Camden City School District

Summary:

The Camden City School District operates 16 schools serving students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, with a total student population of around 5,000. The district faces significant challenges, with most schools struggling to achieve strong academic outcomes and displaying stark disparities in performance. However, the data also highlights a few potential bright spots that could provide valuable insights for improvement.

Among the standout schools are Eastside High School and Camden High School, which have the highest 4-year graduation rates in the district at 91.3% and the lowest dropout rates at 1.0%. Additionally, Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School stands out for its high proficiency rates on the NJGPA exams, and Creative Arts High School has shown consistent improvement in its statewide ranking.

However, the district as a whole struggles with low proficiency rates on state assessments, with most schools scoring well below the state averages in English Language Arts and Mathematics. The district also faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism rates, which likely contribute to the low academic performance. Additionally, the schools serve a predominantly low-income population, with free and reduced-price lunch rates ranging from 31.7% to 69.1%, presenting unique challenges and resource needs that the district must address to support student success.

District Detail

1033 Cambridge Street
Camden, NJ 08105

(856) 966-2000

SchoolDigger Rank:
606^th of 609 New Jersey districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 5,871

Primary Schools: 9
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 5
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJGPA English Language Arts (2025)	NJGPA Mathematics (2025)	NJSLA-S Science (2025)			NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)							NJSLA Mathematics (2025)						NJSLA Algebra I (2025)			NJSLA Geometry (2025)			NJSLA Algebra II (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	NJGPA English Language Arts 11th Grade	NJGPA Mathematics 11th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 11th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 9th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 9th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 9th Grade	NJSLA Geometry 10th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	NJSLA Algebra II 10th Grade	NJSLA Algebra II End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School	Public	9-12	1875 Park Blvd	Camden	08103	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-2500	179	24	7.6	57.0%	2 (1.1%)	106 (59.2%)	69 (38.5%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17.3	374^th of 434 public high schools	13.8%		7.8	417^th of 429 public high schools	2.8%	43	71.1	15.6										19.5								8.8	8.8						$20,795	$2,939	$17,856
Camden Big Picture Learning Academy	Public	7-12	1875 Park Boulevard	Camden	08103	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-5122	150	19	8.1	49.3%	1 (0.7%)	101 (67.3%)	47 (31.3%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10.5	413^th of 434 public high schools	4.8%		9.1	412^th of 429 public high schools	4.0%	1	82.1	15.4			2.6							20.7								5.6	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0			$25,730	$4,249	$21,481
Octavius V. Catto Community Family School	Public	PK, KG-8	3100 Westfield Ave	Camden	08105	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-4097	593	57	10.4	56.5%	7 (1.2%)	128 (21.6%)	441 (74.4%)	10 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.0%)	17.7	1136^th of 1347 public elementary schools	15.7%		14.3	1157^th of 1338 public elementary schools	13.5%	21			14.0	1.5		18.3	54.9	29.9	7.7	12.8	14.1		28.2	25.5	24.6	7.8	8.5	0.0	22.3		22.3						$16,913	$3,301	$13,612
Martha F. Wilson Early Childhood Development Center	Public	PK	1602 Pine Street	Camden	08103	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 966-4171	306	37	8.3	44.1%	1 (0.3%)	194 (63.4%)	104 (34.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)								(n/a)																											$8,922	$1,511	$7,411
Camden High School	Public	9-12	1700 Park Boulevard	Camden	08103	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-5100	425	48	8.9	54.4%	2 (0.5%)	224 (52.7%)	193 (45.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	5.7	433^rd of 434 public high schools	0.2%		6	423^rd of 429 public high schools	1.4%	10	37.8	11.6			3.2							5.7								0.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	2.0			$31,060	$3,774	$27,286
Eastside High School	Public	9-12	3100 Federal Street	Camden	08105	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-5300	512	53	9.6	37.3%	3 (0.6%)	145 (28.3%)	363 (70.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6	430^th of 434 public high schools	0.9%		5.2	426^th of 429 public high schools	0.7%	4	15.1				3.9							6.0								1.4	1.3						$20,818	$3,228	$17,590
