Thomas A. Edison Elementary School

Located at 205 MELROSE AVENUE, in WESTMONT, New Jersey, Thomas A. Edison Elementary School is a very small elementary campus that instructs 159 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Haddon Township School District. Enrollment runs roughly 61% leaner than the state mean of about 405.

Across the 7 schools in Haddon Township School District (2,068 students total), Thomas A. Edison Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Thomas A. Edison Elementary School shows that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Camden County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Thomas A. Edison Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 3% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Camden County (around 50%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Thomas A. Edison Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Camden County) records that the typical household earns roughly $88,755 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Thomas A. Edison Elementary School is one of 158 public schools in Camden County (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students).

Nearest neighbor: Strawbridge Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Thomas A. Edison Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Thomas A. Edison Elementary School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 64.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 11%: 143 students in 2018 compared to 159 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 91% across the same window.

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