Best Public Schools in Delair, NJ

Summary:

The city of Delair, New Jersey has only one public school, Delair Elementary School, which serves students from kindergarten through 6th grade. The school is part of the Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District. Delair Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of New Jersey elementary schools over the past 3 school years, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Delair Elementary School has struggled, with proficiency rates in both English Language Arts (25.3%) and Mathematics (22.6%) for 3rd-grade students significantly lower than the district (33.3% and 35.7%, respectively) and the state of New Jersey (44.9% and 49.8%, respectively) in the 2024-2025 school year. The school's proficiency rates have also declined from the previous year. Additionally, Delair Elementary School has a higher chronic absenteeism rate (14.9%) compared to the state average.

Socioeconomic factors may be contributing to the school's challenges, as Delair Elementary School has a high percentage of students (58.74%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively low-income student population. The school's spending per student for the 2018-2019 school year was $8,537, which is lower than the state average. However, the school does have a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.4 to 1, which is better than the state average.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				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 English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Delair Elementary School	Public	K-3	850 Derousse Avenue	Delair	08110	Camden County	Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 662-6164	301	30	10.2	82.1%	13 (4.3%)	71 (23.6%)	192 (63.8%)	14 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.7%)	14.2	1187^th of 1347 public elementary schools	11.9%		16.3	1126^th of 1338 public elementary schools	15.8%	61	25.3	22.6	$8,537	$497	$8,040

Cities Near Delair

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Camden	0.17 mi	29	526^th
Pennsauken	0.45 mi	11	380^th
Merchantville	1.39 mi	1	399^th
Collingswood	2.35 mi	7	159^th
Woodlynne	2.66 mi	1	469^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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