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Kingston Elementary School

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Kingston Elementary School ranks 608 th of 1347 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

608^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 55% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Kingston Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, serving 406 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Cherry Hill School District, which is ranked 236 out of 609 districts in New Jersey and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Kingston Elementary School has shown mixed performance on standardized tests compared to the district and state averages. While the school's 5th-grade English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency rates are above the state average, its 3rd and 4th-grade ELA and Mathematics proficiency rates are generally lower than the district and state averages. Additionally, the school's performance on the NJSLA-S (Science) assessment for 5th grade is below the district and state averages. However, the school has a strong performance for its English Language Learner (ELL) and Special Education student subgroups, ranking in the top 5% and top 15% of New Jersey elementary schools, respectively, in recent years.

When compared to other elementary schools in the Cherry Hill School District, A. Russell Knight Elementary School and Richard Stockton Elementary School stand out with stronger academic performance, higher rankings, and lower chronic absenteeism rates. In contrast, schools like Joyce Kilmer Elementary and Clara Barton Elementary have lower academic performance and higher chronic absenteeism rates compared to Kingston Elementary School. The school's higher chronic absenteeism rate and relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch are factors that may contribute to its academic challenges and should be addressed through targeted interventions and support.

417

Students ?

12.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,353

Per pupil spending ?

32.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

320 Kingston Rd.
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034-1600

(856) 667-0986

District: Cherry Hill School District

Students who attend Kingston Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	John A. Carusi Middle School
	Rosa International Middle School
High:	Cherry Hill High School West

Racial breakdown:

White:

48.4%

Hispanic:

18.2%

Asian:

16.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 76th percentile in 2015 → 55th in 2025

Strengths

✓Above the New Jersey median (55th percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 21 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Near the bottom of Cherry Hill School District's ranking

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school49%

District avg57%

New Jersey avg46%

608^th of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Top 45%▼ down 21 pts since 2015

From top 24% (2015) to top 45% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

10^th of 12Elementary Schools in the Cherry Hill School District

236^th of 609Cherry Hill School District among New Jersey districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	55.6	608 of 1347	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	63.2	501 of 1338	62.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	73.2	381 of 1342	71.6%	★★★★☆
2022	66.1	473 of 1345	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	55.6	521 of 1317	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	58.6	608 of 1360	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	69.9	450 of 1353	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2017	57.1	623 of 1352	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2016	56.4	626 of 1346	53.5%	★★★☆☆
2015	77.0	326 of 1357	76.0%	★★★★☆
2014	67.5	525 of 1363	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2013	70.3	486 of 1367	64.4%	★★★☆☆
2012	70.7	473 of 1363	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2011	79.7	220 of 1360	83.8%	★★★★☆
2010	70.6	444 of 1354	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2009	70.8	450 of 1346	66.6%	★★★☆☆
2008	72.4	411 of 1338	69.3%	★★★☆☆
2007	77.0	234 of 1329	82.4%	★★★★☆
2006	77.7	248 of 1314	81.1%	★★★★☆
2005	79.7	188 of 1303	85.6%	★★★★☆
2004	77.7	250 of 1298	80.7%	★★★★☆
2003	65.6	515 of 1204	57.2%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2024	69.8	95 of 469	79.7%	★★★★☆
2023	71.9	103 of 463	77.8%	★★★★☆
2022	61.8	152 of 494	69.2%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	19.0	277 of 330	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	39.4	221 of 340	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.4	252 of 346	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.6	257 of 348	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.8	298 of 339	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.9	269 of 370	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.6	276 of 370	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	88.8	71 of 597	88.1%	★★★★☆
2023	94.0	39 of 499	92.2%	★★★★★
2022	96.2	31 of 489	93.7%	★★★★★
2021	89.7	36 of 411	91.2%	★★★★★
2018	99.2	8 of 434	98.2%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	60.7	518 of 1326	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	62.6	494 of 1317	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	75.1	335 of 1318	74.6%	★★★★☆
2022	61.5	513 of 1326	61.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	54.6	522 of 1290	59.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	56.7	608 of 1331	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	73.1	379 of 1333	71.6%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	46.8	497 of 1032	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	72.4	214 of 989	78.4%	★★★★☆
2023	76.2	183 of 982	81.4%	★★★★☆
2022	83.6	115 of 953	87.9%	★★★★☆
2021	68.2	187 of 896	79.1%	★★★★☆
2019	47.4	454 of 899	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	90.9	59 of 870	93.2%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	64.9	281 of 1023	72.5%	★★★★☆
2024	61.2	273 of 939	70.9%	★★★★☆
2023	84.6	81 of 910	91.1%	★★★★★
2022	68.5	193 of 863	77.6%	★★★★☆
2021	62.8	201 of 839	76.0%	★★★★☆
2019	76.8	130 of 948	86.3%	★★★★☆
2018	85.8	73 of 942	92.3%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	50.9	626 of 1318	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	62.8	478 of 1313	63.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	73.2	347 of 1315	73.6%	★★★★☆
2022	69.1	408 of 1324	69.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	56.1	493 of 1297	62.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	60.2	545 of 1335	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	64.8	493 of 1334	63.0%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	80.3	152 of 1023	85.1%	★★★★☆
2024	84.4	104 of 989	89.5%	★★★★☆
2023	90.6	56 of 958	94.2%	★★★★★
2022	84.9	90 of 949	90.5%	★★★★★
2021	50.9	352 of 868	59.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	50.1	428 of 1007	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.2	377 of 1001	62.3%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	50.8	495 of 970	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	62.6	346 of 963	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	73.8	223 of 975	77.1%	★★★★☆
2022	70.0	280 of 976	71.3%	★★★★☆
2021	58.0	353 of 964	63.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	43.6	605 of 1023	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	53.3	510 of 1022	50.1%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2025)88th percentile+33 vs school

