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Enrollment
527
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOORHEES TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341683001678
Kresson School
7 SCHOOL LANE, VOORHEES, NJ 08043 · (856) 424-1816 · Camden County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
9.2:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
83 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 76 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Kresson School→Voorhees Middle School
Based on grade levels within Voorhees Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
71.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
72.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.8% | 72.3% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 73.5% |
% 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
68.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Kresson School
Kresson School's state test result (68.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kresson School this school | 527 | 15.7% | 68.3% |
| Edward T. Hamilton VOORHEES | 517 | 16.6% | 66.1% |
| Helen L Beeler MARLTON | 557 | 16.2% | 41.0% |
| Wemrock Brook School MANALAPAN | 513 | 15.8% | 71.1% |
| Mill Lake MONROE TWP | 462 | 17.5% | 50.6% |
| Frank Defino Central Elementary School MARLBORO | 510 | 15.5% | 69.3% |
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 Kresson School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #177 of 1,290 | #7 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #207 of 1,319 ▼ 56 | #9 of 85 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #226 of 1,319 ▼ 59 | #9 of 85 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #344 of 1,562 | #14 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #161 of 1,390 | #13 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #329 of 1,392 | #27 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.7% | #1,118 of 1,481 | #76 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +34.1% | #48 of 545 | #4 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
527
+163 (+45%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 545
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 527 | 57.4 | 9.2:1 | 16% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 43.6 | 11.5:1 | 11% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 492 | 43.1 | 11.4:1 | 10% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 31 | 11.7:1 | 9% (33) |
| 2017-18 | 393 | 30.5 | 12.9:1 | 8% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 3% (12) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 31 | 12.6:1 | 4% (17) |
| 2000-01 | 577 | 35 | 16.5:1 | 2% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 545 | 29 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kresson School.
Since 2017-18: students up 34% (393 to 527); teachers up 89% (30.5 to 57.4).
About Kresson School
Kresson School is a mid-sized elementary school in VOORHEES, New Jersey, (ZIP code 08043). The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 527 students. Elementary schools in New Jersey have about 405 students on average; enrollment here is 30% higher.
Voorhees Township School District has 5 schools; together they serve 2,974 students.
More than half of enrollment at Kresson School is White: 54%. The remaining shares are 21% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 7% Black. In Camden County overall, the White share is about 55%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
Teacher count: 57.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 9.2:1. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average ratio is 11.4:1. Roughly 16% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 50% average for public schools in Camden County is 34 points higher.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Kresson School outscored 86%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Kresson School is 10.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (68.3% versus 57.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
In Camden County, home to about 527,257 people, the median household earns about $88,755 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Camden County number 158, with about 82,104 students.
A public school about 1.5 miles away, Marlton Middle, is the closest to Kresson School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Kresson School. On proficiency, Kresson School is ahead of the 53.6% nearby average, ranking 1st of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Reported enrollment: 364 (2020-21) and 527 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 11.7:1 to 9.2:1.
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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 Voorhees Township School District
- Voorhees Middle SchoolMiddle · 979 students
- Edward T. HamiltonElementary · 517 students
- Osage SchoolElementary · 515 students
- Signal Hill SchoolElementary · 436 students
Other schools in VOORHEES
- Eastern Camden County Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Voorhees Middle SchoolMiddle · 979 students
- Edward T. HamiltonElementary · 517 students
- Osage SchoolElementary · 515 students
- Signal Hill SchoolElementary · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Marlton Middle1.5 mi · 744
- Robert B Jaggard School1.5 mi · 483
- Marlton Elementary1.6 mi · 567
- Cherokee High School1.7 mi · 2,082
- Henry C. Beck Middle School2.0 mi · 701
- Voorhees Middle School2.1 mi · 979
Frequently asked questions
About Kresson SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kresson School?
Kresson School enrolls approximately 527 students in grades PK-05.
Is Kresson School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kresson School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Kresson School have?
Kresson School employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
How diverse is Kresson School?
Kresson School reports a student body of 54% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 21% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Kresson School?
Kresson School is overseen by Voorhees Township School District in Camden County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.