Arthur Rann Elementary School, Galloway NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Arthur Rann Elementary School

Arthur Rann Elementary School serves students from prekindergarten through sixth grade in Galloway Township, a large, sprawling municipality that mixes suburban subdivisions, highway commercial strips, protected Pinelands forest, and the Stockton University campus. The school is one of six elementary schools in the Galloway Township Public School District and functions as a neighborhood public school drawing from the surrounding residential areas.

The community is car-dependent, with no traditional walkable downtown. Commercial activity concentrates along Route 30 and Route 9. Housing values in the area are moderate relative to New Jersey as a whole, and the rental market follows a similar pattern. The township has been growing steadily and reached its highest recorded population in the 2020 census. The district itself recently approved an operating budget that included a modest increase in the property tax levy, a recurring cost that families moving into the district would factor into their housing calculations.

Enrollment at Arthur Rann is in the mid-range for an elementary school serving this grade band. The student body is economically diverse, with a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals. Racially and ethnically, the school is majority White, with notable shares of Hispanic, Black, and Asian students, reflecting the broader composition of the township. Data on students with disabilities and English learners were not available in the sources reviewed, so families would want to check directly with the school on those supports.

State assessment results from the New Jersey Student Learning Assessments are available for grades three through six in math and English language arts, and for grade five in science. Performance across these subjects and grades is uneven. Some grade levels show proficiency rates in the range of roughly two-fifths of students, while others fall closer to one-fifth. When combined into an overall index and placed against the full set of districts in Atlantic County, the school’s academic results sit below the midpoint of that comparison group. Because Arthur Rann serves only elementary and middle grades, no graduation rate or college readiness measures apply. Families focused on those outcomes would need to look at the high school that students feed into, Absegami High School, which is part of a separate regional district.

The sources reviewed did not include information on course offerings, staffing ratios, chronic absenteeism, or discipline. Those are meaningful gaps. A parent trying to understand the school’s day-to-day environment or the range of enrichment and support programs would need to follow up with the school or district directly.

Arthur Rann Elementary is a straightforward neighborhood school in a growing, car-oriented township with a diverse student body and academic performance that falls in the lower half when measured against other Atlantic County districts. For a family weighing this school, the main factors to investigate further are the specific instructional supports available for the grade levels where proficiency is lower, and the school’s approach to serving its economically and racially diverse population.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 341%

School 41% · District 36% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 440%

School 40% · District 33% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 522%

School 22% · District 29% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 622%

School 22% · District 29% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 322%

School 22% · District 23% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 443%

School 43% · District 41% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 517%

School 17% · District 24% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 37 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 629%

School 29% · District 42% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Science

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 27% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

This schoolGalloway Township Public School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income15%Higher-income28%12 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income31%Higher-income53%22 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income12%Higher-income23%10 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income21%Higher-income40%19 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income36%Higher-income45%9 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income28%Higher-income49%21 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income11%Higher-income36%26 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income11%Higher-income38%27 pp gap