Special Education (2025)85th percentile+30 vs school

African American (2024)80th percentile+17 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)73rd percentile+18 vs school

Female (2025)61st percentile+6 vs school

Male (2025)53rd percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)52nd percentile-3 vs school

White (2025)49th percentile-6 vs school

Asian (2025)16th percentile-39 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics57%+10 vs state

English Language Arts48%~ state avg

Science32%~ state avg

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by a parent
Monday, July 14, 2014

Kingston pulls in a greater number of disadvantaged children and/or children for whom English is a second language than any other elementary school in Cherry Hill. They offer great resources for our children who attend, including inclusion classes, a dedicated English as a second language class for each grade level and they have just brought in a dynamic principle who has been a principle at a Early Learning school in Cherry Hill. It does NOT deserve the mediocre rating it receives, when evaluated simply by test scores, for the above reasons. I would highly recommend this school!!! Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)	NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)			NJSLA Mathematics (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Kingston Elementary School	Public	K-5	320 Kingston Rd.	Cherry Hill	08034	Camden County	Cherry Hill School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 667-0986	417	34	12.2	32.9%	202 (48.4%)	40 (9.6%)	76 (18.2%)	68 (16.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.2%)	55.6	608^th of 1347 public elementary schools	54.9%		63.2	501^st of 1338 public elementary schools	62.6%	107	31.5	41.4	38.5	61.9	68.9	47.7	56.2	$9,353	$117	$9,236
Thomas Paine Elementary School	Public	K-5	4001 Church Rd.	Cherry Hill	08034	Camden County	Cherry Hill School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 667-1350	342	26	13.1	27.2%	162 (47.4%)	44 (12.9%)	65 (19.0%)	40 (11.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	29 (8.5%)	65.4	476^th of 1347 public elementary schools	64.7%		59.5	554^th of 1338 public elementary schools	58.6%	78	38.8	66.7	54.9	58.8	64.7	47.0	54.4	$9,500	$175	$9,325
Countryside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	115 Schoolhouse Lane	Mount Laurel	08054	Burlington County	Mount Laurel Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 234-2750	293	29	10.0	16.7%	146 (49.8%)	40 (13.7%)	37 (12.6%)	42 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (9.6%)	44.8	744^th of 1347 public elementary schools	44.8%		63.9	489^th of 1338 public elementary schools	63.5%	255		29.1	48.7		51.0	52.7		$9,922		$9,922
Joyce Kilmer Elementary School	Public	K-5	2900 Chapel Ave.	Cherry Hill	08002	Camden County	Cherry Hill School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 667-3903	412	27	15.2	34.0%	162 (39.3%)	52 (12.6%)	93 (22.6%)	72 (17.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	30 (7.3%)	37.8	847^th of 1347 public elementary schools	37.1%		45.1	733^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	45.2%	114	28.2	43.5	31.2	59.2	37.1	29.5	36.4	$7,774	$217	$7,557
Estelle V. Malberg Early Childhood Center	Public	PK-K	1220 Winston Way	Cherry Hill	08034	Camden County	Cherry Hill School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 429-7283	174	16	10.6	21.8%	76 (43.7%)	26 (14.9%)	35 (20.1%)	27 (15.5%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.2%)								(n/a)								$7,754		$7,754
