G.H. Carson Elementary School

As a mid-tier elementary-level community in PENNSAUKEN, New Jersey, G.H. Carson Elementary School educates 358 students from grades pre-K through 3, one of the schools within Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District.

Within Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District, which oversees 10 schools and 4,891 students, G.H. Carson Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, G.H. Carson Elementary School reports that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 19% Black, 9% Asian, 3% White. By comparison, Camden County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, G.H. Carson Elementary School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 78% of students at G.H. Carson Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Camden County (around 50%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, G.H. Carson Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.4%; this one delivers 31.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Camden County indicate median household earnings sit near $88,755, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. G.H. Carson Elementary School is one of 158 public schools in Camden County (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students).

Nearest neighbor: Camden County Technical School-Pennsauken, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, G.H. Carson Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 28.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at G.H. Carson Elementary School has rose 17%, going from 306 students in 2018 to 358 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 54% to 67% over that span.

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