William P Tatem Elementary School

William P Tatem Elementary School, a compact K-5 school in COLLINGSWOOD, New Jersey, operated by Collingswood Public School District, works with 248 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so William P Tatem Elementary School sits 39% below that benchmark.

Collingswood Public School District runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 2,205 students. William P Tatem Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, William P Tatem Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the resource side, William P Tatem Elementary School reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Camden County's rate of about 50%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, William P Tatem Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.8%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Camden County) records that the typical household earns roughly $88,755 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Camden County runs 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students), of which William P Tatem Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Collingswood Pre Sch Penguins Childhood Center, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), William P Tatem Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 58.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 6%: 233 students in 2018 compared to 248 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 3% to 8% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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