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What's something James W. Lilley Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
519
Elementary
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340603005995
James W. Lilley Elementary School
1275 WILLIAMSTOWN ROAD, ERIAL, NJ 08081 · (856) 875-0991 · Camden County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.1:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
268 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 98 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
34.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
30.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.7% | 30.9% |
| 2023-24 | 32.7% | 30.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 James W. Lilley Elementary School
James W. Lilley Elementary School's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James W. Lilley Elementary School this school | 519 | 51.6% | 28.4% |
| Francis Lore Elementary School EWING | 505 | 49.1% | 36.2% |
| Dorothy L. Bullock School Glassboro | 701 | 49.9% | 24.3% |
| Summerfield Elementary School NEPTUNE | 389 | 52.2% | 45.8% |
| Loring Flemming Elementary School BLACKWOOD | 629 | 46.6% | 36.4% |
| Blackwood Elementary School BLACKWOOD | 574 | 60.3% | 28.3% |
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 James W. Lilley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #996 of 1,290 | #62 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #959 of 1,319 ▼ 37 | #58 of 85 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #1,032 of 1,319 ▼ 6 | #60 of 85 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 519 | #361 of 1,562 | #15 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #645 of 1,390 | #38 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #75 of 1,392 | #7 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.6% | #566 of 1,481 | #29 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #527 of 545 | #40 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
519
+25 (+5%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 796
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 519 | 46.7 | 11.1:1 | 52% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 509 | 45.7 | 11.2:1 | 49% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 43.7 | 11.2:1 | 49% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 44 | 11.2:1 | 49% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 43 | 12.0:1 | 47% (245) |
| 2015-16 | 497 | 42 | 11.8:1 | 42% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 585 | 35 | 16.7:1 | 38% (222) |
| 1990-91 | 796 | 39 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James W. Lilley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (516 to 519); teachers up 9% (43 to 46.7).
About James W. Lilley Elementary School
James W. Lilley Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in ERIAL, New Jersey, administered by Gloucester Township Public Schools. The school's enrollment of 519 students covers kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 28% higher than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey, which is about 405.
Gloucester Township Public Schools has 11 schools and 6,502 students, and James W. Lilley Elementary School is one of those schools.
Enrollment at James W. Lilley Elementary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 31%. The school is also 31% Black, 27% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. That is lower than the 55% White share among all Camden County residents. By the diversity index, James W. Lilley Elementary School comes in at 72%.
The school employs the equivalent of 46.7 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.1:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 11.4:1, a similar figure. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at James W. Lilley Elementary School is 52%. That is close to the 50% average for public schools in Camden County.
allk12 grades James W. Lilley Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, James W. Lilley Elementary School is 9.5 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 28.4% actual, 37.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
In Camden County (population about 527,257), median household income is about $88,755, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. A total of 158 public schools operate in Camden County, serving about 82,104 students.
The next-closest public school is Ann A. Mullen Middle School, about 0.9 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: James W. Lilley Elementary School ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 28.4% versus a 38.7% average.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 494 to 519.
The James W. Lilley Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Gloucester Township Public Schools
- Ann A. Mullen Middle SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Glen Landing Middle SchoolMiddle · 795 students
- Chews Elementary SchoolElementary · 716 students
- Charles W. Lewis Middle SchoolMiddle · 704 students
- Erial Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Loring Flemming Elementary SchoolElementary · 629 students
Nearby schools
- Ann A. Mullen Middle School0.9 mi · 937
- Timber Creek Regional High School1.0 mi · 1,109
- Erial Elementary School1.2 mi · 643
- Union Valley Elementary School1.2 mi · 530
- Camden County Technical School-GTC1.5 mi · 1,403
- Winslow Township Elementary School Four1.9 mi · 517
Frequently asked questions
About James W. Lilley Elementary SchoolHow large is James W. Lilley Elementary School?
James W. Lilley Elementary School enrolls approximately 519 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does James W. Lilley Elementary School serve?
James W. Lilley Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at James W. Lilley Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at James W. Lilley Elementary School is approximately 11.1:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at James W. Lilley Elementary School?
Student demographics at James W. Lilley Elementary School are roughly 31% White, 27% Hispanic, 31% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees James W. Lilley Elementary School?
James W. Lilley Elementary School is overseen by Gloucester Township Public Schools in Camden County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.