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What tradition at Clara Barton Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
494
Elementary
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340300001430
Clara Barton Elementary School
223 Rhode Island Ave., CHERRY HILL, NJ 08034 · (856) 667-3303 · Camden County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest 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
14.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
155 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 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
71%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
52.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -4.9pp since 2023
Math
52.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.9% | 52.5% |
| 2023-24 | 57.8% | 52.2% |
% 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
49.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Clara Barton Elementary School
Clara Barton Elementary School's state test result (49.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clara Barton Elementary School this school | 494 | 31.4% | 49.4% |
| James Johnson Elementary School CHERRY HILL | 457 | 28.9% | 49.5% |
| Kingston Elementary School CHERRY HILL | 417 | 32.9% | 49.2% |
| Tinc Rd. Elementary School FLANDERS | 449 | 32.5% | 59.2% |
| Joyce Kilmer Elementary School CHERRY HILL | 412 | 34.0% | 38.7% |
| Memorial Elementary School LAURENCE HARBOR | 388 | 34.8% | 50.2% |
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 Clara Barton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #533 of 1,290 | #31 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #545 of 1,319 ▼ 37 | #33 of 85 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #636 of 1,319 ▼ 124 | #33 of 85 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #420 of 1,562 | #21 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,243 of 1,390 | #68 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.9% | #120 of 1,392 | #10 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.4% | #832 of 1,481 | #54 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.4% | #397 of 545 | #28 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
494
+32 (+7%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 466
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 494 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 31% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 507 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 33% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 473 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 32% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 462 | 32 | 14.4:1 | 29% (133) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 29% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | 28 | 16.6:1 | 29% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 503 | 26 | 19.4:1 | 29% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 459 | 23 | 20.0:1 | 10% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 466 | 22 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clara Barton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (473 to 494); teachers up 17% (30 to 35).
About Clara Barton Elementary School
Clara Barton Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in CHERRY HILL, New Jersey. It teaches 494 students in kindergarten through 5. It has 22% more students than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey (about 405).
Clara Barton Elementary School is part of a district of 19 schools: Cherry Hill School District, with 10,653 students.
At Clara Barton Elementary School, White students make up the biggest share, 45%. Other reported shares: 23% Hispanic, 13% Black, 13% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Camden County's residents are about 55% White, 9 points above the school's share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 71%.
On staff are 35 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.1:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Clara Barton Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 31%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Camden County is 50%.
Clara Barton Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 53% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Clara Barton Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 49.4% and a predicted 49.0%.
For the population of Camden County, median household income comes to about $88,755, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Camden County's 158 public schools enroll about 82,104 students and include Clara Barton Elementary School.
About 0.5 miles separate Clara Barton Elementary School from the closest public school, Joyce Kilmer Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 52.4%; Clara Barton Elementary School's is 49.4%, ranking 4th of 8.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 7%.
The discussion board for Clara Barton Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- James Johnson Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 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
- James Johnson Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
Other Clara Barton Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Clara Barton Elementary. Clara Barton Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Clara Barton ElementaryBORDENTOWN, NJ · 202 students
- Clara Barton ElementaryEastvale, CA · 1,136 students
- Clara Barton Elementary SchoolRedmond, WA · 452 students
- Clara Barton Elementary SchoolWest Mifflin, PA · 229 students
Nearby schools
- Joyce Kilmer Elementary School0.5 mi · 412
- Cherry Hill High School West0.5 mi · 1,287
- John A. Carusi Middle School1.1 mi · 859
- Kingston Elementary School1.3 mi · 417
- Alternative High School1.3 mi · 32
- A. Russell Knight Elementary School1.6 mi · 456
Frequently asked questions
About Clara Barton Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Clara Barton Elementary School?
Clara Barton Elementary School enrolls approximately 494 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Clara Barton Elementary School serve?
Clara Barton Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Clara Barton Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Clara Barton Elementary School is approximately 14.1:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Clara Barton Elementary School?
At Clara Barton Elementary School, the student body is approximately 45% White, 23% Hispanic, 13% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Clara Barton Elementary School public or private?
Clara Barton 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.