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Octavius V. Catto Community Family School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
1116th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,331 New Jersey Elementary Schools
Better than 16% of New Jersey elementary schools
Summary

Octavius V. Catto Community Family School is a PK–8 school in Camden serving 593 students. It is a relative bright spot among nearby schools in the Camden City School District, but its results remain well below New Jersey averages. The most important takeaway is that Catto does better than its Camden City peers overall, especially in math, while still facing a substantial gap with the state.

Catto’s 2025–26 grade 3–8 averages were 18% in math and 23% in English Language Arts (ELA), compared with 10% and 17% for the district and 40% and 51% statewide. That puts Catto 8 points above its district in math and 6 points above in ELA, but 22 points below the state in math and 28 points below in ELA. Its math average was higher than those at Thomas H. Dudley Family School (9%), Veterans Memorial Family School (5%), and Dr. Henry H. Davis Elementary School (15%). Within Catto, grades 5 and 6 were stronger in ELA, at 33% and 36%, while grade 8 scored 11%; grade 8 math was 0%.

Results have improved in some areas but not consistently: the ELA average rose from 18% in 2022–23 to 23% in 2025–26, while math rose from 15% to 18% and its state gap widened slightly over that period. SchoolDigger ranks Catto at the 16th percentile with one star, up from the 7th percentile in 2020–21; it ranks just above nearby Davis (15th percentile), but remains low statewide. Catto’s 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 10.4, and 57% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these are context, not explanations for results. SchoolDigger’s statewide measure of how well Catto serves African American students swung from the 13th percentile in 2022–23 to the 49th in 2023–24, then to the 15th in 2024–25. Its measure for Special Education Students fell from the 27th percentile to the 9th between 2023–24 and 2024–25; these rankings describe school performance for groups, not judgments about students.

593
Students ?
10.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$31,934
Per pupil spending ?
56.5%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 3100 Westfield Ave
       Camden, NJ  08105

(856) 966-4097

District: Camden City School District


Students who attend Octavius V. Catto Community Family School usually attend:

