Enrollment
211
Elementary
DISTRICT 143 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLINGSWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340342001482
Thomas Sharp Elementary School
400 COMLY AVE, WEST COLLINGSWOOD, NJ 08107 · (856) 962-5707 · Camden County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL211 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
10.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
93 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 78 | 37% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (19).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
44.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +18.8pp since 2023
Math
27.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.6% | 27.7% |
| 2023-24 | 25.8% | 29.7% |
% 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
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Sharp Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Sharp Elementary School this school | 211 | 44.1% | 28.0% |
| Red Bank Elementary School WEST DEPTFORD | 253 | 43.5% | N/A |
| Woodmere EATONTOWN | 235 | 50.2% | 48.9% |
| Gloucester Township Elementary School BLACKWOOD | 222 | 39.2% | 39.4% |
| John C. Milanesi Elementary School BUENA | 192 | 50.5% | N/A |
| Taylor Street Elementary School WASHINGTON | 280 | 44.3% | N/A |
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 Sharp Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #1,004 of 1,290 | #64 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #1,018 of 1,319 ▼ 78 | #62 of 85 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #842 of 1,319 ▲ 290 | #48 of 85 ▲ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 211 | #1,376 of 1,562 | #77 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #485 of 1,390 | #32 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #250 of 1,392 | #24 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.1% | #674 of 1,481 | #41 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
211
+33 (+19%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 233
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 211 | 20.1 | 10.5:1 | 44% (93) |
| 2023-24 | 215 | 20.9 | 10.3:1 | 36% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 192 | 20.7 | 9.3:1 | 40% (76) |
| 2020-21 | 178 | 18 | 9.9:1 | 52% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 195 | 19.4 | 10.1:1 | 55% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 160 | 16 | 10.0:1 | 64% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 158 | 11 | 14.4:1 | 53% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 187 | 16 | 11.7:1 | 37% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 233 | 14 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomas Sharp Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (195 to 211); teachers up 4% (19.4 to 20.1).
About Thomas Sharp Elementary School
Thomas Sharp Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in WEST COLLINGSWOOD, New Jersey. The school has 211 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students, which makes this school 48% below average.
Collingswood Public School District is made up of 9 schools with 2,205 students in all.
The largest group at Thomas Sharp Elementary School is White students, at 50%. Smaller groups are 21% Hispanic, 14% Black, 10% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
On staff are 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.5:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Thomas Sharp Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 44%.
Thomas Sharp Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 10% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Thomas Sharp Elementary School would score about 42.0%. It scores 28.0%, 14.0 points below that figure.
The school is in Camden County, where the median household earns about $88,755 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Camden County, 158 public schools serve about 82,104 students.
Woodlynne Boro Public School is about 0.6 miles from Thomas Sharp Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Thomas Sharp Elementary School is 6th among 8 schools close by.
Federal data place Thomas Sharp Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 19% rise took enrollment from 178 in 2020-21 to 211 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 Collingswood Public School District
- Collingswood High SchoolHigh · 761 students
- Collingswood Middle SchoolMiddle · 446 students
- William P Tatem Elementary SchoolElementary · 248 students
- Zane North Elementary SchoolElementary · 174 students
- Mark Newbie Elementary SchoolElementary · 136 students
- James A. Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 128 students
Nearby schools
- Woodlynne Boro Public School0.6 mi · 407
- Collingswood High School0.7 mi · 761
- Collingswood Middle School0.7 mi · 446
- Mark Newbie Elementary School0.8 mi · 136
- James A. Garfield Elementary School0.9 mi · 128
- Collingswood Pre School at Oaklyn0.9 mi · 43
Frequently asked questions
About Thomas Sharp Elementary SchoolHow large is Thomas Sharp Elementary School?
Thomas Sharp Elementary School enrolls approximately 211 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Thomas Sharp Elementary School serve?
Thomas Sharp Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Thomas Sharp Elementary School?
Approximately 10.5:1 students per teacher at Thomas Sharp Elementary School.
How diverse is Thomas Sharp Elementary School?
Thomas Sharp Elementary School reports a student body of 50% White, 21% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Thomas Sharp Elementary School public or private?
Thomas Sharp Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Collingswood Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.