Clara Barton Elementary School	Public	K-5	223 Rhode Island Ave.	Cherry Hill	08034	Camden County	Cherry Hill School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 667-3303	494	35	14.1	31.4%	223 (45.1%)	63 (12.8%)	112 (22.7%)	63 (12.8%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	28 (5.7%)	55.1	613^th of 1347 public elementary schools	54.5%		61.7	524^th of 1338 public elementary schools	60.8%	89	29.1	39.6	73.1	48.9	47.3	56.4	54.3	$7,759	$178	$7,581
Maude M. Wilkins Elementary School	Public	2-4	34 West Mill Road	Maple Shade	08052	Burlington County	Maple Shade School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 779-1129	554	50	11.0	57.4%	237 (42.8%)	97 (17.5%)	149 (26.9%)	28 (5.1%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.0%)	14.7	1180^th of 1347 public elementary schools	12.4%		13.4	1178^th of 1338 public elementary schools	12.0%	2		27.4	31.0		21.8	22.4		$8,864		$8,864
A. Russell Knight Elementary School	Public	K-5	140 Old Carriage Rd.	Cherry Hill	08034	Camden County	Cherry Hill School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 428-0830	456	32	14.2	9.6%	353 (77.4%)	17 (3.7%)	40 (8.8%)	16 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.6%)	81.6	263^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	80.5%		89	132^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	90.1%	131	38.8	56.6	83.6	76.1	73.5	69.9	68.7	$8,892		$8,892
James F. Cooper Elementary School	Public	K-5	1960 Greentree Rd.	Cherry Hill	08003	Camden County	Cherry Hill School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 424-4554	284	24	11.8	24.3%	136 (47.9%)	36 (12.7%)	32 (11.3%)	57 (20.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (8.1%)	57.3	582^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	56.8%		75.1	355^th of 1338 public elementary schools	73.5%	227	30.0	38.6	73.2	47.5	43.2	71.4	55.0	$11,363		$11,363
Richard Stockton Elementary School	Public	K-5	200 Wexford Dr.	Cherry Hill	08003	Camden County	Cherry Hill School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 424-1505	394	27	14.8	9.4%	253 (64.2%)	20 (5.1%)	42 (10.7%)	53 (13.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (6.3%)	82.6	238^th of 1347 public elementary schools	82.3%		86.4	186^th of 1338 public elementary schools	86.1%	52	51.7	65.0	71.6	62.5	75.0	73.9	69.3	$8,457		$8,457

Frequently Asked Questions about Kingston Elementary School

How many students attend Kingston Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 417 students attended Kingston Elementary School.

What district is Kingston Elementary School in?

Cherry Hill School District

What schools do graduates of Kingston Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Kingston Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : John A. Carusi Middle School
Middle : Rosa International Middle School
High : Cherry Hill High School West

What is the racial makeup of Kingston Elementary School?

Students at Kingston Elementary School are 48% White, 18% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 10% African American, 7% Two or more races.

Is Kingston Elementary School a good school?

Kingston Elementary School ranks 608^th of 1347 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

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