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Robert B Jaggard School
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Robert B Jaggard School
Set in MARLTON, New Jersey, Robert B Jaggard School is a mid-tier elementary-level community, one of the schools within Evesham Township School District. It caters to 483 students across grades K through 5.
Within Evesham Township School District, which oversees 8 schools and 4,516 students, Robert B Jaggard School is one campus in the system.
On demographics, Robert B Jaggard School shows that 56% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 16% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Robert B Jaggard School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Burlington County (around 32%), the school's rate is south of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Robert B Jaggard School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.2%, the actual is 53.4%, a residual of +0.1 points.
Zooming out to the county, Burlington County reports that the typical household earns roughly $108,111 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Robert B Jaggard School is one of 139 public schools in Burlington County (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students).
Cherokee High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Robert B Jaggard School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.2%.
Robert B Jaggard School operates from a residential location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Robert B Jaggard School has grew 11%, going from 436 students in 2018 to 483 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 71% to 56% over that span.
On the community side, the feed for Robert B Jaggard School typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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