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Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center

1875 Mulford Street, CAMDEN, NJ 08104 · (856) 966-4760 · Camden County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% 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.
  • DBeats 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
349
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 405
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
257 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K14842%
Kindergarten7722%
Grade 14914%
Grade 24613%
Grade 3298%
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
62%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 37% · US 43%
Hispanic
9026%
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 35% · US 30%
Black
23367%
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
165%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
16447%
Female
18553%

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Test scores

NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding Expectations
English Language Arts
13.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
20.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 7 points.

NJSLA results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2513.7%20.6%
2023-2414.3%13.6%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
15.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center

Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center's state test result (15.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center this school34973.6%15.6%
Grover Cleveland Elementary School
NEWARK
32176.9%13.5%
Twin Hills Elementary School
WILLINGBORO
33269.0%25.1%
Hawthorne Park Elementary School
WILLINGBORO
35467.5%28.6%
W. R. James Sr. Elementary School
WILLINGBORO
40878.4%17.2%
Henry B. Wilson Family School
CAMDEN
37766.8%6.6%
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 Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New JerseyIn Camden County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
15.6%#1,192 of 1,290#76 of 85
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
20.6%#1,144 of 1,319
▲ 56
#74 of 85
▲ 2
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
13.7%#1,280 of 1,319
▼ 18
#81 of 85
▼ 4
Enrollment
ranked largest first
349#899 of 1,562#50 of 95
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.4:1#463 of 1,390#29 of 77
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
48.5%#848 of 1,392#51 of 77
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
73.6%#303 of 1,481#10 of 91
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 2024-25
Enrollment
349
+264 (+311%) vs 2020
-55% since 2000-01, when it was 778
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 5.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2534933.510.4:174% (257)
2023-243633111.7:150% (181)
2022-232612510.4:180% (209)
2020-2185175.0:139% (33)
2017-1834931.511.1:179% (277)
2015-16327369.1:167% (219)
2010-115064112.3:161% (311)
2000-017784915.9:190% (702)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center.

Since 2017-18: students unchanged (349 to 349); teachers up 6% (31.5 to 33.5).

About Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center

Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center is a medium-sized elementary school in CAMDEN, New Jersey, one of the schools in Camden City School District. Students in pre-K through 3 attend the school, which enrolls 349 students.

Camden City School District is the district for Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center. It has 16 schools and 5,871 students.

By race and ethnicity, Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center is 67% Black. The rest of enrollment is 26% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Camden County's population at about 19%. The chance that two students picked at random at Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 49%.

Teacher staffing is 33.5 full-time equivalents, or about 10.4 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 11.4:1. About 74% of students, or 257, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 50% average for public schools in Camden County, the school's rate is higher.

Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center is graded D by allk12, scoring above 5% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center would be expected to post about 25.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 15.6%.

Federal survey data for Camden County show that median household income is about $88,755, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. A total of 158 public schools operate in Camden County, serving about 82,104 students.

The closest other public school is Camden Prep Inc., about 0.3 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 15.6% is above the 15.3% average for nearby schools.

Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.

The school's enrollment figures are 85 for 2020-21 and 349 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. The ratio was 5.0:1 in 2020-21 and 10.4:1 in 2024-25.

Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.

Camden County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center
District
Camden City School District
Address
1875 Mulford Street, CAMDEN, NJ 08104
Phone
(856) 966-4760
County
Camden County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–03
Total enrollment
349
Teachers (FTE)
34
Student–teacher ratio
10.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
257 (74%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
340264006084
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center
How many students attend Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center?
Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center enrolls approximately 349 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center serve?
Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center.
How diverse is Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center?
Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center reports a student body of 2% White, 26% Hispanic, 67% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center?
Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center is overseen by Camden City School District in Camden County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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