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Enrollment
549
Elementary
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMDEN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340264003065
Thomas H. Dudley Family School
2250 Berwick Street, Camden, NJ 08105 · (856) 365-0636 · Camden County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL549 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- FTest 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.
- ·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
11.7:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
270 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 | 57 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 34 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 80% larger than its 8th grade class (35).
Student demographics
43%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
13.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
10.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.4pp 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 11 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 are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.6% | 10.8% |
| 2023-24 | 10.8% | 6.4% |
% 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
8.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-30.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% 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 Thomas H. Dudley Family School
Thomas H. Dudley Family School's state test result (8.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas H. Dudley Family School this school | 549 | 49.2% | 8.9% |
| Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School CAMDEN | 515 | 44.5% | 10.5% |
| Octavius V. Catto Community Family School CAMDEN | 593 | 56.5% | 16.7% |
| Fairmount HACKENSACK | 621 | 56.4% | 31.8% |
| Veterans Memorial Family School CAMDEN | 474 | 47.3% | 5.0% |
| School 26 PATERSON | 419 | 58.0% | 8.2% |
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 H. Dudley Family School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.9% | #1,262 of 1,290 | #83 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #1,257 of 1,319 ▲ 36 | #81 of 85 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #1,282 of 1,319 ▲ 3 | #82 of 85 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 549 | #309 of 1,562 | #12 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #803 of 1,390 | #45 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.9% | #983 of 1,392 | #61 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.2% | #598 of 1,481 | #31 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.8% | #452 of 545 | #35 of 40 |
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
549
+145 (+36%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 596
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 549 | 47 | 11.7:1 | 49% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 598 | 53 | 11.3:1 | 50% (297) |
| 2022-23 | 591 | 60 | 9.8:1 | 67% (395) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 43 | 9.4:1 | 78% (315) |
| 2017-18 | 534 | 51.5 | 10.4:1 | 70% (372) |
| 2015-16 | 571 | 49 | 11.7:1 | 65% (372) |
| 2010-11 | 596 | 47 | 12.7:1 | 85% (506) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas H. Dudley Family School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (534 to 549); teachers down 9% (51.5 to 47).
About Thomas H. Dudley Family School
Thomas H. Dudley Family School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Camden, New Jersey. The school's enrollment of 549 students covers pre-K through 8. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students each.
Thomas H. Dudley Family School is a school in Camden City School District. The district has 16 schools and 5,871 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Thomas H. Dudley Family School, with 72% of enrollment. It is also 24% Black and 2% Asian. Camden County's residents are about 19% Hispanic, 52 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 43% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Thomas H. Dudley Family School operates with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 11.7:1. That matches the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey fairly closely. Thomas H. Dudley Family School reports 49% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Camden County average 50%.
The allk12 Grade for Thomas H. Dudley Family School is F. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 0% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Thomas H. Dudley Family School is among the bottom 10% of schools in New Jersey. Predicted: 39.2%. Actual: 8.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in Camden County, the median household income is $88,755, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. In all, Camden County has 158 public schools and roughly 82,104 students.
Nearby, Mastery Schools of Camden Inc. is about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Thomas H. Dudley Family School at 5th of 8.
Thomas H. Dudley Family School has an NCES locale of City: Small.
Enrollment is up 36% from 2020-21, when Thomas H. Dudley Family School had 404 students, to 2024-25, when it had 549. Students per teacher rose from 9.4 in 2020-21 to 11.7 in 2024-25.
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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 Camden City School District
- Octavius V. Catto Community Family SchoolElementary · 593 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
- Octavius V. Catto Community Family SchoolElementary · 593 students
Nearby schools
- Mastery Schools of Camden Inc.0.6 mi · 2,873
- Forest Hill School0.6 mi · 339
- Martha F. Wilson Early Childhood Development Center0.6 mi · 306
- Camden High School0.6 mi · 425
- Creative Arts High School0.6 mi · 209
- Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School0.6 mi · 179
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas H. Dudley Family SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Thomas H. Dudley Family School?
Thomas H. Dudley Family School enrolls approximately 549 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Thomas H. Dudley Family School serve?
Thomas H. Dudley Family School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Thomas H. Dudley Family School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Thomas H. Dudley Family School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Thomas H. Dudley Family School?
At Thomas H. Dudley Family School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 72% Hispanic, 24% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Thomas H. Dudley Family School?
Thomas H. Dudley Family School 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.