Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMDEN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340264001374
Forest Hill School
1625 Wildwood Avenue, CAMDEN, NJ 08103 · (856) 966-8930 · Camden County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% 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
9.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
216 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 76 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 14 | 4% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 443% larger than its 6th grade class (14).
Student demographics
48%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Forest Hill School→Camden Big Picture Learning Academy
Based on grade levels within Camden City School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
20.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +7.8pp since 2023
Math
11.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.6% | 11.0% |
| 2023-24 | 12.8% | 10.6% |
% 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
11.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 31% 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 Forest Hill School
Forest Hill School's state test result (11.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Hill School this school | 339 | 63.7% | 11.9% |
| Henry B. Wilson Family School CAMDEN | 377 | 66.8% | 6.6% |
| Yorkship Elementary School CAMDEN | 310 | 56.8% | 10.4% |
| Hawthorne Park Elementary School WILLINGBORO | 354 | 67.5% | 28.6% |
| J.C.Stuart ECDC Willingboro | 365 | 64.1% | N/A |
| Twin Hills Elementary School WILLINGBORO | 332 | 69.0% | 25.1% |
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 Forest Hill School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #1,233 of 1,290 | #79 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #1,254 of 1,319 ▼ 15 | #80 of 85 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #1,222 of 1,319 ▲ 48 | #77 of 85 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #947 of 1,562 | #53 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #157 of 1,390 | #12 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.9% | #872 of 1,392 | #54 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.7% | #422 of 1,481 | #18 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.5% | #115 of 545 | #12 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
339
+34 (+11%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 715
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 339 | 37 | 9.2:1 | 64% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 41 | 7.6:1 | 62% (193) |
| 2022-23 | 365 | 37 | 9.9:1 | 75% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | 29 | 10.5:1 | 69% (209) |
| 2017-18 | 286 | 24.3 | 11.8:1 | 70% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 325 | 27 | 12.0:1 | 67% (219) |
| 2010-11 | 289 | 26 | 11.1:1 | 80% (232) |
| 2000-01 | 586 | 41 | 14.3:1 | 99% (583) |
| 1990-91 | 715 | 39 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest Hill School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (286 to 339); teachers up 53% (24.3 to 37).
About Forest Hill School
Among the schools in CAMDEN, New Jersey, is Forest Hill School, a small elementary school. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 6, with 339 students enrolled.
Camden City School District has 5,871 students in 16 schools, and Forest Hill School is one of those schools.
At 64%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Forest Hill School combined. It is also 33% Hispanic. Camden County's residents are about 19% Black, 45 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Forest Hill School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 48%.
Forest Hill School operates with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 9.2:1. That ratio is under the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Forest Hill School reports 64% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 14 points above the 50% average for public schools in Camden County.
The allk12 Grade for Forest Hill School is F. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 2% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In New Jersey, Forest Hill School is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 11.9% compared with a predicted 31.3%.
Camden County census figures show that median household income is about $88,755, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Forest Hill School is among the 158 public schools in Camden County.
The nearest public school is Camden High School, at less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Forest Hill School places 5th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Forest Hill School went from 305 students to 339. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 10.5:1 to 9.2:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- Veterans Memorial Family SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Camden High SchoolHigh · 425 students
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- 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
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Nearby schools
- Camden High School0.1 mi · 425
- Creative Arts High School0.1 mi · 209
- Camden Big Picture Learning Academy0.1 mi · 150
- Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School0.1 mi · 179
- Martha F. Wilson Early Childhood Development Center0.1 mi · 306
- Thomas H. Dudley Family School0.6 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About Forest Hill SchoolHow large is Forest Hill School?
Forest Hill School enrolls approximately 339 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Forest Hill School serve?
Forest Hill School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Forest Hill School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Forest Hill School is approximately 9.2:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Forest Hill School?
At Forest Hill School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 33% Hispanic, 64% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Forest Hill School public or private?
Forest Hill School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Camden City School District.
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