Avon Elementary School

Avon Elementary School is a compact K-5 school in HADDONFIELD, New Jersey, part of Barrington School District. The school caters to 305 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 25% smaller than the state mean of about 405.

Avon Elementary School is one of 2 schools operated by Barrington School District, a district that serves 525 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Avon Elementary School logs that 71% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Camden County's rate of about 50%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Avon Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.9%, the actual is 47.5%, a residual of -0.4 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Camden County put median household earnings sit near $88,755, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Camden County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students), Avon Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Haddon Heights Jr./Sr. High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Avon Elementary School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 63.7%.

Avon Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Avon Elementary School has declined 10%, going from 339 students in 2018 to 305 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 80% to 71%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

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