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Enrollment
517
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOORHEES TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341683001676
Edward T. Hamilton
1 Boundary Lane, VOORHEES, NJ 08043 · (856) 767-4888 · Camden County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL517 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
86 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Edward T. Hamilton→Voorhees Middle School
Based on grade levels within Voorhees Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
71.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
72.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.5% | 72.6% |
| 2023-24 | 67.3% | 68.3% |
% 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
66.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Edward T. Hamilton
Edward T. Hamilton's state test result (66.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward T. Hamilton this school | 517 | 16.6% | 66.1% |
| Kresson School VOORHEES | 527 | 15.7% | 68.3% |
| Helen L Beeler MARLTON | 557 | 16.2% | 41.0% |
| Wemrock Brook School MANALAPAN | 513 | 15.8% | 71.1% |
| Mill Lake MONROE TWP | 462 | 17.5% | 50.6% |
| Whiton Elementary School Neshanic Station | 617 | 13.1% | 64.0% |
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 Edward T. Hamilton ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #211 of 1,290 | #10 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #203 of 1,319 ▲ 35 | #8 of 85 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #234 of 1,319 ▲ 74 | #10 of 85 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 517 | #367 of 1,562 | #16 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #1,159 of 1,390 | #61 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #462 of 1,392 | #36 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.6% | #1,104 of 1,481 | #74 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.3% | #47 of 545 | #3 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
517
+138 (+36%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 506
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 517 | 38.5 | 13.4:1 | 17% (86) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 38.1 | 13.4:1 | 10% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 38.3 | 13.5:1 | 10% (50) |
| 2020-21 | 379 | 31 | 12.2:1 | 6% (22) |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 28.1 | 13.6:1 | 5% (21) |
| 2015-16 | 409 | 28 | 14.6:1 | 4% (17) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 30 | 16.2:1 | 5% (22) |
| 2000-01 | 554 | 33 | 16.8:1 | 3% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 506 | 33 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edward T. Hamilton.
Since 2017-18: students up 35% (382 to 517); teachers up 37% (28.1 to 38.5).
About Edward T. Hamilton
Edward T. Hamilton operates as a medium-sized elementary school in VOORHEES, New Jersey. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 517 students. The school's enrollment is 28% larger than the 405 average for elementary schools in New Jersey.
Voorhees Township School District has 5 schools and 2,974 students, and Edward T. Hamilton is one of those schools.
A majority of students at Edward T. Hamilton, 58%, are White. Next come 19% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, about 55% of residents are White. Edward T. Hamilton has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 38.5 full-time equivalents, or about 13.4 students per teacher. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is lower than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 17%. It compares with 50% for public schools in Camden County.
The allk12 Grade for Edward T. Hamilton is A-. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 84% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 57.1%. Edward T. Hamilton scores 66.1%.
Across Camden County, median household income is about $88,755, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The public schools of Camden County number 158 and enroll about 82,104.
The closest other public school is Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School, about 0.9 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Edward T. Hamilton's average proficiency of 66.1% compares with 36.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale data from NCES put Edward T. Hamilton in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The number of students climbed from 379 to 517 over 4 years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 13.4:1, from 12.2:1.
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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 Voorhees Township School District
- Voorhees Middle SchoolMiddle · 979 students
- Kresson SchoolElementary · 527 students
- Osage SchoolElementary · 515 students
- Signal Hill SchoolElementary · 436 students
Other schools in VOORHEES
- Eastern Camden County Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Voorhees Middle SchoolMiddle · 979 students
- Kresson SchoolElementary · 527 students
- Osage SchoolElementary · 515 students
- Signal Hill SchoolElementary · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School0.9 mi · 261
- John F Kennedy Elementary School0.9 mi · 357
- Signal Hill School1.1 mi · 436
- Gibbsboro Elementary School1.5 mi · 281
- Lindenwold High School1.8 mi · 802
- Lindenwold School Four1.8 mi · 657
Frequently asked questions
About Edward T. HamiltonWhat is the total enrollment at Edward T. Hamilton?
Edward T. Hamilton enrolls approximately 517 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Edward T. Hamilton serve?
Edward T. Hamilton serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Edward T. Hamilton?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Edward T. Hamilton.
How diverse is Edward T. Hamilton?
Edward T. Hamilton reports a student body of 58% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% Black, 19% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Edward T. Hamilton?
Edward T. Hamilton is overseen by Voorhees Township School District in Camden County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.