Enrollment
342
Elementary
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340300001458
Thomas Paine Elementary School
4001 Church Rd., CHERRY HILL, NJ 08034 · (856) 667-1350 · Camden County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
93 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
60.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
55.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 55.3% |
| 2023-24 | 60.4% | 50.0% |
% 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
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Paine Elementary School
Thomas Paine Elementary School's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Paine Elementary School this school | 342 | 27.2% | 50.8% |
| Thomas G. Connors Elementary School HOBOKEN | 353 | 31.7% | 64.3% |
| Hillside Elementary School MOUNT LAUREL | 386 | 23.6% | 43.8% |
| Pine Acres Early Childhood Center WENONAH | 298 | 31.5% | N/A |
| Central Early Childhood Center DEPTFORD | 310 | 28.4% | N/A |
| Parkview Elementary School STRATFORD | 357 | 27.5% | 45.5% |
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 Paine Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #505 of 1,290 | #29 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #488 of 1,319 ▲ 57 | #30 of 85 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #484 of 1,319 ▼ 40 | #25 of 85 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 342 | #934 of 1,562 | #52 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #1,116 of 1,390 | #60 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #144 of 1,392 | #15 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.2% | #900 of 1,481 | #62 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #600 of 798 | #27 of 37 |
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
342
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 354
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 342 | 26 | 13.2:1 | 27% (93) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 29 | 11.6:1 | 28% (93) |
| 2022-23 | 344 | 26 | 13.2:1 | 28% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 336 | 28 | 12.0:1 | 28% (94) |
| 2017-18 | 361 | 26 | 13.9:1 | 29% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 348 | 25 | 13.9:1 | 26% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 21% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 19 | 18.2:1 | 10% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 354 | 20 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Paine Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (361 to 342); teachers unchanged (26 to 26).
About Thomas Paine Elementary School
Thomas Paine Elementary School is a small elementary school in CHERRY HILL, New Jersey, under Cherry Hill School District. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 342 students.
A total of 19 schools make up Cherry Hill School District, with 10,653 students enrolled.
No group is above 50% at Thomas Paine Elementary School; the largest is White, at 47%. The school is also 19% Hispanic, 13% Black, 12% Asian, and 8% multiracial. The diversity index for Thomas Paine Elementary School is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Thomas Paine Elementary School, there are about 13.2 students; the school has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 27%. Across public schools in Camden County, the average is 50%.
Thomas Paine Elementary School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (50.8% versus 51.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Jersey.
In the wider Camden County area, median household income comes to about $88,755, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Camden County counts 158 public schools with about 82,104 students.
Thomas Paine Elementary School's nearest public school is Countryside Elementary School (about 0.7 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Thomas Paine Elementary School ranks 1st in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Thomas Paine Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment at Thomas Paine Elementary School was 336 in 2020-21 and 342 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.0:1 to 13.2:1.
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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 Cherry Hill School District
- Cherry Hill High School EastHigh · 2,120 students
- Cherry Hill High School WestHigh · 1,287 students
- John A. Carusi Middle SchoolMiddle · 859 students
- Rosa International Middle SchoolMiddle · 745 students
- Henry C. Beck Middle SchoolMiddle · 701 students
- Clara Barton Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
Other schools in CHERRY HILL
- Cherry Hill High School EastHigh · 2,120 students
- Cherry Hill High School WestHigh · 1,287 students
- John A. Carusi Middle SchoolMiddle · 859 students
- Rosa International Middle SchoolMiddle · 745 students
- Henry C. Beck Middle SchoolMiddle · 701 students
- Clara Barton Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
Other Thomas Paine Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Thomas Paine Elementary. Thomas Paine Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Thomas Paine ElementaryGarden Grove, CA · 428 students
- Thomas Paine Elementary SchoolUrbana, IL · 324 students
Nearby schools
- Countryside Elementary School0.7 mi · 293
- John A. Carusi Middle School0.8 mi · 859
- Kingston Elementary School0.8 mi · 417
- Maude M. Wilkins Elementary School1.2 mi · 554
- Joyce Kilmer Elementary School1.2 mi · 412
- Alternative High School1.3 mi · 32
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Paine Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Thomas Paine Elementary School?
Thomas Paine Elementary School enrolls approximately 342 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Thomas Paine Elementary School serve?
Thomas Paine Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Thomas Paine Elementary School have?
Thomas Paine Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Thomas Paine Elementary School?
Student demographics at Thomas Paine Elementary School are roughly 47% White, 19% Hispanic, 13% Black, 12% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Thomas Paine Elementary School in?
Thomas Paine Elementary School is part of Cherry Hill School District.
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