Yorkship Elementary School

Yorkship Elementary School is an elementary campus of modestly sized scale in CAMDEN, New Jersey, overseen by Camden City School District, caters to 310 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Yorkship Elementary School sits 23% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 16 schools in Camden City School District (5,871 students total), Yorkship Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Yorkship Elementary School lists that 64% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school shows 33% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Yorkship Elementary School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Yorkship Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 35.1%; actual is 10.4%, a gap of -24.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Camden County) shows that median household earnings sit near $88,755, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Yorkship Elementary School is one of 158 public schools in Camden County (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students).

The closest other public school is Morgan Village Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Yorkship Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Yorkship Elementary School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 20.5%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 32%: 453 students in 2018 compared to 310 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Yorkship Elementary School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.