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Kresson School
- 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
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).
School pathway
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat 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% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
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% |
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 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment 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 |
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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