Horace Mann Elementary School

Located at 150 Walt Whitman Blvd., in CHERRY HILL, New Jersey, Horace Mann Elementary School is a modestly sized primary school that enrolls 287 students (grades K through 5), run under Cherry Hill School District. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 29% leaner than typical.

Cherry Hill School District comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 10,653 students; Horace Mann Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Horace Mann Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 18% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 11% Black, 7% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Camden County (around 50%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Horace Mann Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Camden County) shows that median household income runs about $88,755, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Horace Mann Elementary School is one of 158 public schools in Camden County (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students).

Nearest neighbor: Osage School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Horace Mann Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 45.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 3%: 297 students in 2018 compared to 287 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 64% to 48% across the same window.

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