Veterans Memorial Family School	Public	PK, KG-8	800 N 26th Street	Camden	08105	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-5090	474	51	9.2	47.3%	6 (1.3%)	68 (14.3%)	394 (83.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	5.8	1311^th of 1347 public elementary schools	2.7%		4.5	1323^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	1.1%	12			5.9			20.0	14.8	17.6	2.8	1.7	0.0		22.7	0.0	14.7	1.2	1.5	0.0	6.3		6.3						$16,878	$3,409	$13,469
Cooper's Poynt Family School	Public	PK, KG-8	201 State Street	Camden	08102	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-5370	381	45	8.4	62.5%	4 (1.0%)	142 (37.3%)	230 (60.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	11.1	1229^th of 1347 public elementary schools	8.8%		6.3	1293^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	3.4%	64			4.6	0.0		26.5	0.0	15.9	23.7	3.3	0.0		38.3	0.0	9.1	15.8	10.0		0.0		0.0						$18,278	$3,474	$14,804
Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	3425 Cramer Street	Camden	08105	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-8920	515	51	10.0	44.5%	9 (1.7%)	93 (18.1%)	387 (75.1%)	20 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.8%)	8.8	1273^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	5.5%		7.1	1280^th of 1338 public elementary schools	4.3%	7			5.7	0.0		22.0	14.0	16.7	8.2	31.3	17.9		28.2	22.9	7.1	0.0	9.1	0.0	0.0		0.0						$20,427	$3,485	$16,942
Forest Hill School	Public	K-6	1625 Wildwood Avenue	Camden	08103	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-8930	339	37	9.1	63.7%	3 (0.9%)	218 (64.3%)	111 (32.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.5%)	7.9	1285^th of 1347 public elementary schools	4.6%		6.9	1285^th of 1338 public elementary schools	4.0%				3.0			18.9	26.8	9.1	35.7				20.4	11.4	0.0	0.0											$19,601	$3,076	$16,525
Creative Arts High School	Public	9-12	1875 Park Blvd	Camden	08103	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-6267	209	30	7.0	46.9%	1 (0.5%)	121 (57.9%)	83 (39.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	12.8	403^rd of 434 public high schools	7.1%		13.2	389^th of 429 public high schools	9.3%	14		22.6			13.0							17.7								8.1	8.1	0.0	6.5	4.4	23.1	23.1	$23,954	$3,240	$20,714
Henry B. Wilson Family School	Public	K-8	2250 South 8th Street	Camden	08104	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-3691	377	42	9.0	66.8%	3 (0.8%)	246 (65.3%)	124 (32.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	4.9	1324^th of 1347 public elementary schools	1.7%		5.6	1308^th of 1338 public elementary schools	2.2%	16			2.0	0.0		1.8	27.1	4.1	16.3	3.2	22.2		1.8	18.8	0.0	0.0	6.5	0.0	0.0		0.0						$17,638	$3,947	$13,691
Yorkship Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1251 Collings Road	Camden	08104	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-5110	310	40	7.8	56.8%	3 (1.0%)	198 (63.9%)	102 (32.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.6%)	8.2	1281^st of 1347 public elementary schools	4.9%		6.2	1295^th of 1338 public elementary schools	3.2%	14			4.0			2.7	37.8	20.0					2.7	18.4	0.0												$16,425	$3,703	$12,722
Thomas H. Dudley Family School	Public	PK, KG-8	2250 Berwick Street	Camden	08105	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 365-0636	549	47	11.6	49.2%	10 (1.8%)	132 (24.0%)	393 (71.6%)	11 (2.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	5.6	1314^th of 1347 public elementary schools	2.4%		5.8	1304^th of 1338 public elementary schools	2.5%	10			3.1	0.0		10.6	15.2	9.6	14.7	16.1	17.6		21.4	6.8	3.1	11.8	20.5	0.0	12.5		12.5						$19,328	$3,830	$15,498
Morgan Village Middle School	Public	6-8	990 Morgan Boulevard	Camden	08104	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-6267	203	25	8.1	69.0%	2 (1.0%)	131 (64.5%)	67 (33.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	8	734^th of 752 public middle schools	2.4%		6.2	741^st of 743 public middle schools	0.3%	7				0.0					5.1	15.9	1.9					2.6	2.3	5.8	29.4		29.4
Riletta Twyne Cream Early Childhood Center	Public	PK, KG-3	1875 Mulford Street	Camden	08104	Camden County	Camden City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 966-4760	349	34	10.4	73.6%	6 (1.7%)	233 (66.8%)	90 (25.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	16 (4.6%)	8.1	1282^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	4.8%					(n/a)						13.7							20.6														$18,623	$3,438	$15,185

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Office Of Education Department Of Children And Families	0.71 mi	20
Camden Prep Inc.	0.71 mi	1
Woodlynne School District	0.82 mi	1	515^th
Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District	0.85 mi	11	434^th
Collingswood Public School District	1.05 mi	9	227^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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