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Enrollment
629
Elementary
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 340603001524
Loring Flemming Elementary School
135 LITTLE GLOUCESTER RD, BLACKWOOD, NJ 08012 · (856) 227-4045 · Camden County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL629 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest 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
12.0:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
293 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
41.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
39.9%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 39.9% |
| 2023-24 | 40.3% | 36.7% |
% 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
36.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Loring Flemming Elementary School
Loring Flemming Elementary School's state test result (36.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loring Flemming Elementary School this school | 629 | 46.6% | 36.4% |
| Joseph C Shaner Memorial Elementary School MAYS LANDING | 602 | 46.8% | N/A |
| Smithville Elementary School GALLOWAY | 572 | 49.7% | 33.8% |
| Holly Glen Elementary School WILLIAMSTOWN | 570 | 49.5% | 46.9% |
| James W. Lilley Elementary School ERIAL | 519 | 51.6% | 28.4% |
| Dorothy L. Bullock School Glassboro | 701 | 49.9% | 24.3% |
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 Loring Flemming Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #829 of 1,290 | #50 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #797 of 1,319 ▲ 8 | #47 of 85 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #908 of 1,319 ▼ 27 | #54 of 85 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 629 | #184 of 1,562 | #6 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #890 of 1,390 | #50 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.9% | #91 of 1,392 | #9 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.6% | #635 of 1,481 | #36 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #430 of 798 | #19 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
629
-22 (-3%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 952
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 629 | 52.3 | 12.0:1 | 47% (293) |
| 2023-24 | 647 | 51.3 | 12.6:1 | 44% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 679 | 49.3 | 13.8:1 | 42% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 651 | 53 | 12.3:1 | 41% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 698 | 54 | 12.9:1 | 42% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 668 | 55 | 12.2:1 | 38% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 734 | 41 | 17.9:1 | 29% (210) |
| 2000-01 | 860 | 50 | 17.2:1 | 21% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 952 | 45 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Loring Flemming Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (698 to 629); teachers down 3% (54 to 52.3).
About Loring Flemming Elementary School
Loring Flemming Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in BLACKWOOD, New Jersey, (ZIP code 08012). It reports enrollment of 629 students in kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in New Jersey, the average enrollment is about 405.
Gloucester Township Public Schools has 11 schools and 6,502 students, and Loring Flemming Elementary School is one of those schools.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Loring Flemming Elementary School is White, with 40% of students. Next come 25% Black, 22% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The county population is about 55% White. The diversity index for Loring Flemming Elementary School is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Loring Flemming Elementary School reported 52.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 12.0:1. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 11.4:1. Roughly 47% of students at Loring Flemming Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, Loring Flemming Elementary School outscored 27%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Loring Flemming Elementary School is 4.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (36.4% versus 40.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
In the surrounding county, Camden County, the median household earns about $88,755 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Camden County has 158 public schools with about 82,104 students, including Loring Flemming Elementary School.
Glen Landing Middle School, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Loring Flemming Elementary School places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The federal government classifies Loring Flemming Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
The school shrank from 651 students in 2020-21 to 629 in 2024-25.
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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 Gloucester Township Public Schools
- Ann A. Mullen Middle SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Glen Landing Middle SchoolMiddle · 795 students
- Chews Elementary SchoolElementary · 716 students
- Charles W. Lewis Middle SchoolMiddle · 704 students
- Erial Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Blackwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 574 students
Other schools in BLACKWOOD
- Highland Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,150 students
- Glen Landing Middle SchoolMiddle · 795 students
- Chews Elementary SchoolElementary · 716 students
- Charles W. Lewis Middle SchoolMiddle · 704 students
- Blackwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 574 students
- Gloucester Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 222 students
Nearby schools
- Glen Landing Middle School0.1 mi · 795
- Chews Elementary School1.2 mi · 716
- Parkview Elementary School1.3 mi · 357
- Glendora Elementary School1.4 mi · 233
- Blackwood Elementary School1.4 mi · 574
- Highland Regional High School1.6 mi · 1,150
Frequently asked questions
About Loring Flemming Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Loring Flemming Elementary School?
Loring Flemming Elementary School enrolls approximately 629 students in grades KG-05.
Is Loring Flemming Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Loring Flemming Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Loring Flemming Elementary School have?
Loring Flemming Elementary School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
How diverse is Loring Flemming Elementary School?
Loring Flemming Elementary School reports a student body of 40% White, 22% Hispanic, 25% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Loring Flemming Elementary School?
Loring Flemming Elementary School is overseen by Gloucester Township Public Schools in Camden County.
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