Enrollment
189
Middle
STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CREATIVITY COLABORATORY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 340080503481
Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School
457 Shirley Road, Elmer, NJ 08318 · (856) 358-2472 · Salem County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL189 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
15 FTE teachers
STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
68 students
STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 45 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 48 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 48 | 25% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
39.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
23.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . -10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 down about 10 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.1% | 23.7% |
| 2023-24 | 39.2% | 33.7% |
% 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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School
Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School this school | 189 | 36.0% | 32.5% |
| Woodland Middle School BARRINGTON | 220 | 38.6% | 48.5% |
| Cove Road School HAZLET | 175 | 28.6% | 45.9% |
| Raymond W. Kershaw School MOUNT EPHRAIM | 137 | 43.8% | 39.1% |
| Sussex Middle School SUSSEX | 291 | 32.3% | 33.8% |
| Long Pond School NEWTON | 189 | 23.3% | 56.0% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Salem County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #319 of 433 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #347 of 437 ▼ 88 | #4 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #348 of 437 ▼ 14 | #3 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 189 | #422 of 445 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.0% | #204 of 436 | #4 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
189
+44 (+30%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 189 | 15 | 12.6:1 | 36% (68) |
| 2023-24 | 193 | 15 | 12.9:1 | 28% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 191 | 17 | 11.2:1 | 20% (39) |
| 2020-21 | 145 | 13 | 11.2:1 | 17% (24) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School.
About Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School
Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School is the name of a small middle-grades school in Elmer, New Jersey. The grade span is 5 through 8, and enrollment is 189 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in New Jersey) has about 578 students.
Federal records list Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School as its own district.
White students are the majority at Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School, with 73% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 7% multiracial. That is close to the 73% White share among all Salem County residents. The school's diversity index is 44%, meaning two students picked at random have a 44% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 15 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.6:1. That is 1.7 students per teacher above the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 36%. That is 9 points below the 45% average for public schools in Salem County.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School is 46.5%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 32.5%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Salem County, the median household income is $79,960, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School is one of 33 public schools in the county.
Elmer Elementary School is the public school closest to Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School, about 1.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School is 4th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 44 more students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.6:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Salem County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,275
Census ACS
Median income
$79,960
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
11,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elmer
- Elmer Elementary SchoolElementary · 197 students
- Daretown SchoolCombined · 28 students
Nearby schools
- Elmer Elementary School1.5 mi · 197
- Olivet Elementary School3.1 mi · 357
- Upper Pittsgrove School3.5 mi · 340
- Daretown School3.5 mi · 28
- Arthur P. Schalick High School3.9 mi · 482
- Pittsgrove Township Middle School4.1 mi · 495
Frequently asked questions
About Creativity CoLaboratory Charter SchoolHow many students attend Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School?
Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School enrolls approximately 189 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School serve?
Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School?
At Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School public or private?
Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.