NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools NJ

Best-Resourced Schools in Glassboro, NJ

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

5 public K-12 schools in Glassboro from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools

2,298

Students

52.8/100

Avg Resource Index

12.5:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Glassboro has more public-school enrollment than 17% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Glassboro lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

2 of Glassboro's 5 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 28-point gap between Aura Elementary School and Dorothy L. Bullock School shows the range hidden by Glassboro's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment: Top 83%
School count: Top 99%
Resource Index average: 93rd percentile
Teacher staffing: 84th percentile

Dorothy L. Bullock School accounts for 30.5% of all Glassboro public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Glassboro-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Glassboro school enrollment varies 2.6× across entities

Glassboro school enrollment ranges from 274 students (lowest) to 701 students (highest), a spread of 427 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Glassboro student-teacher ratio is 12.5:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Aura Elementary School	64	350	Combined	Elk Township School District
2.	Thomas E. Bowe School	59	412	middle	Glassboro School District
3.	Glassboro High School	57	561	high	Glassboro School District
4.	J. Harvey Rodgers School	48	274	Combined	Glassboro School District
5.	Dorothy L. Bullock School	36	701	elementary	Glassboro School District

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Glassboro

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

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Which Glassboro school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Aura Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Glassboro schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Glassboro, NJ? ▼

Glassboro has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,298 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.