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Enrollment
456
Elementary
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340300001422
A. Russell Knight Elementary School
140 Old Carriage Rd., CHERRY HILL, NJ 08034 · (856) 428-0830 · Camden County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
44 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
71.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . -11.0pp since 2023
Math
70.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.3% | 70.9% |
| 2023-24 | 82.3% | 71.2% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like A. Russell Knight Elementary School
A. Russell Knight Elementary School's state test result (67.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Russell Knight Elementary School this school | 456 | 9.6% | 67.3% |
| Jeffrey Clark School MICKLETON | 469 | 8.3% | N/A |
| Chairville Elementary School MEDFORD | 439 | 11.4% | 64.3% |
| Seaview Elementary School LINWOOD | 444 | 10.4% | 70.1% |
| Milton H. Allen Elementary School MEDFORD | 428 | 11.7% | 52.7% |
| Helen Morgan School SPARTA | 499 | 8.4% | 50.8% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where A. Russell Knight Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #193 of 1,290 | #8 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #227 of 1,319 ▼ 41 | #11 of 85 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #238 of 1,319 ▼ 179 | #11 of 85 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #527 of 1,562 | #26 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,263 of 1,390 | #70 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #1,077 of 1,392 | #67 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.6% | #1,258 of 1,481 | #80 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.0% | #73 of 545 | #8 of 40 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
456
+62 (+16%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 375
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 456 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 10% (44) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 9% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 452 | 31 | 14.6:1 | 8% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 394 | 30 | 13.1:1 | 6% (22) |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 25.5 | 14.2:1 | 6% (23) |
| 2015-16 | 365 | 24 | 15.2:1 | 8% (31) |
| 2010-11 | 374 | 29 | 12.9:1 | 9% (32) |
| 2000-01 | 376 | 18 | 20.9:1 | 4% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 375 | 18 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for A. Russell Knight Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 26% (362 to 456); teachers up 25% (25.5 to 32).
About A. Russell Knight Elementary School
A. Russell Knight Elementary School is one of the public schools in CHERRY HILL, New Jersey. It is a mid-sized elementary school. The school counted 456 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5.
The district, Cherry Hill School District, has 10,653 students enrolled across 19 schools.
At A. Russell Knight Elementary School, 77% of students are White. It is also 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Camden County is roughly 55% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, A. Russell Knight Elementary School scores 39%.
The school's 32 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Income data for the school show 10% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Camden County average 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, A. Russell Knight Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 81% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For A. Russell Knight Elementary School, the prediction is 60.9% and the result is 67.3%.
The county, Camden County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $88,755, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 158, with about 82,104 students.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, James Johnson Elementary School, is the closest to A. Russell Knight Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, A. Russell Knight Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, A. Russell Knight Elementary School had a net gain of 62 students, or 16%. The number of students per teacher increased from 13.1 to 14.3 over 4 years.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Camden County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
527,257
Census ACS
Median income
$88,755
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
158
82,104 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherry Hill School District
- Cherry Hill High School EastHigh · 2,120 students
- Cherry Hill High School WestHigh · 1,287 students
- John A. Carusi Middle SchoolMiddle · 859 students
- Rosa International Middle SchoolMiddle · 745 students
- Henry C. Beck Middle SchoolMiddle · 701 students
- Clara Barton Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
Other schools in CHERRY HILL
- Cherry Hill High School EastHigh · 2,120 students
- Cherry Hill High School WestHigh · 1,287 students
- John A. Carusi Middle SchoolMiddle · 859 students
- Rosa International Middle SchoolMiddle · 745 students
- Henry C. Beck Middle SchoolMiddle · 701 students
- Clara Barton Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
Nearby schools
- James Johnson Elementary School0.8 mi · 457
- Haddonfield Memorial High School0.8 mi · 827
- J. Fithian Tatem School1.0 mi · 433
- Estelle V. Malberg Early Childhood Center1.0 mi · 174
- Rosa International Middle School1.2 mi · 745
- Haddonfield Middle School1.2 mi · 631
Frequently asked questions
About A. Russell Knight Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at A. Russell Knight Elementary School?
A. Russell Knight Elementary School enrolls approximately 456 students in grades KG-05.
Is A. Russell Knight Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
A. Russell Knight Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does A. Russell Knight Elementary School have?
A. Russell Knight Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at A. Russell Knight Elementary School?
Student demographics at A. Russell Knight Elementary School are roughly 77% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is A. Russell Knight Elementary School public or private?
A. Russell Knight Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cherry Hill School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.