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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Cooper's Poynt Family School this year?
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Enrollment
381
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMDEN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340264001364
Cooper's Poynt Family School
201 State Street, CAMDEN, NJ 08102 · (856) 966-5370 · Camden County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
8.5:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
238 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 44 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 31 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (31).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
13.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
13.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.4% | 13.8% |
| 2023-24 | 11.3% | 6.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
9.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Cooper's Poynt Family School
Cooper's Poynt Family School's state test result (9.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper's Poynt Family School this school | 381 | 62.5% | 9.0% |
| School 20 PATERSON | 343 | 61.8% | 7.7% |
| Alexander Hamilton Academy PATERSON | 439 | 67.7% | 21.8% |
| School 26 PATERSON | 419 | 58.0% | 8.2% |
| Rev. Dr. Frank Napier Jr. School PATERSON | 491 | 70.5% | 6.8% |
| Forest Street Community Elementary School ORANGE | 384 | 70.1% | 32.7% |
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 Cooper's Poynt Family School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #1,260 of 1,290 | #82 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #1,234 of 1,319 ▲ 62 | #76 of 85 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #1,284 of 1,319 ▼ 5 | #83 of 85 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #771 of 1,562 | #41 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.5:1 | #78 of 1,390 | #6 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #819 of 1,392 | #50 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.5% | #434 of 1,481 | #20 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #283 of 798 | #12 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
381
-26 (-6%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 733
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 381 | 45 | 8.5:1 | 62% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 52 | 7.8:1 | 62% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 60 | 6.7:1 | 78% (312) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 39 | 10.4:1 | 69% (281) |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 41.5 | 10.8:1 | 73% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 437 | 36 | 12.1:1 | 65% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 532 | 49 | 10.9:1 | 80% (425) |
| 2000-01 | 790 | 54 | 14.6:1 | 90% (708) |
| 1990-91 | 733 | 37 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cooper's Poynt Family School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (446 to 381); teachers up 8% (41.5 to 45).
About Cooper's Poynt Family School
CAMDEN, New Jersey, is home to Cooper's Poynt Family School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school had 381 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25.
Camden City School District has 5,871 students in 16 schools, and Cooper's Poynt Family School is one of those schools.
Cooper's Poynt Family School is 60% Hispanic by enrollment. Other students are 37% Black. By comparison, Camden County residents are about 19% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 50%, meaning two students picked at random have a 50% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 45 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Cooper's Poynt Family School was 8.5:1. On average, elementary schools in New Jersey have 11.4:1, compared with 8.5:1 here. Cooper's Poynt Family School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 62%. Across public schools in Camden County, the average is 50%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Cooper's Poynt Family School receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Cooper's Poynt Family School ranks in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 9.0%. Predicted: 32.0%. Difference: 23.0 points.
County data help place the school in context: in Camden County, the median household income is $88,755, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. In all, Camden County has 158 public schools and roughly 82,104 students.
The closest other public school is Leap Academy University Charter School, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 9.0% is below the 32.6% average for nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Cooper's Poynt Family School's enrollment declined from 407 in 2020-21 to 381 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 10.4 in 2020-21 to 8.5 in 2024-25.
The Cooper's Poynt Family School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Camden City School District
- Octavius V. Catto Community Family SchoolElementary · 593 students
- Thomas H. Dudley Family SchoolElementary · 549 students
- Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary SchoolElementary · 515 students
- Eastside High SchoolHigh · 512 students
- Veterans Memorial Family SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Camden High SchoolHigh · 425 students
Other schools in CAMDEN
- Mastery Schools of Camden Inc.Combined · 2,873 students
- Camden's Promise Charter SchoolCombined · 2,457 students
- KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit CorporationCombined · 2,280 students
- Leap Academy University Charter SchoolCombined · 1,540 students
- Camden Prep Inc.Combined · 1,498 students
- Octavius V. Catto Community Family SchoolElementary · 593 students
Nearby schools
- Leap Academy University Charter School0.6 mi · 1,540
- KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation1.0 mi · 2,280
- Mastery Schools of Camden Inc.1.1 mi · 2,873
- Hope Community Charter School1.3 mi · 115
- Penn Treaty School1.3 mi · 398
- Adaire Alexander School1.3 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Cooper's Poynt Family SchoolHow large is Cooper's Poynt Family School?
Cooper's Poynt Family School enrolls approximately 381 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Cooper's Poynt Family School serve?
Cooper's Poynt Family School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Cooper's Poynt Family School?
Approximately 8.5:1 students per teacher at Cooper's Poynt Family School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cooper's Poynt Family School?
At Cooper's Poynt Family School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 60% Hispanic, 37% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Cooper's Poynt Family School?
Cooper's Poynt Family School is overseen by Camden City School District in Camden County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.