Enrollment
363
Elementary
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340300001428
Bret Harte Elementary School
1909 Queen Anne Dr., CHERRY HILL, NJ 08003 · (856) 795-0515 · Camden County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B+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
15.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
45 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
67%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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
56.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -13.7pp since 2023
Math
66.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.7% | 66.7% |
| 2023-24 | 70.4% | 63.2% |
% 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
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Bret Harte Elementary School
Bret Harte Elementary School's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bret Harte Elementary School this school | 363 | 12.4% | 58.5% |
| Riverside School PRINCETON | 306 | 12.1% | 80.8% |
| Woodcrest Elementary School CHERRY HILL | 374 | 15.5% | 57.9% |
| Joyce Kilmer School MAHWAH | 394 | 12.2% | 61.2% |
| Van Holten Primary School Bridgewater | 311 | 7.7% | 66.8% |
| Springville Elementary School MT LAUREL | 480 | 16.3% | 56.4% |
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 Bret Harte Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #362 of 1,290 | #20 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #298 of 1,319 ▲ 20 | #15 of 85 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #560 of 1,319 ▼ 330 | #28 of 85 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #835 of 1,562 | #46 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,337 of 1,390 | #76 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #237 of 1,392 | #23 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.4% | #1,196 of 1,481 | #79 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #382 of 798 | #16 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
363
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 473
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 363 | 23 | 15.8:1 | 12% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 10% (35) |
| 2022-23 | 355 | 23 | 15.4:1 | 8% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 358 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 7% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 409 | 22.5 | 18.2:1 | 8% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 24 | 17.8:1 | 8% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | 24 | 16.6:1 | 7% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 345 | 18 | 19.2:1 | 2% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 473 | 23 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bret Harte Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (409 to 363); teachers up 2% (22.5 to 23).
About Bret Harte Elementary School
Bret Harte Elementary School serves students in CHERRY HILL, New Jersey, as a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 363 students.
Bret Harte Elementary School is one of the 19 schools that make up Cherry Hill School District (10,653 students in total).
At Bret Harte Elementary School, White students make up 50% of the student body. Next come 23% Asian, 11% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Bret Harte Elementary School's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
Bret Harte Elementary School employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.8:1. This ratio sits 4.3 above the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 12% in 2024-25. The gap from the 50% average for public schools in Camden County is 38 points.
The allk12 Grade for Bret Harte Elementary School is B. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 61% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Bret Harte Elementary School, the prediction is 59.4% and the result is 58.5%.
Among Camden County residents, the median household income is $88,755, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bret Harte Elementary School is one of 158 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Cherry Hill High School East, about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 58.5% is below the 59.3% average for nearby schools.
Bret Harte Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 358 to 363.
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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
Other Bret Harte Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 3 states are named Bret Harte Elementary. Bret Harte Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Bret Harte ElementaryModesto, CA · 867 students
- Bret Harte ElementaryCorcoran, CA · 546 students
- Bret Harte ElementaryBurbank, CA · 537 students
- Bret Harte Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 339 students
- Bret Harte ElementarySacramento, CA · 173 students
Nearby schools
- Cherry Hill High School East0.7 mi · 2,120
- Woodcrest Elementary School0.9 mi · 374
- Voorhees Middle School1.1 mi · 979
- Horace Mann Elementary School1.3 mi · 287
- Rosa International Middle School1.5 mi · 745
- Eastern Camden County Regional High School1.6 mi · 1,847
Frequently asked questions
About Bret Harte Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bret Harte Elementary School?
Bret Harte Elementary School enrolls approximately 363 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Bret Harte Elementary School serve?
Bret Harte Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Bret Harte Elementary School have?
Bret Harte Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
How diverse is Bret Harte Elementary School?
Bret Harte Elementary School reports a student body of 50% White, 9% Hispanic, 11% Black, 23% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Bret Harte Elementary School public or private?
Bret Harte 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.