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Enrollment
593
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMDEN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340264000793
Octavius V. Catto Community Family School
3100 WESTFIELD AVE, CAMDEN, NJ 08105 · (856) 966-4097 · Camden County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL593 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% 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.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
10.4:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
335 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 59 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 43 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (64).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
22.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
17.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.5% | 17.3% |
| 2023-24 | 19.7% | 18.0% |
% 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
16.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% 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 Octavius V. Catto Community Family School
Octavius V. Catto Community Family School's state test result (16.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Octavius V. Catto Community Family School this school | 593 | 56.5% | 16.7% |
| Fairmount HACKENSACK | 621 | 56.4% | 31.8% |
| Thomas H. Dudley Family School Camden | 549 | 49.2% | 8.9% |
| School 21 PATERSON | 665 | 64.5% | 5.6% |
| School 10 PATERSON | 474 | 62.0% | 6.2% |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Complex PATERSON | 513 | 66.1% | 11.0% |
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 Octavius V. Catto Community Family School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #1,175 of 1,290 | #74 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #1,192 of 1,319 ▼ 63 | #75 of 85 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #1,209 of 1,319 ▲ 1 | #75 of 85 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 593 | #237 of 1,562 | #9 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #453 of 1,390 | #28 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.0% | #1,057 of 1,392 | #65 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.5% | #503 of 1,481 | #26 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #526 of 798 | #24 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
593
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
+17% since 2010-11, when it was 507
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 593 | 57 | 10.4:1 | 56% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 600 | 57.5 | 10.4:1 | 54% (325) |
| 2022-23 | 584 | 56 | 10.4:1 | 66% (388) |
| 2020-21 | 606 | 54 | 11.2:1 | 76% (462) |
| 2017-18 | 638 | N/A | N/A | 60% (383) |
| 2015-16 | 583 | 46 | 12.7:1 | 58% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 507 | 46 | 11.0:1 | 79% (403) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Octavius V. Catto Community Family School.
About Octavius V. Catto Community Family School
Octavius V. Catto Community Family School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of CAMDEN, New Jersey. School enrollment was 593 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 46% higher than the average for elementary schools in New Jersey, which is about 405.
Octavius V. Catto Community Family School is one school in Camden City School District, a system of 16 schools with 5,871 students.
At 74%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Octavius V. Catto Community Family School combined. It is also 22% Black. Camden County's residents are about 19% Hispanic, 55 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, Octavius V. Catto Community Family School comes in at 40%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1 at Octavius V. Catto Community Family School, with 57 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is higher than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 56%.
Octavius V. Catto Community Family School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 3% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Octavius V. Catto Community Family School scores 18.5 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 16.7% actual versus 35.2% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations.
Camden County has about 527,257 residents, and median household income is about $88,755, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 158 public schools in Camden County, with a combined enrollment of about 82,104.
The nearest other public school, Eastside High School, is about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Octavius V. Catto Community Family School ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Octavius V. Catto Community Family School as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (606) and 2024-25 (593).
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Octavius V. Catto Community Family School covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. 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
Other schools in Camden City School District
- Thomas H. Dudley Family SchoolElementary · 549 students
- Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary SchoolElementary · 515 students
- Eastside High SchoolHigh · 512 students
- Veterans Memorial Family SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Camden High SchoolHigh · 425 students
- Cooper's Poynt Family SchoolElementary · 381 students
Other schools in CAMDEN
- Mastery Schools of Camden Inc.Combined · 2,873 students
- Camden's Promise Charter SchoolCombined · 2,457 students
- KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit CorporationCombined · 2,280 students
- Leap Academy University Charter SchoolCombined · 1,540 students
- Camden Prep Inc.Combined · 1,498 students
- Thomas H. Dudley Family SchoolElementary · 549 students
Nearby schools
- Eastside High School0.2 mi · 512
- Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School0.4 mi · 515
- Camden's Promise Charter School0.7 mi · 2,457
- Thomas H. Dudley Family School0.7 mi · 549
- Veterans Memorial Family School0.8 mi · 474
- A.E. Burling High School0.8 mi · 49
Frequently asked questions
About Octavius V. Catto Community Family SchoolHow many students attend Octavius V. Catto Community Family School?
Octavius V. Catto Community Family School enrolls approximately 593 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Octavius V. Catto Community Family School serve?
Octavius V. Catto Community Family School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Octavius V. Catto Community Family School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Octavius V. Catto Community Family School is approximately 10.4:1 (57 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Octavius V. Catto Community Family School?
At Octavius V. Catto Community Family School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 74% Hispanic, 22% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Octavius V. Catto Community Family School public or private?
Octavius V. Catto Community Family School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Camden City School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.