Maple Avenue/Carleton School
By 1948 schools were so overcrowded the Board had to rent space from the Union Presbyterian Church for the kindergarten.  A special planning commission recommended a school northeast of Penns Grove for grades K-6, another K- 6 school southwest of Carneys Point, an addition to Pershing School and abandonment of Green School within five years.   Funds were approved to build the elementary school in Penns Grove.  Land was purchased from the Lutheran Church on
East Maple Avenue and the $750,000 Maple Avenue School was built and opened in 1952.  The school was renamed Paul W. Carleton School in 1956 in memory of his thirty-one years of service to the educations systems of Penns Grove and Upper Penns Neck. The school currently serves 4th and 5th grades.  In 2016, 313 students were enrolled with 24 teachers.