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Enrollment
455
Elementary
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340300001450
Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School
300 Old Orchard Rd., CHERRY HILL, NJ 08003 · (856) 424-1550 · Camden County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
69 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
80.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
80.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . -4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.4% | 80.1% |
| 2023-24 | 82.3% | 84.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
78.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 58% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School
Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School's state test result (78.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School this school | 455 | 15.2% | 78.0% |
| Robertsville Elementary School MORGANVILLE | 438 | 14.4% | 70.7% |
| Woods Road Elementary School Hillsborough | 410 | 10.5% | 77.3% |
| Frost Elementary School EAST BRUNSWICK | 383 | 14.6% | 72.9% |
| Cranbury School CRANBURY | 421 | 9.5% | 68.7% |
| Littlebrook School PRINCETON | 374 | 10.7% | 76.7% |
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 Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #50 of 1,290 | #3 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #84 of 1,319 ▼ 57 | #5 of 85 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.4% | #86 of 1,319 ▼ 26 | #6 of 85 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #529 of 1,562 | #27 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,361 of 1,390 | #77 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #251 of 1,392 | #25 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.2% | #1,133 of 1,481 | #78 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.2% | #64 of 545 | #6 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
455
+53 (+13%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 455 | 27 | 16.9:1 | 15% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 28 | 15.7:1 | 15% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 444 | 27 | 16.4:1 | 14% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 402 | 25 | 16.1:1 | 11% (45) |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 19 | 18.7:1 | 14% (49) |
| 2015-16 | 332 | 18 | 18.4:1 | 16% (53) |
| 2010-11 | 338 | 19 | 17.8:1 | 7% (25) |
| 2000-01 | 356 | 21 | 16.9:1 | 3% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 22 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (355 to 455); teachers up 42% (19 to 27).
About Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School
Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School is an elementary school located in CHERRY HILL, New Jersey, in Camden County. The school enrolls 455 students, from kindergarten through 5.
Cherry Hill School District, which runs Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School, has 19 schools and 10,653 students.
White students are the largest group at Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School, with 44% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 34% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. Among all residents of Camden County, the White share is about 55%. By the diversity index, Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School comes in at 67%.
Teachers at the school number 27 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.9:1. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Camden County, the average is 50%.
Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School scores 20.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 78.0% actual versus 57.9% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Camden County, 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%. Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School is among the 158 public schools in Camden County.
The closest public school, Henry C. Beck Middle School, is about 0.4 miles from Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School is 1st of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 402 in 2020-21 and 455 in 2024-25, a 13% gain.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Cherry Hill School District
- Cherry Hill High School EastHigh · 2,120 students
- Cherry Hill High School WestHigh · 1,287 students
- John A. Carusi Middle SchoolMiddle · 859 students
- Rosa International Middle SchoolMiddle · 745 students
- Henry C. Beck Middle SchoolMiddle · 701 students
- Clara Barton Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
Other schools in CHERRY HILL
- Cherry Hill High School EastHigh · 2,120 students
- Cherry Hill High School WestHigh · 1,287 students
- John A. Carusi Middle SchoolMiddle · 859 students
- Rosa International Middle SchoolMiddle · 745 students
- Henry C. Beck Middle SchoolMiddle · 701 students
- Clara Barton Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
Nearby schools
- Henry C. Beck Middle School0.4 mi · 701
- Richard Stockton Elementary School0.7 mi · 394
- Cherry Hill High School East1.1 mi · 2,120
- J Harold Van Zant1.2 mi · 621
- James F. Cooper Elementary School1.3 mi · 284
- Bret Harte Elementary School1.8 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About Joseph D. Sharp Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School?
Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School enrolls approximately 455 students in grades KG-05.
Is Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School have?
Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School?
At Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 34% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School?
Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School is overseen by Cherry Hill School District in Camden County.
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