Enrollment
333
Elementary
STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWNSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340834001572
Lawnside School District
426 EAST CHARLESTON AVE, LAWNSIDE, NJ 08045 · (856) 546-4850 · Camden County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
27 FTE teachers
STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
163 students
STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 38 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 27% larger than its 8th grade class (26).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
27.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
12.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 | 27.6% | 12.7% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 11.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Lawnside School District
Lawnside School District's state test result (16.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawnside School District this school | 333 | 48.9% | 16.3% |
| Garfield ECDC Willingboro | 294 | 56.1% | N/A |
| Martha F. Wilson Early Childhood Development Center CAMDEN | 306 | 44.1% | N/A |
| Yorkship Elementary School CAMDEN | 310 | 56.8% | 10.4% |
| Heywood Avenue Elementary School ORANGE | 363 | 58.1% | 37.0% |
| Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter School Willingboro | 356 | 48.0% | 23.1% |
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 Lawnside School District ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #1,181 of 1,290 | #75 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #1,245 of 1,319 ▼ 19 | #79 of 85 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #1,147 of 1,319 ▼ 17 | #68 of 85 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 333 | #973 of 1,562 | #55 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #956 of 1,390 | #56 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.4% | #884 of 1,392 | #55 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.9% | #603 of 1,481 | #32 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.1% | #72 of 545 | #7 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
333
+25 (+8%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 280
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 333 | 27 | 12.3:1 | 49% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 342 | 36 | 9.5:1 | 51% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 324 | 27 | 12.0:1 | 40% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 26 | 11.8:1 | 32% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 264 | 26 | 10.2:1 | 98% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 289 | 30 | 9.6:1 | 74% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 250 | 20 | 12.5:1 | 78% (194) |
| 2000-01 | 281 | 28 | 10.0:1 | 63% (178) |
| 1990-91 | 280 | 25 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lawnside School District.
Since 2017-18: students up 26% (264 to 333); teachers up 4% (26 to 27).
About Lawnside School District
Lawnside School District is a small elementary school serving families in LAWNSIDE, New Jersey. It serves 333 students in pre-K through 8.
In federal data, the district for Lawnside School District is the school itself.
At Lawnside School District, Black students make up 69% of the student body. It is also 22% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% White. For comparison, the population of Camden County is roughly 19% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 47% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Lawnside School District employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.3:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Lawnside School District's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 49%. That tracks the 50% average for public schools in Camden County.
Lawnside School District trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 23.1 points (16.3% versus 39.4%), a bottom-10% result in New Jersey on BeatsExpectations.
Camden County has about 527,257 residents, and the median household income is $88,755, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, Camden County has 158 public schools and roughly 82,104 students.
Magnolia is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Lawnside School District, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Lawnside School District ranks 9th on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Lawnside School District's enrollment grew from 308 in 2020-21 to 333 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Nearby schools
- Magnolia0.8 mi · 396
- Somerdale Park School1.0 mi · 447
- Horace Mann Elementary School1.1 mi · 287
- Osage School1.2 mi · 515
- Woodland Middle School1.5 mi · 220
- Woodcrest Elementary School1.6 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About Lawnside School DistrictHow large is Lawnside School District?
Lawnside School District enrolls approximately 333 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Lawnside School District serve?
Lawnside School District serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lawnside School District?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Lawnside School District.
How diverse is Lawnside School District?
Lawnside School District reports a student body of 3% White, 22% Hispanic, 69% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Lawnside School District?
Lawnside School District is overseen by Lawnside School District in Camden County.
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