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Chews Elementary School

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Chews Elementary School ranks 865 th of 1331 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

865^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,331 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 35% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Chews Elementary School in Blackwood, New Jersey, serves pre-K through grade 5 and enrolls 716 students, making it larger than nearby schools in the comparison group. Its latest results show some strengths against its district and local schools, especially in fifth grade. The central finding for families is that results remain below the state average in ELA, math, and science, even though ELA and science are above the district average.

Chews is strongest in fifth-grade math among nearby schools: its 40% proficiency rate was about 12 points above the nearby average, and second-highest among schools with comparable results, just behind Glendora Elementary School. Fifth-grade ELA was also above the nearby average by 5 points, and fifth-grade science was second-highest among comparable nearby schools, behind Somerdale Park School. Across grades 3–5, ELA averaged 40% at Chews, versus 39% in the Gloucester Township Public Schools district and 49% statewide; science was 18%, versus 16% and 27%. Math averaged 40%, below the district’s 41% and the state’s 47%. Grade 4 ELA stands out as a relative weak spot: 37% was just 1 point above the nearby average and below the state’s 46%.

Results have improved modestly over four years: ELA rose from 37% to 40% and math from 37% to 40%, while the ELA gap to the state narrowed by 4 points and the math gap by 1 point. SchoolDigger ranks Chews 865th of 1,331 statewide, at the 35th percentile with 2 stars; its percentile has stayed within a range of 30–37 in the rank-history years provided. In 2024–2025, 39% of students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, the third-lowest rate among nearby schools with the same measure, and the student-teacher ratio was 13.5. SchoolDigger’s effectiveness measure ranked the school at the 50th percentile for serving African American students and the 20th percentile for serving White students, compared with the school’s overall 35th percentile.

716

Students ?

13.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,915

Per pupil spending ?

38.7%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

600 Chewslanding Somerdale Rd
Blackwood, NJ 08012

(856) 783-6607

District: Gloucester Township Public Schools

Students who attend Chews Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Glen Landing Middle School
High:	Triton Regional High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

57.8%

Hispanic:

16.3%

African American:

16.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 30th percentile in 2016 → 35th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2016

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (37% vs 45% meeting standards)

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

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school37%

District avg37%

New Jersey avg45%

865^th of 1,331

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Bottom 35%▲ up 5 pts since 2016

From bottom 30% (2016) to bottom 35% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 8Elementary Schools in the Gloucester Township Public Schools

442^nd of 607Gloucester Township Public Schools 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
2026	35.3	865 of 1331	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	32.5	921 of 1347	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.4	876 of 1338	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.6	895 of 1342	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.6	858 of 1345	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	31.0	854 of 1317	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.7	854 of 1360	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.2	887 of 1353	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2017	38.4	873 of 1352	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2016	32.4	946 of 1346	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	26.0	1025 of 1357	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	44.3	892 of 1363	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2013	47.9	852 of 1367	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2012	51.5	801 of 1363	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2011	52.4	811 of 1360	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2010	51.6	798 of 1354	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2009	55.8	726 of 1346	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2008	54.2	782 of 1338	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2007	61.6	679 of 1329	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2006	56.2	761 of 1314	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2005	67.0	530 of 1303	59.3%	★★★☆☆
2004	63.9	589 of 1298	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2003	71.1	420 of 1204	65.1%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	48.8	216 of 434	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2025	51.4	194 of 463	58.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	39.8	283 of 469	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.9	268 of 463	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.0	325 of 494	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	43.7	243 of 456	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.3	331 of 522	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.6	273 of 517	47.2%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	28.7	933 of 1311	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	30.8	915 of 1326	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.1	865 of 1317	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.3	868 of 1318	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.2	817 of 1326	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.8	781 of 1290	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	44.8	779 of 1331	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.7	857 of 1333	35.7%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	35.3	669 of 991	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	36.6	644 of 1032	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.8	613 of 989	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.0	701 of 982	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.5	703 of 953	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.9	819 of 896	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	70.3	210 of 899	76.6%	★★★★☆
2018	34.8	581 of 870	33.2%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	33.7	722 of 1002	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	35.9	709 of 1023	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.9	648 of 939	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	47.2	435 of 910	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	51.2	360 of 863	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	33.4	583 of 839	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	48.0	443 of 948	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	39.5	623 of 942	33.9%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	43.7	732 of 1306	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	35.2	839 of 1318	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.7	819 of 1313	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.4	828 of 1315	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.2	846 of 1324	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	28.0	872 of 1297	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.9	832 of 1335	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.0	831 of 1334	37.7%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	32.5	622 of 970	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	31.1	663 of 1023	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.7	552 of 989	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.8	529 of 958	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.1	485 of 949	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	37.5	501 of 868	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.8	646 of 1007	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.8	572 of 1001	42.9%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2026	25.1	765 of 951	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	20.8	813 of 970	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.3	741 of 963	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.1	789 of 975	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.4	742 of 976	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.2	761 of 964	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.2	729 of 1023	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.5	717 of 1022	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

African American (2026)50th percentile+15 vs school

Male (2026)44th percentile+9 vs school

Special Education (2026)36th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2026)32nd percentile-3 vs school

Female (2026)29th percentile-6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)28th percentile-7 vs school

