Edward T. Hamilton

Edward T. Hamilton operates as an average-sized primary school in VOORHEES, New Jersey, run under Voorhees Township School District. Current enrollment sits at 517 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Edward T. Hamilton sits 28% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in Voorhees Township School District (2,974 students total), Edward T. Hamilton accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Edward T. Hamilton logs that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 19% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 17% of students at Edward T. Hamilton qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Camden County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Edward T. Hamilton tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Camden County put median household income runs about $88,755, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Camden County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students), Edward T. Hamilton is one campus in the mix.

Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Edward T. Hamilton comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.8%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 35%: 382 students in 2018 compared to 517 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 58% across the same window.

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