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Holly Heights Elementary School

Public Grades K-5
1188th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools
Better than 12% of New Jersey elementary schools
Summary

Holly Heights Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Millville, New Jersey, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 436 students. The school is part of the Millville School District, which is ranked 577 out of 609 districts in New Jersey and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Holly Heights consistently ranks in the bottom 15% of New Jersey elementary schools, with significantly below-average academic performance in both English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, only 18.5% of 3rd graders, 20% of 4th graders, and 12.2% of 5th graders were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state averages of 44.9%, 53.6%, and 52.7%, respectively. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates and a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 76.2% to 82.57% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.

While the other elementary schools in the Millville School District, such as Mount Pleasant Elementary, Rieck Avenue Elementary, and R.M. Bacon Elementary, also perform poorly compared to the state averages, they generally outperform Holly Heights. Schools outside the Millville district, such as Dr. William Mennies Elementary and Anthony Rossi Elementary in the Vineland Public School District, as well as Maurice River Township School and Vineland Public Charter School, tend to have higher academic proficiency rates and better overall performance than Holly Heights.

466
Students ?
11.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$10,465
Per pupil spending ?
82.6%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 2509 E. Main St.
       Millville, NJ  08332-9639

(856) 293-2200

District: Millville School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:
38.0%
Hispanic:
32.0%
White:
22.5%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 11th percentile in 2015 → 12th in 2025
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New Jersey average (21% vs 46% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (12th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (28% vs 14% New Jersey)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school21%
District avg21%
New Jersey avg46%
1,188th of 1,347
New Jersey public elementary schools ?
Bottom 12%▲ up 1 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
3rd of 5Elementary Schools in the Millville School District
577th of 609Millville School District among New Jersey districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202514.11188 of 134711.8%★☆☆☆☆
202410.61228 of 13388.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.41121 of 134216.5%★☆☆☆☆
202211.71211 of 134510.0%★☆☆☆☆
202114.01141 of 131713.4%★☆☆☆☆
20198.21264 of 13607.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.91262 of 13536.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201717.71131 of 135216.3%★☆☆☆☆
201611.31205 of 134610.5%★☆☆☆☆
201512.91206 of 135711.1%★☆☆☆☆
201417.81167 of 136314.4%★☆☆☆☆
201323.91110 of 136718.8%★☆☆☆☆
201213.91201 of 136311.9%★☆☆☆☆
201117.31176 of 136013.5%★☆☆☆☆
201012.51211 of 135410.6%★☆☆☆☆
200915.51176 of 134612.6%★☆☆☆☆
200813.41199 of 133810.4%★☆☆☆☆
200728.21083 of 132918.5%★☆☆☆☆
200620.71125 of 131414.4%★☆☆☆☆
200519.01126 of 130313.6%★☆☆☆☆
20049.71173 of 12989.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20035.71104 of 12048.3%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202522.5345 of 46325.5%★☆☆☆☆
202428.8355 of 46924.3%★☆☆☆☆
202324.3388 of 46316.2%★☆☆☆☆
202226.2388 of 49421.5%★☆☆☆☆
202123.0398 of 45612.7%★☆☆☆☆
201916.8479 of 5228.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201815.6429 of 51717.0%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202551.6231 of 59761.3%★★★☆☆
202418.7510 of 5598.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202515.11128 of 132614.9%★☆☆☆☆
20249.41202 of 13178.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202322.01020 of 131822.6%★☆☆☆☆
202215.41121 of 132615.5%★☆☆☆☆
202116.51103 of 129014.5%★☆☆☆☆
20199.21216 of 13318.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.71158 of 133313.1%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202532.5694 of 103232.8%★★☆☆☆
202414.9875 of 98911.5%★☆☆☆☆
202322.9777 of 98220.9%★☆☆☆☆
202218.5800 of 95316.1%★☆☆☆☆
202123.5763 of 89614.8%★☆☆☆☆
201919.1723 of 89919.6%★☆☆☆☆
201814.8755 of 87013.2%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202529.4807 of 102321.1%★☆☆☆☆
202433.6622 of 93933.8%★★☆☆☆
202125.8662 of 83921.1%★☆☆☆☆
201911.9804 of 94815.2%★☆☆☆☆
201810.8907 of 9423.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202516.01132 of 131814.1%★☆☆☆☆
202414.71125 of 131314.3%★☆☆☆☆
202315.01119 of 131514.9%★☆☆☆☆
202210.11208 of 13248.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202115.11102 of 129715.0%★☆☆☆☆
20199.11222 of 13358.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20185.81270 of 13344.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202514.4939 of 10238.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.3888 of 98910.2%★☆☆☆☆
202315.8846 of 95811.7%★☆☆☆☆
202213.6900 of 9495.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202116.8762 of 86812.2%★☆☆☆☆
201914.8892 of 100711.4%★☆☆☆☆
201815.7870 of 100113.1%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202515.3855 of 97011.9%★☆☆☆☆
202422.1793 of 96317.7%★☆☆☆☆
202327.9738 of 97524.3%★☆☆☆☆
202218.3849 of 97613.0%★☆☆☆☆
202124.7795 of 96417.5%★☆☆☆☆
201910.1943 of 10237.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.5966 of 10225.5%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
English Language Learner (2025)61st percentile+50 vs school
Hispanic (2025)33rd percentile+21 vs school
African American (2025)25th percentile+14 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)21st percentile+9 vs school
Female (2025)15th percentile+3 vs school
Male (2025)14th percentile~ school
White (2025)12th percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)8th percentile-4 vs school
By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics28%-18 vs state
English Language Arts17%-33 vs state
Science10%-20 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Holly Heights Elementary School

Students at Holly Heights Elementary School are 38% African American, 32% Hispanic, 23% White, 6% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 466 students attended Holly Heights Elementary School.

Holly Heights Elementary School ranks in the bottom 11.8% of New Jersey elementary schools.

Students who attend Holly Heights Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Lakeside Middle School
High : Millville High School

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Latest New Jersey data All new data »
2024–25 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesJun 13, 2026
2024–25 NJGPA, NJSLA & NJSLA-S test scoresDec 3, 2025
2023–24 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesMay 8, 2025
2023–24 NJGPA test scoresJan 22, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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