Van Sciver Elementary School
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Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Van Sciver Elementary School
Set in HADDONFIELD, New Jersey, Van Sciver Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school, part of Haddon Township School District. It educates 345 students across grades pre-K through 5.
Haddon Township School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,068 students; Van Sciver Elementary School is among them.
Demographically, Van Sciver Elementary School logs that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 25% of students at Van Sciver Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Camden County (around 50%), the school's rate is south of typical.
With demographic context factored in, Van Sciver Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.0%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Camden County indicate median household earnings sit near $88,755, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Camden County runs 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students), of which Van Sciver Elementary School is one.
The closest other public school is William G. Rohrer Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Van Sciver Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 60.0%.
The campus sits in a suburban setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Van Sciver Elementary School has increased 10%, going from 315 students in 2018 to 345 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 71% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.
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