The top reported proficiency rate is 25% in Math. The lowest is 15% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Collings Lakes Elementary School
Collings Lakes Elementary School serves very young children in Williamstown, New Jersey, covering pre-kindergarten through second grade as part of the Buena Regional School District. Because it only serves the earliest primary grades, the school does not have a graduation rate, and its state assessment data comes from a single year back when third graders were still on site. That data, from the 2016-2017 school year, showed that about a quarter of third graders met the proficiency standard in math and roughly one in seven met it in English language arts, based on the PARCC assessment given at the time. The school’s overall proficiency index, combining those results, placed in the bottom quartile relative to districts across Atlantic County. A parent considering this school should keep in mind that the testing picture is very old and limited to a single grade, so it is not a current or full measure of what the school offers today.
The student body is small for a public elementary school. More than half of students are white, with a substantial Hispanic population and a smaller Black cohort. Just under two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a community with moderate household resources. The school is located in the Williamstown area, though it sits within the boundaries of Buena Regional School District rather than the Monroe Township district that serves most of Williamstown proper. Williamstown itself is a car-dependent suburban community centered on a Main Street commercial corridor, with residential subdivisions and townhome developments. The area has seen residential growth over time, including active adult communities. Housing values in the broader zip code area are near the national median but below the New Jersey state benchmark, and the county housing market shows a moderate number of active listings with a relatively balanced supply and demand.
Because the school serves only pre-K through second grade, families will need to plan for the transition to an upper elementary or intermediate school within the Buena Regional system for third grade. The district brief did not turn up recent major changes or strategic shifts to report, so the district context appears stable but thin on public-facing direction. The school itself has no published information on program offerings, staffing ratios, discipline rates, or attendance patterns to provide a fuller picture of daily student experience. A parent may want to ask the school directly about curriculum, class sizes, and early literacy and math supports, especially given the age of the only available test results. Collings Lakes Elementary fits a family looking for a small, local primary school in a suburban South Jersey setting where the child will then move through a regional district as they get older.
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