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Enrollment
574
Elementary
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340603001508
Blackwood Elementary School
260 BLENHEIM ERIAL RD, BLACKWOOD, NJ 08012 · (856) 227-9510 · Camden County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL574 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
12.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
346 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
34.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
30.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 30.3% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 27.9% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Blackwood Elementary School
Blackwood Elementary School's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwood Elementary School this school | 574 | 60.3% | 28.3% |
| Erial Elementary School SICKLERVILLE | 643 | 58.0% | 34.5% |
| Mildred Magowan Elementary School EDGEWATER PARK | 583 | 67.8% | 39.5% |
| James W. Lilley Elementary School ERIAL | 519 | 51.6% | 28.4% |
| John H. Glenn School PINE HILL | 469 | 69.5% | 22.5% |
| William L Antheil Elementary School EWING | 746 | 57.0% | 29.4% |
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 Blackwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #998 of 1,290 | #63 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #969 of 1,319 ▲ 7 | #59 of 85 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,043 of 1,319 ▼ 44 | #61 of 85 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 574 | #267 of 1,562 | #11 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #993 of 1,390 | #57 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.4% | #12 of 1,392 | #1 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.3% | #457 of 1,481 | #22 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #695 of 798 | #32 of 37 |
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
574
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 825
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 574 | 46 | 12.5:1 | 60% (346) |
| 2023-24 | 571 | 45.7 | 12.5:1 | 57% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 576 | 44.7 | 12.9:1 | 56% (320) |
| 2020-21 | 581 | 45 | 12.9:1 | 54% (314) |
| 2017-18 | 592 | 46.4 | 12.8:1 | 53% (313) |
| 2015-16 | 606 | 48 | 12.6:1 | 55% (332) |
| 2010-11 | 703 | 41 | 17.1:1 | 43% (303) |
| 2000-01 | 750 | 43 | 17.4:1 | 32% (239) |
| 1990-91 | 825 | 42 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blackwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (592 to 574); teachers down 1% (46.4 to 46).
About Blackwood Elementary School
Blackwood Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in BLACKWOOD, New Jersey. There are 574 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average enrollment is about 405.
Gloucester Township Public Schools (11 schools, 6,502 students) runs Blackwood Elementary School.
Black students make up 34% of enrollment at Blackwood Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Next come 27% White, 20% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 8% Asian. That compares with about 19% Black among all Camden County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 75%.
Based on 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, Blackwood Elementary School has a ratio of 12.5:1. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 11.4:1. Income data for the school show 60% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 50% average for public schools in Camden County, the school's rate is higher.
Blackwood Elementary School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 16% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
A school with Blackwood Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in New Jersey is predicted to score 33.2%. Blackwood Elementary School scores 28.3%, 4.9 points below that line.
Camden County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $88,755, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Camden County's 158 public schools enroll about 82,104 students and include Blackwood Elementary School.
About 0.5 miles separate Blackwood Elementary School from the closest public school, Highland Regional High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Blackwood Elementary School ranks 7th of 9 on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Blackwood Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 581 in 2020-21, 574 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Blackwood Elementary School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Gloucester Township Public Schools
- Ann A. Mullen Middle SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Glen Landing Middle SchoolMiddle · 795 students
- Chews Elementary SchoolElementary · 716 students
- Charles W. Lewis Middle SchoolMiddle · 704 students
- Erial Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Loring Flemming Elementary SchoolElementary · 629 students
Other schools in BLACKWOOD
- Highland Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,150 students
- Glen Landing Middle SchoolMiddle · 795 students
- Chews Elementary SchoolElementary · 716 students
- Charles W. Lewis Middle SchoolMiddle · 704 students
- Loring Flemming Elementary SchoolElementary · 629 students
- Gloucester Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 222 students
Nearby schools
- Highland Regional High School0.5 mi · 1,150
- Gloucester Township Elementary School0.6 mi · 222
- Charles W. Lewis Middle School1.2 mi · 704
- Loring Flemming Elementary School1.4 mi · 629
- Glen Landing Middle School1.5 mi · 795
- Parkview Elementary School2.3 mi · 357
Frequently asked questions
About Blackwood Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Blackwood Elementary School?
Blackwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 574 students in grades KG-05.
Is Blackwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Blackwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Blackwood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Blackwood Elementary School is approximately 12.5:1 (46 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Blackwood Elementary School?
Blackwood Elementary School reports a student body of 27% White, 20% Hispanic, 34% Black, 8% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Blackwood Elementary School?
Blackwood Elementary School is overseen by Gloucester Township Public Schools in Camden County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.