Enrollment
159
Elementary
DISTRICT 209 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HADDON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340636001542
Thomas A. Edison Elementary School
205 MELROSE AVENUE, WESTMONT, NJ 08108 · (856) 869-7715 · Camden County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL159 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
15.1:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
5 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (18).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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 Haddon Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
72.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
70.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +12.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.3% | 70.3% |
| 2023-24 | 61.3% | 58.1% |
% 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
64.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Thomas A. Edison Elementary School
Thomas A. Edison Elementary School's state test result (64.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas A. Edison Elementary School this school | 159 | 3.1% | 64.5% |
| Wenonah Elementary School WENONAH | 158 | 3.2% | 60.4% |
| Island Heights Elementary School ISLAND HEIGHTS | 142 | 2.1% | 65.3% |
| Stoy Elementary School HADDONFIELD | 174 | 6.9% | 58.5% |
| H W Mountz Elementary School Spring Lake | 130 | 3.8% | 86.1% |
| William H. Ross III School MARGATE | 186 | 7.0% | 65.3% |
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 Thomas A. Edison Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #251 of 1,290 | #12 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #237 of 1,319 ▲ 175 | #13 of 85 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #215 of 1,319 ▲ 209 | #8 of 85 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 159 | #1,447 of 1,562 | #84 of 95 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.1% | #1,389 of 1,481 | #87 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 2024-25Enrollment
159
+21 (+15%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 235
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 159 | 10.5 | 15.1:1 | 3% (5) |
| 2023-24 | 144 | 9.9 | 14.6:1 | 4% (6) |
| 2022-23 | 140 | 9.4 | 14.9:1 | 6% (8) |
| 2020-21 | 138 | 7 | 19.7:1 | 4% (6) |
| 2017-18 | 143 | 10 | 14.3:1 | 14% (20) |
| 2015-16 | 154 | 8 | 19.3:1 | 16% (25) |
| 2010-11 | 161 | 4 | 40.3:1 | 9% (15) |
| 2000-01 | 151 | 10 | 15.1:1 | 10% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 235 | 10 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas A. Edison Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (143 to 159); teachers up 6% (10 to 10.5).
About Thomas A. Edison Elementary School
Thomas A. Edison Elementary School is a very small elementary school found in WESTMONT, New Jersey. Its enrollment is 159 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students, which makes this school 61% below average.
Haddon Township School District runs 7 schools with a combined 2,068 students. Thomas A. Edison Elementary School is one of them.
Roughly 91% of students at Thomas A. Edison Elementary School are White. Other students are 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Camden County residents are about 55% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 18%.
Thomas A. Edison Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1, with 10.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 3% at Thomas A. Edison Elementary School. Across public schools in Camden County, the average is 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, Thomas A. Edison Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 68% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 64.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 64.4%.
The county, Camden County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $88,755 a year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Thomas A. Edison Elementary School, Camden County has 158 public schools.
Thomas A. Edison Elementary School's nearest public school is Strawbridge Elementary School (about 0.6 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Thomas A. Edison Elementary School is 5th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Thomas A. Edison Elementary School enrolled 138 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 159. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.1:1) than in 2020-21 (19.7:1).
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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 Haddon Township School District
- Haddon Township High SchoolHigh · 609 students
- William G. Rohrer Middle SchoolMiddle · 414 students
- Van Sciver Elementary SchoolElementary · 345 students
- Strawbridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 244 students
- Stoy Elementary SchoolElementary · 174 students
- Clyde S. Jennings Elementary SchoolElementary · 123 students
Other schools in WESTMONT
- Haddon Township High SchoolHigh · 609 students
- William G. Rohrer Middle SchoolMiddle · 414 students
- Strawbridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 244 students
Other Thomas A. Edison Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Thomas A. Edison Elementary. Thomas A. Edison Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Thomas A. Edison ElementaryAntioch, TN · 731 students
- Thomas A. Edison ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 332 students
Nearby schools
- Strawbridge Elementary School0.6 mi · 244
- Stoy Elementary School0.6 mi · 174
- Haddon Township High School0.8 mi · 609
- William G. Rohrer Middle School0.9 mi · 414
- Van Sciver Elementary School1.1 mi · 345
- J. Fithian Tatem School1.1 mi · 433
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas A. Edison Elementary SchoolHow large is Thomas A. Edison Elementary School?
Thomas A. Edison Elementary School enrolls approximately 159 students in grades PK-05.
Is Thomas A. Edison Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Thomas A. Edison Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thomas A. Edison Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thomas A. Edison Elementary School is approximately 15.1:1 (11 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thomas A. Edison Elementary School?
At Thomas A. Edison Elementary School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Thomas A. Edison Elementary School in?
Thomas A. Edison Elementary School is part of Haddon Township School District.
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