White (2026)20th percentile-15 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics40%-7 vs state

English Language Arts40%-9 vs state

Science18%-9 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NJSLA-S Science (2026)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2026)						NJSLA Mathematics (2026)						NJSLA Algebra I (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th 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 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 End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Chews Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	600 Chewslanding Somerdale Rd	Blackwood	08012	Camden County	Gloucester Township Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 783-6607	716	53	13.5	38.7%	414 (57.8%)	115 (16.1%)	117 (16.3%)	32 (4.5%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	34 (4.7%)	35.3	865^th of 1331 public elementary schools	35.0%		32.5	921^st of 1347 public elementary schools	31.6%	56	18.3		37.8	37.1	45.8				40.5	40.0	40.0						$12,915	$340	$12,575
Loring Flemming Elementary School	Public	K-5	135 Little Gloucester Rd	Blackwood	08012	Camden County	Gloucester Township Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 227-4045	629	52	12.0	46.6%	251 (39.9%)	160 (25.4%)	141 (22.4%)	32 (5.1%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (6.7%)	32.6	894^th of 1331 public elementary schools	32.8%		37.2	855^th of 1347 public elementary schools	36.5%	39	18.6		40.7	30.7	44.0				35.4	40.4	37.3						$14,552	$693	$13,859
Glendora Elementary School	Public	K-5	201 Station Ave	Glendora	08029	Camden County	Gloucester Township Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 939-4704	233	17	13.7	32.6%	159 (68.2%)	15 (6.4%)	40 (17.2%)	4 (1.7%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	13 (5.6%)	49.9	672^nd of 1331 public elementary schools	49.5%		43	770^th of 1347 public elementary schools	42.8%	98	9.1		49.0	28.5	54.6				82.3	54.8	40.9						$17,548	$462	$17,086
Parkview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	123 Parkview Rd	Stratford	08084	Camden County	Stratford School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 783-2876	357	36	9.9	27.5%	195 (54.6%)	42 (11.8%)	79 (22.1%)	15 (4.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.0%)	74.6	364^th of 1331 public elementary schools	72.7%		35.5	878^th of 1347 public elementary schools	34.8%	514			63.7						62.4								$19,636	$707	$18,929
Grade Downing Elementary School	Public	K-3	3rd & Central Aves	Runnemede	08078	Camden County	Runnemede Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 939-4036	149	9	17.5	45.6%	85 (57.0%)	15 (10.1%)	26 (17.4%)	13 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	9 (6.0%)	43.7	755^th of 1331 public elementary schools	43.3%		16.6	1151^st of 1347 public elementary schools	14.6%	396			39.6						51.2								$10,923	$295	$10,628
Magnolia	Public	PK, KG-8	420 North Warwick Rd	Magnolia	08049	Camden County	Magnolia School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 783-4763	396	41	9.7	43.9%	175 (44.2%)	87 (22.0%)	83 (21.0%)	13 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	36 (9.1%)	34.2	879^th of 1331 public elementary schools	34.0%		39.7	815^th of 1347 public elementary schools	39.5%	64	16.3	4.8	38.3	40.0	55.9	71.4	73.0	36.6	41.2	20.0	14.0	25.0	32.4	3.1			$20,562	$725	$19,837
Somerdale Park School	Public	PK, KG-8	301 Grace Street	Somerdale	08083	Camden County	Somerdale School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 783-6261	447	43	10.3	55.5%	164 (36.7%)	95 (21.3%)	129 (28.9%)	27 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (6.9%)	52.5	642^nd of 1331 public elementary schools	51.8%		43.8	758^th of 1347 public elementary schools	43.7%	116	21.2	20.0	50.0	63.4	46.8	53.1	54.5	52.5	46.5	66.7	34.0	56.3	40.9	4.5	66.7	66.7	$18,694	$1,033	$17,661
Aline Bingham Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	100 First & Orchard Ave	Runnemede	08078	Camden County	Runnemede Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 939-3192	186	26	7.2	45.2%	145 (78.0%)	18 (9.7%)	13 (7.0%)	3 (1.6%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	5 (2.7%)	11.7	1209^th of 1331 public elementary schools	9.2%		17.2	1143^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	15.1%	66			23.1						23.1								$16,094	$964	$15,130
Lawnside School District	Public	PK, KG-8	426 East Charleston Ave	Lawnside	08045	Camden County	Lawnside School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 546-4850	333	27	12.3	48.9%	11 (3.3%)	229 (68.8%)	73 (21.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.0%)	9.8	1239^th of 1331 public elementary schools	6.9%		10.7	1242^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	7.8%	3	0.0	3.1	14.7	16.0	16.7	31.8	14.3	28.6	23.5	16.0	20.8	2.3	3.6	5.7			$21,802	$1,488	$20,314
Ethel M Burke Elementary School	Public	K-4	112 South Black Horse Pike	Bellmawr	08031	Camden County	Bellmawr Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 931-6362	222	25	8.8	50.0%	94 (42.3%)	7 (3.2%)	56 (25.2%)	44 (19.8%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (9.0%)	62.8	520^th of 1331 public elementary schools	60.9%		67.4	450^th of 1347 public elementary schools	66.6%	70			59.5	43.6					59.6	56.4							$21,231	$692	$20,539

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