J. Fithian Tatem School

J. Fithian Tatem School is a medium-sized elementary campus in HADDONFIELD, New Jersey, one of the schools within Haddonfield School District. The school hosts 433 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 5 schools in Haddonfield School District (2,740 students total), J. Fithian Tatem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, J. Fithian Tatem School lists that nearly all students (84%) are White; the rest comes out to 7% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 1% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Camden County (around 50%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, J. Fithian Tatem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.5%, the actual is 74.7%, a residual of +9.1 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Camden County shows the typical household earns roughly $88,755 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. J. Fithian Tatem School is one of 158 public schools in Camden County (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students).

Nearest neighbor: Haddonfield Memorial High School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, J. Fithian Tatem School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 67.5%.

J. Fithian Tatem School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 426 students in 2018 compared to 433 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for J. Fithian Tatem School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.