5 13.4 58.6
2018 374 28.7 13.0 58
2019 435 32.0 13.5 63.4
2020 448 31.6 14.1 66.7
2021 404 28.6 14.1 55.2
2022 406 35.2 11.5 58.6
2023 394 35.7 11.0 61.2
2024 442 37.7 11.7 65.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio West End Memorial Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 394 18.0 21.8 n/a
1989 388 20.0 19.4 n/a
1990 427 21.0 20.3 23.7
1991 423 21.0 20.1 29.1
1992 422 23.0 18.3 29.4
1993 442 24.4 18.1 29.2
1994 430 23.5 18.3 28.4
1995 405 22.4 18.1 35.1
1996 405 22.4 18.1 35.1
1998 420 25.0 16.8 34.8
1999 377 24.0 15.7 34.2
2000 371 29.0 12.8 42.3
2001 380 29.3 13.0 44.2
2002 378 31.1 12.2 41.3
2003 378 31.1 12.2 41.3
2004 369 32.1 11.5 42.8
2005 350 30.1 11.6 n/a
2006 350 29.5 11.9 42.6
2007 338 28.0 12.1 45.9
2008 353 24.0 14.7 49.6
2009 359 33.9 7.9 50.7
2010 345 25.0 13.8 53.3
2011 337 22.6 14.9 54.3
2012 340 24.9 13.6 56.8
2013 351 26.1 13.4 53.8
2014 366 26.9 13.5 56.3
2015 396 30.0 13.2 57.6
2016 375 29.0 12.9 58.9
2017 396 29.5 13.4 58.6
2018 374 28.7 13.0 58
2019 435 32.0 13.5 63.4
2020 448 31.6 14.1 66.7
2021 404 28.6 14.1 55.2
2022 406 35.2 11.5 58.6
2023 394 35.7 11.0 61.2
2024 442 37.7 11.7 65.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for West End Memorial Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $792 (6.6%) $11,142 (93.4%) $11,934

Data source: New Jersey Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on West End Memorial Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1105th of 1360 Elementary schoolsRanks 1228th of 1342 Elementary schools
 10.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (West End Memorial Elementary School)23.57.4
 16.1%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Woodbury City Public School District)29.914
 15.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)50.242
 8.2%
3rd Grade Mathematics (West End Memorial Elementary School)37.711.7
 26%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Woodbury City Public School District)35.425.6
 9.8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)55.145.9
 9.2%
4th Grade English Language Arts (West End Memorial Elementary School)3623.6
 12.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Woodbury City Public School District)37.429.9
 7.5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)57.451.3
 6.1%
4th Grade Mathematics (West End Memorial Elementary School)42.730.4
 12.3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Woodbury City Public School District)39.930.6
 9.3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)5144.3
 6.7%
5th Grade English Language Arts (West End Memorial Elementary School)42.914.3
 28.6%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Woodbury City Public School District)41.519.8
 21.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)57.953.2
 4.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (West End Memorial Elementary School)3011.1
 18.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Woodbury City Public School District)28.911.8
 17.1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)46.840.1
 6.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students435394
 9.4%
African American115116
 0.9%
American Indian30
 100%
Asian65
 16.7%
Hispanic146141
 3.4%
Pacific Islander00
White13597
 28.1%
Two or More Races3035
 16.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients63.4%61.2%
 2.3%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 442 students attended West End Memorial Elementary School.

Students who attend West End Memorial Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Woodbury Junior-Senior High School

West End Memorial Elementary School ranks in the bottom 13.5% of New Jersey elementary schools.

Students at West End Memorial Elementary School are 38% Hispanic, 29% African American, 24% White, 7% Two or more races, 1% Asian.


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