Evergreen Avenue Elementary School, Woodbury NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Evergreen Avenue Elementary School

Evergreen Avenue Elementary School serves children from prekindergarten through fifth grade in Woodbury, a small, dense city that functions as the Gloucester County seat. The school sits in a compact, walkable neighborhood near the historic Broad Street corridor, where the county courthouse and municipal offices anchor civic life. Woodbury itself has experienced a slow population decline over recent decades, and it carries one of the highest property tax rates in New Jersey, a factor that shapes the local housing market. The school is one of two elementary buildings in the Woodbury City Public School District, which feeds into a single junior-senior high school.

The student body at Evergreen Avenue is racially and economically diverse, and a substantial share of families qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Black and Hispanic students together account for most of the enrollment, with White students and those identifying as two or more races making up much of the remainder. Class sizes are moderate for an elementary school of this grade band.

On state assessments, results vary by grade and subject but overall sit below the midpoint among Gloucester County elementary schools. The school’s combined proficiency across the tested grades places it in the bottom quarter relative to other districts in the county. In third-grade English language arts, the share of students meeting state standards is low; fourth-grade results are somewhat higher, and fifth grade shows a stronger showing. In math, the pattern is uneven: fourth-grade proficiency is the weakest point, while fifth-grade math posts the school’s highest elementary-level result. Science, tested only in fifth grade, also shows a low proficiency rate. A parent may want to look into what academic supports the school offers and how the district is approaching improvement, particularly in the early literacy years. State testing data for kindergarten through second grade is not available because those grades are not tested, so the picture only begins in third grade.

The district’s website and publicly reported materials do not indicate any major recent curriculum or facilities changes. No information was available about special education or English learner populations, chronic absenteeism, or discipline patterns, so those are gaps a prospective family would need to explore directly with the school. Program offerings beyond the regular classroom, such as arts, music, or extracurriculars, are not described in the available data.

The surrounding housing market, while relatively active, reflects Woodbury’s mix of older homes and modest recent price growth. Rents are somewhat lower than the state median, and the cost of buying a home is below New Jersey’s typical level, which may make the area more accessible for families looking for an urban-style setting with a local elementary school within walking distance. The compact geography means the school is embedded in the city rather than on a separate campus.

Evergreen Avenue Elementary serves a community that is diverse, urban, and historically rooted. Its academic outcomes are lower than many of its county peers, particularly in early literacy and elementary science. For a family weighing the school, the core questions are likely about the instructional supports in place, the pace of improvement efforts, and whether the school’s environment and location match their priorities. The data does not speak to the quality of teachers or day-to-day experience, only to the broad contours of achievement and context.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 332%

School 32% · District 33%

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 422%

School 22% · District 44% · ▼ 22 pts below district

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

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 29% · ▲ 14 pts above district

even with state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 314%

School 14% · District 19% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 32 pts below state median · ▼ 31 pts below county median

Grade 428%

School 28% · District 44% · ▼ 15 pts below district

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

Grade 536%

School 36% · District 25% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Science

Grade 516%

School 16% · District 13% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

This schoolWoodbury City 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-income11%Higher-income20%9 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income20%Higher-income42%22 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income23%Higher-income56%33 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income30%Higher-income40%10 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income10%Higher-income42%32 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income42%Higher-income44%2 pp gap