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Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340300001454
Kingston Elementary School
320 Kingston Rd., CHERRY HILL, NJ 08034 · (856) 667-0986 · Camden County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
12.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
137 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 | 82 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
69%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
47.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -11.9pp since 2023
Math
57.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.9% | 57.1% |
| 2023-24 | 59.8% | 56.3% |
% 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
49.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Kingston Elementary School
Kingston Elementary School's state test result (49.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Elementary School this school | 417 | 32.9% | 49.2% |
| Memorial Elementary School LAURENCE HARBOR | 388 | 34.8% | 50.2% |
| James Johnson Elementary School CHERRY HILL | 457 | 28.9% | 49.5% |
| Joyce Kilmer Elementary School CHERRY HILL | 412 | 34.0% | 38.7% |
| Thomas G. Connors Elementary School HOBOKEN | 353 | 31.7% | 64.3% |
| Clara Barton Elementary School CHERRY HILL | 494 | 31.4% | 49.4% |
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 Kingston Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #540 of 1,290 | #32 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #456 of 1,319 ▼ 15 | #24 of 85 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #763 of 1,319 ▼ 295 | #43 of 85 ▼ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #644 of 1,562 | #34 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #942 of 1,390 | #54 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #182 of 1,392 | #21 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.9% | #810 of 1,481 | #52 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #423 of 545 | #33 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
417
+52 (+14%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 417 | 34 | 12.3:1 | 33% (137) |
| 2023-24 | 406 | 32 | 12.7:1 | 24% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 404 | 34 | 11.9:1 | 22% (90) |
| 2020-21 | 365 | 37 | 9.9:1 | 23% (84) |
| 2017-18 | 403 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 26% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 31 | 14.8:1 | 29% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 29 | 14.1:1 | 23% (93) |
| 2000-01 | 413 | 20 | 20.6:1 | 6% (24) |
| 1990-91 | 529 | 26 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kingston Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (403 to 417); teachers up 21% (28 to 34).
About Kingston Elementary School
Kingston Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in CHERRY HILL, New Jersey. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 417 students.
The district for Kingston Elementary School is Cherry Hill School District, with 19 schools and 10,653 students.
At Kingston Elementary School, the largest share of students is White, at 48%. It is also 18% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 10% Black, and 7% multiracial. Kingston Elementary School's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
Kingston Elementary School employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.3:1. This ratio sits 0.8 above the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 33% in 2024-25. The gap from the 50% average for public schools in Camden County is 17 points.
allk12 grades Kingston Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Kingston Elementary School are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (49.2% actual, 48.2% predicted).
Federal survey data for Camden County show that the median household income is $88,755, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Camden County is home to 158 public schools and about 82,104 public school students.
The closest other public school is Alternative High School, about 0.5 miles away. Kingston Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Kingston Elementary School at 4th of 7.
The federal government classifies Kingston Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 52 more students in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher rose from 9.9 to 12.3 over 4 years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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
Other Kingston Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 14 states are named Kingston Elementary. Kingston Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 15.
- Kingston ElementaryHesperia, CA · 808 students
- Kingston Elementary SchoolBenton, LA · 768 students
- Kingston ElementaryKingston, TN · 736 students
- Kingston Elementary SchoolBerea, KY · 608 students
- Kingston Elementary SchoolKingston, OK · 601 students
Nearby schools
- Alternative High School0.5 mi · 32
- Thomas Paine Elementary School0.8 mi · 342
- Countryside Elementary School0.9 mi · 293
- Joyce Kilmer Elementary School1.0 mi · 412
- John A. Carusi Middle School1.1 mi · 859
- Estelle V. Malberg Early Childhood Center1.3 mi · 174
Frequently asked questions
About Kingston Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Kingston Elementary School?
Kingston Elementary School enrolls approximately 417 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Kingston Elementary School serve?
Kingston Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Kingston Elementary School have?
Kingston Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kingston Elementary School?
At Kingston Elementary School, the student body is approximately 48% White, 18% Hispanic, 10% Black, 16% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Kingston Elementary School?
Kingston Elementary School is overseen by Cherry Hill School District in Camden County.
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