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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Waterford Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
431
Elementary
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WATERFORD TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341725006011
Waterford Elementary School
1106 Old White Horse Pike, Waterford, NJ 08089 · (856) 767-8293 · Camden County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% 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.
- C-Beats 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
10.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
149 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 96 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 25% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 113 | 26% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Waterford Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
44.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
43.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.3% | 43.7% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
41.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Waterford Elementary School
Waterford Elementary School's state test result (41.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterford Elementary School this school | 431 | 34.6% | 41.2% |
| Clifton E. Lawrence WANTAGE | 426 | 35.2% | N/A |
| Oakview Elementary School WEST DEPTFORD | 475 | 34.5% | N/A |
| Drum Point Road Elementary School BRICK TOWN | 465 | 30.8% | 42.4% |
| Lanoka Harbor Elementary School LANOKA HARBOR | 465 | 31.2% | 40.4% |
| Wantage Elementary School WANTAGE | 396 | 35.1% | 29.1% |
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 Waterford Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #713 of 1,290 | #44 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #712 of 1,319 ▲ 19 | #42 of 85 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #851 of 1,319 ▼ 104 | #50 of 85 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #603 of 1,562 | #32 of 95 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #411 of 1,390 | #24 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.7% | #1,010 of 1,392 | #62 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.6% | #781 of 1,481 | #48 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +31.0% | #57 of 545 | #5 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
431
+32 (+8%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 484
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 431 | 42 | 10.3:1 | 35% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 42.5 | 11.0:1 | 27% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 466 | 46 | 10.1:1 | 20% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 38 | 10.5:1 | 25% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 329 | 28.5 | 11.5:1 | 28% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 352 | 37 | 9.5:1 | 36% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 23 | 17.8:1 | 29% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 30 | 14.3:1 | 16% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 484 | 27 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Waterford Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 31% (329 to 431); teachers up 47% (28.5 to 42).
About Waterford Elementary School
Waterford Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Waterford, New Jersey, administered by Waterford Township School District. The school counts 431 students across grades 3 through 6.
Waterford Township School District includes 3 schools. Together they enroll 909 students.
White students are the majority at Waterford Elementary School, with 75% of enrollment. Other groups make up 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. Camden County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 42%, meaning two students picked at random have a 42% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.3:1, with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.2 students per teacher below the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 35% of enrollment. Public schools in Camden County average 50%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Waterford Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Waterford Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 41.2% is 6.0 points below the 47.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe Camden County this way: the median household income is $88,755, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Waterford Elementary School, Camden County has 157 other public schools.
Winslow Township Early Childhood Education Center is the public school closest to Waterford Elementary School, about 2.0 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 27.7%; Waterford Elementary School's is 41.2%, ranking 2nd of 6.
The federal government classifies Waterford Elementary School's location as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment has grown by 32 students since 2020-21, to 431.
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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 Waterford Township School District
- Thomas Richards Early Childhood CenterElementary · 257 students
- Atco Elementary SchoolElementary · 221 students
Other Waterford Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Waterford Elementary. Waterford Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 8.
- WATERFORD ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 532 students
- Waterford Elementary SchoolUrbandale, IA · 464 students
- Waterford Elementary SchoolWaterford, OH · 428 students
- Waterford Elementary SchoolGoshen, IN · 400 students
- Waterford Elementary SchoolWaterford, PA · 340 students
Nearby schools
- Winslow Township Early Childhood Education Center2.0 mi · 73
- Thomas Richards Early Childhood Center2.7 mi · 257
- Winslow Township Middle School3.2 mi · 790
- Winslow Township High School3.2 mi · 1,299
- Winslow Township Elementary School Two3.5 mi · 338
- Winslow Township Elementary School Five3.6 mi · 576
Frequently asked questions
About Waterford Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Waterford Elementary School?
Waterford Elementary School enrolls approximately 431 students in grades 03-06.
What grades does Waterford Elementary School serve?
Waterford Elementary School serves grades 03-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Waterford Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Waterford Elementary School is approximately 10.3:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Waterford Elementary School?
At Waterford Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 12% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Waterford Elementary School in?
Waterford Elementary School is part of Waterford Township School District.
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