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What's the most underrated thing about Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
515
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMDEN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340264001368
Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School
3425 Cramer Street, CAMDEN, NJ 08105 · (856) 966-8920 · Camden County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL515 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
10.1:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
229 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 | 45 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 38 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 31 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 74% larger than its 8th grade class (31).
Student demographics
40%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
17.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
13.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.7% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 13.1% | 8.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
10.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-31.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% 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 Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School
Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School's state test result (10.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School this school | 515 | 44.5% | 10.5% |
| Veterans Memorial Family School CAMDEN | 474 | 47.3% | 5.0% |
| Thomas H. Dudley Family School Camden | 549 | 49.2% | 8.9% |
| Octavius V. Catto Community Family School CAMDEN | 593 | 56.5% | 16.7% |
| Fairmount HACKENSACK | 621 | 56.4% | 31.8% |
| Victor Mravlag School No. 21 ELIZABETH | 634 | 51.4% | 48.0% |
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 Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.5% | #1,247 of 1,290 | #80 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #1,243 of 1,319 ▲ 27 | #77 of 85 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #1,251 of 1,319 ▲ 18 | #79 of 85 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 515 | #373 of 1,562 | #18 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #371 of 1,390 | #22 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.1% | #1,052 of 1,392 | #64 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.5% | #665 of 1,481 | #39 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +51.9% | #22 of 545 | #1 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
515
+194 (+60%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 989
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 9.2:1
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 | 515 | 51 | 10.1:1 | 44% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 508 | 61 | 8.3:1 | 49% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 507 | 60 | 8.4:1 | 66% (333) |
| 2020-21 | 321 | 35 | 9.2:1 | 68% (217) |
| 2017-18 | 339 | 34 | 10.0:1 | 65% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | 36 | 12.1:1 | 61% (266) |
| 2010-11 | 455 | 41 | 11.1:1 | 83% (376) |
| 2000-01 | 904 | 66 | 13.7:1 | 77% (695) |
| 1990-91 | 989 | 54 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 52% (339 to 515); teachers up 50% (34 to 51).
About Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School
Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in CAMDEN, New Jersey. The school covers pre-K through 8 and reported 515 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average enrollment is about 405.
Camden City School District (16 schools, 5,871 students) runs Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School.
Federal enrollment data show Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School is 75% Hispanic. Other groups make up 18% Black and 4% Asian. Camden County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 40% means there is a 40% chance two randomly chosen students at Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School is 10.1:1, based on 51 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey, 11.4:1, is higher. Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School counts 44% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 1% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 31.3 points (10.5% versus 41.8%), a bottom-10% result in New Jersey on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Camden County. According to Census Bureau estimates, 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 Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School.
Among nearby public schools, Octavius V. Catto Community Family School is closest at about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 10.5% average proficiency ranks 4th among 7 nearby schools.
Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
Enrollment was 321 in 2020-21 and 515 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Eastside High SchoolHigh · 512 students
- Veterans Memorial Family SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Camden High SchoolHigh · 425 students
- Cooper's Poynt Family SchoolElementary · 381 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
- Octavius V. Catto Community Family School0.4 mi · 593
- Eastside High School0.4 mi · 512
- Baldwin Elementary School0.5 mi · 138
- Camden's Promise Charter School0.6 mi · 2,457
- G.H. Carson Elementary School0.9 mi · 358
- Veterans Memorial Family School0.9 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School?
Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School enrolls approximately 515 students in grades PK-08.
Is Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School is approximately 10.1:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School?
Student demographics at Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 75% Hispanic, 18% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School public or private?
Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Camden City School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.