High:    Eastside High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
74.4%
African American:
21.6%
Asian:
1.7%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 4th percentile in 2016 → 16th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 12 percentile points since 2016
✓Among the top-ranked schools in Camden City School District
✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New Jersey average (18% vs 43% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (16th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (29% vs 14% New Jersey)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school18%
District avg22%
New Jersey avg43%
Elementary school
1,116th of 1,331
New Jersey public elementary schools ?
Bottom 16%▲ up 12 pts since 2016
From bottom 4% (2016) to bottom 16% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of New Jersey Elementary Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
686th of 743
New Jersey public middle schools ?
Bottom 8%▼ down 13 pts since 2016
From bottom 21% (2016) to bottom 8% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of New Jersey Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
1st of 9Elementary Schools in the Camden City School District
600th of 607Camden City 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)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202617.31116 of 133116.2%★☆☆☆☆
202517.71136 of 134715.7%★☆☆☆☆
202414.31157 of 133813.5%★☆☆☆☆
202313.71177 of 134212.3%★☆☆☆☆
202210.91227 of 13458.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.11230 of 13176.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.81217 of 136010.5%★☆☆☆☆
20187.21274 of 13535.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20177.31270 of 13526.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20165.31292 of 13464.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20154.61324 of 13572.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20146.51278 of 13636.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20133.01325 of 13673.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20122.71320 of 13633.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20112.51323 of 13602.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20101.61335 of 13541.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20091.01330 of 13461.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20081.51316 of 13381.6%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202515.1394 of 46314.9%★☆☆☆☆
202446.8237 of 46949.5%★★☆☆☆
202320.4403 of 46313.0%★☆☆☆☆
202242.6282 of 49442.9%★★☆☆☆
202122.9399 of 45612.5%★☆☆☆☆
201945.6279 of 52246.6%★★☆☆☆
201878.673 of 51785.9%★★★★☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202529.9431 of 59727.8%★☆☆☆☆
202425.6448 of 55919.9%★☆☆☆☆
202327.5378 of 49924.2%★☆☆☆☆
202224.0393 of 48919.6%★☆☆☆☆
202127.6318 of 41122.6%★☆☆☆☆
201929.1330 of 46328.7%★☆☆☆☆
201821.9354 of 43418.4%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202621.41049 of 131120.0%★☆☆☆☆
202517.71089 of 132617.9%★☆☆☆☆
202414.01136 of 131713.7%★☆☆☆☆
202318.21073 of 131818.6%★☆☆☆☆
20228.71235 of 13266.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.41242 of 12903.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.11142 of 133114.2%★☆☆☆☆
20188.71224 of 13338.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202530.1732 of 103229.1%★☆☆☆☆
202424.2769 of 98922.2%★☆☆☆☆
202326.1736 of 98225.1%★☆☆☆☆
202218.0806 of 95315.4%★☆☆☆☆
202120.8800 of 89610.7%★☆☆☆☆
201924.0685 of 89923.8%★☆☆☆☆
201815.5751 of 87013.7%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202535.1726 of 102329.0%★☆☆☆☆
202427.8706 of 93924.8%★☆☆☆☆
202327.2676 of 91025.7%★☆☆☆☆
202225.1660 of 86323.5%★☆☆☆☆
202123.5684 of 83918.5%★☆☆☆☆
201929.5675 of 94828.8%★☆☆☆☆
201824.0800 of 94215.1%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202615.61130 of 130613.5%★☆☆☆☆
202519.41073 of 131818.6%★☆☆☆☆
202418.71051 of 131320.0%★☆☆☆☆
202312.61156 of 131512.1%★☆☆☆☆
202214.81127 of 132414.9%★☆☆☆☆
202112.21145 of 129711.7%★☆☆☆☆
201911.21196 of 133510.4%★☆☆☆☆
20188.41230 of 13347.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202515.4930 of 10239.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202424.3723 of 98926.9%★☆☆☆☆
202229.0629 of 94933.7%★★☆☆☆
202121.0701 of 86819.2%★☆☆☆☆
201926.1720 of 100728.5%★☆☆☆☆
201819.6791 of 100121.0%★☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202611.0686 of 7437.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20257.4743 of 7521.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.6692 of 7436.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.8688 of 7488.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.1669 of 74510.2%★☆☆☆☆
202113.2573 of 65212.1%★☆☆☆☆
201910.4665 of 74510.7%★☆☆☆☆
20187.2679 of 7165.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201711.9630 of 71211.5%★☆☆☆☆
201622.9563 of 71321.0%★☆☆☆☆
201511.7638 of 71310.5%★☆☆☆☆
201410.7626 of 71712.7%★☆☆☆☆
20134.8659 of 7046.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201212.5597 of 67711.8%★☆☆☆☆
20116.5634 of 6847.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20102.0662 of 6772.2%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202512.2329 of 3598.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202424.0281 of 35220.2%★☆☆☆☆
202328.3282 of 36121.9%★☆☆☆☆
202222.0314 of 35611.8%★☆☆☆☆
202122.9256 of 29112.0%★☆☆☆☆
201927.7253 of 32622.4%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202525.2282 of 34317.8%★☆☆☆☆
202430.9230 of 32028.1%★☆☆☆☆
202325.2247 of 28814.2%★☆☆☆☆
202221.7248 of 2708.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202131.2154 of 19721.8%★☆☆☆☆
201942.4117 of 22748.5%★★☆☆☆
201821.6172 of 20214.9%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202613.1649 of 7169.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20257.5711 of 7282.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.1694 of 7173.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.0660 of 7208.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.8659 of 7269.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.4583 of 6256.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.7635 of 7039.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.7673 of 6801.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202511.1582 of 6084.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202418.7516 of 58912.4%★☆☆☆☆
202318.8515 of 58712.3%★☆☆☆☆
202221.0501 of 59115.2%★☆☆☆☆
202125.3390 of 48018.8%★☆☆☆☆
201917.1454 of 52413.4%★☆☆☆☆
201810.0477 of 5045.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202511.9595 of 6132.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202420.4488 of 58416.4%★☆☆☆☆
202321.7459 of 56819.2%★☆☆☆☆
202223.6428 of 54922.0%★☆☆☆☆
202130.1330 of 46729.3%★☆☆☆☆
201915.1463 of 54114.4%★☆☆☆☆
201810.1466 of 52210.7%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202612.7650 of 7149.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.8705 of 7262.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.8595 of 71917.2%★☆☆☆☆
202313.7648 of 7189.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.3626 of 73014.2%★☆☆☆☆
202118.8500 of 63521.3%★☆☆☆☆
201913.6611 of 69712.3%★☆☆☆☆
201815.4582 of 67513.8%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202517.5483 of 5074.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.2472 of 5107.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202327.7388 of 50523.2%★☆☆☆☆
202228.8392 of 53526.7%★☆☆☆☆
202124.0319 of 40120.4%★☆☆☆☆
201924.4398 of 49219.1%★☆☆☆☆
201828.9348 of 47126.1%★☆☆☆☆
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)
Elementary school
Hispanic (2025)29th percentile+13 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)29th percentile+13 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)28th percentile+12 vs school
Female (2026)20th percentile+4 vs school
African American (2025)15th percentile~ school
Male (2026)13th percentile-3 vs school
Special Education (2025)9th percentile-7 vs school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2025)18th percentile+17 vs school
Female (2026)9th percentile~ school
Male (2026)9th percentile~ school
African American (2025)8th percentile+7 vs school
Special Education (2025)5th percentile+4 vs school
Hispanic (2025)4th percentile+3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)3rd percentile~ school
By subject vs New Jersey (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts23%-28 vs state
Mathematics20%-21 vs state
Algebra I8%-39 vs state
Science4%-19 vs state

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Octavius V. Catto Community Family School ranks in the bottom 16.2% of New Jersey elementary schools.

Students at Octavius V. Catto Community Family School are 74% Hispanic, 22% African American, 2% Asian, 1% White, 1% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 593 students attended Octavius V. Catto Community Family School.

Students who attend Octavius V. Catto Community Family School usually go on to attend:

High : Eastside High School

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