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How has Lindenwold School Four changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
657
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINDENWOLD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340864001578
Lindenwold School Four
900 Gibbsboro Rd., LINDENWOLD, NJ 08021 · (856) 783-0405 · Camden County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL657 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.6:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
584 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 130 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 121 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 145 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 125 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (130) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (125).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Based on grade levels within Lindenwold Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
14.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.6pp since 2023
Math
10.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . -5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.8% | 10.3% |
| 2023-24 | 14.2% | 15.6% |
% 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
13.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Lindenwold School Four
Lindenwold School Four's state test result (13.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindenwold School Four this school | 657 | 88.9% | 13.8% |
| Chessie Dentley Roberts Academy School No. 30 ELIZABETH | 729 | 87.9% | 38.9% |
| Franklin Elementary School NEWARK | 725 | 91.2% | 21.0% |
| Indian Ave School BRIDGETON | 627 | 92.3% | 14.7% |
| Dr. William H. Horton Elementary School NEWARK | 690 | 88.3% | 14.8% |
| Woodrow Wilson School No. 19 ELIZABETH | 563 | 87.7% | 27.8% |
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 Lindenwold School Four ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #1,214 of 1,290 | #78 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.3% | #1,263 of 1,319 ▼ 94 | #82 of 85 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #1,276 of 1,319 ▼ 13 | #80 of 85 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 657 | #157 of 1,562 | #4 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #786 of 1,390 | #44 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.6% | #1,196 of 1,392 | #70 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.9% | #68 of 1,481 | #1 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #472 of 798 | #21 of 37 |
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
657
+45 (+7%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 535
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 657 | 56.5 | 11.6:1 | 89% (584) |
| 2023-24 | 651 | 53.5 | 12.2:1 | 86% (560) |
| 2022-23 | 656 | 57 | 11.5:1 | 82% (539) |
| 2020-21 | 612 | 55 | 11.1:1 | 90% (551) |
| 2017-18 | 720 | 51.5 | 14.0:1 | 90% (645) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 46 | 14.2:1 | 87% (571) |
| 2010-11 | 455 | 38 | 12.0:1 | 76% (346) |
| 2000-01 | 634 | 48 | 13.2:1 | 58% (370) |
| 1990-91 | 535 | 36 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lindenwold School Four.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (720 to 657); teachers up 10% (51.5 to 56.5).
About Lindenwold School Four
Lindenwold School Four operates as a large elementary school in LINDENWOLD, New Jersey. Enrolled students number 657 students, in kindergarten through 4. Enrollment is 62% higher than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey, which is about 405.
Lindenwold School Four reports to Lindenwold Public School District, which has 5 schools and 3,112 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Lindenwold School Four, with 81% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 14% Black and 3% White. Among people living in Camden County, the Hispanic share is about 19%. The chance that two students picked at random at Lindenwold School Four belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 33%.
A ratio of 11.6:1 comes from the school's 56.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in New Jersey have a similar average ratio of 11.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 89% in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Camden County is 50%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Lindenwold School Four receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Lindenwold School Four is 3.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (13.8% versus 17.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Camden County has these Census figures: 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%. The public schools of Camden County number 158 and enroll about 82,104.
The shortest distance from Lindenwold School Four to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Lindenwold High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Lindenwold School Four ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Federal data place Lindenwold School Four in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 612 in 2020-21 and 657 in 2024-25, a increase of 45 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Lindenwold School Four. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Lindenwold Public School District
- Lindenwold Middle SchoolMiddle · 896 students
- Lindenwold High SchoolHigh · 802 students
- Lindenwold School FiveElementary · 596 students
- Lindenwold Preschool BuildingElementary · 161 students
Other schools in LINDENWOLD
- Lindenwold Middle SchoolMiddle · 896 students
- Lindenwold High SchoolHigh · 802 students
- Lindenwold School FiveElementary · 596 students
- Lindenwold Preschool BuildingElementary · 161 students
Nearby schools
- Lindenwold High School0.2 mi · 802
- Lindenwold Preschool Building0.9 mi · 161
- Lindenwold Middle School1.0 mi · 896
- Gibbsboro Elementary School1.1 mi · 281
- Laurel Springs School1.4 mi · 179
- Clementon Elementary School1.7 mi · 586
Frequently asked questions
About Lindenwold School FourHow many students attend Lindenwold School Four?
Lindenwold School Four enrolls approximately 657 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Lindenwold School Four serve?
Lindenwold School Four serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many teachers does Lindenwold School Four have?
Lindenwold School Four employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
How diverse is Lindenwold School Four?
Lindenwold School Four reports a student body of 3% White, 81% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Lindenwold School Four in?
Lindenwold School Four is part of Lindenwold Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.