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G.H. Carson Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-3

1040^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 23% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

G.H. Carson Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-3 in Pennsauken, New Jersey, with 359 students. The school is part of the Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District, which is ranked 434 out of 609 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, G.H. Carson Elementary School consistently performs below the state and district averages on standardized tests. In 2024-2025, only 27.7% of 3rd graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 33.3% for the district and 44.9% statewide. In math, 36% of 3rd graders were proficient, compared to 35.7% for the district and 49.8% statewide. The school also struggles to serve certain student subgroups effectively, with its Asian, African American, and special education students ranking in the bottom 25% of their respective statewide subgroups.

However, the nearby Roosevelt Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) school significantly outperforms G.H. Carson Elementary on academic measures, ranking among the top 5% of New Jersey elementary schools. This suggests that with the right educational approach, students in the Pennsauken district can achieve high levels of academic success. Additionally, G.H. Carson Elementary School spends $9,874 per student, which is lower than the $15,306 spent per student at the nearby Baldwin Elementary School, which may contribute to the differences in academic performance between the schools.

358

Students ?

10.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,874

Per pupil spending ?

78.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4150 Garfield Avenue
Pennsauken, NJ 08109

(856) 662-5751

District: Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District

Students who attend G.H. Carson Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Howard M. Phifer Middle School
High:	Pennsauken High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

67.3%

African American:

18.7%

Asian:

9.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 41st percentile in 2022 → 23rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (32% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (23rd percentile)

!Ranking has slipped from its 41st-percentile peak (2022) to 23rd (2025)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school32%

District avg35%

New Jersey avg47%

1,040^th of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Bottom 23%▲ up 4 pts since 2015

From bottom 18% (2015) to bottom 23% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 4Elementary Schools in the Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District

434^th of 609Pennsauken Township Board of Education 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	23.6	1040 of 1347	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.2	1003 of 1338	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.8	1004 of 1342	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	40.9	789 of 1345	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	11.5	1182 of 1317	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.4	1116 of 1360	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.5	1030 of 1353	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	30.0	976 of 1352	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	24.1	1066 of 1346	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	20.6	1106 of 1357	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	37.7	972 of 1363	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	18.4	1162 of 1367	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	43.8	899 of 1363	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2011	21.1	1150 of 1360	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	32.0	1046 of 1354	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	38.7	975 of 1346	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	31.8	1053 of 1338	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	38.8	996 of 1329	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	48.9	853 of 1314	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2005	38.6	959 of 1303	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	59.1	671 of 1298	48.3%	★★☆☆☆
2003	53.9	675 of 1204	43.9%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	9.2	421 of 463	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	59.8	154 of 469	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.8	169 of 463	63.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	94.1	20 of 494	96.0%	★★★★★
2019	79.7	76 of 522	85.4%	★★★★☆
2018	79.4	70 of 517	86.5%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	7.6	298 of 330	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.1	314 of 346	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	4.1	332 of 339	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	1.2	334 of 370	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	76.5	118 of 597	80.2%	★★★★☆
2024	66.4	117 of 559	79.1%	★★★★☆
2023	48.1	197 of 499	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	60.5	147 of 463	68.3%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	21.4	1036 of 1326	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.3	993 of 1317	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.4	952 of 1318	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	39.2	792 of 1326	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	9.7	1221 of 1290	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	35.5	901 of 1331	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.0	985 of 1333	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	43.5	535 of 1032	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.0	579 of 989	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.6	529 of 982	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.5	477 of 953	49.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	17.2	836 of 896	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.1	744 of 899	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	41.9	496 of 870	43.0%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	44.5	567 of 1023	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	58.4	311 of 939	66.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	55.0	334 of 910	63.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	73.6	155 of 863	82.0%	★★★★☆
2021	21.7	698 of 839	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.8	553 of 948	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.3	575 of 942	39.0%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	25.6	986 of 1318	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.3	909 of 1313	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.2	966 of 1315	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	43.8	721 of 1324	45.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	15.9	1082 of 1297	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.9	1198 of 1335	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.6	1039 of 1334	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	25.7	739 of 1023	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.8	902 of 958	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.2	867 of 1007	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.9	948 of 1001	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)80th percentile+57 vs school

Hispanic (2025)48th percentile+25 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)45th percentile+22 vs school

Special Education (2025)28th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)25th percentile~ school

Female (2025)22nd percentile~ school

Asian (2025)10th percentile-13 vs school

African American (2025)9th percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics36%-14 vs state

English Language Arts28%-17 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)						NJSLA Mathematics (2025)						NJSLA Algebra I (2025)			NJSLA Geometry (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-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 7th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	NJSLA Geometry 8th Grade	NJSLA Geometry End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
G.H. Carson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	4150 Garfield Avenue	Pennsauken	08109	Camden County	Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 662-5751	358	33	10.7	78.2%	10 (2.8%)	67 (18.7%)	241 (67.3%)	33 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.0%)	23.6	1040^th of 1347 public elementary schools	22.8%		25.2	1003^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	25.0%	37			27.7						36.0											$9,874	$505	$9,369
Roosevelt Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (ST	Public	K-8	5526 Wisteria Ave	Pennsauken	08109	Camden County	Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(856) 662-8141	184	17	10.8	46.7%	32 (17.4%)	18 (9.8%)	85 (46.2%)	35 (19.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (7.1%)	97.8	2^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	99.9%		94.2	48^th of 1338 public elementary schools	96.4%	46	81.0	57.1	85.0	100.0	100.0	89.5	100.0	100.0	100.0	94.4	100.0	79.0			55.0		55.0	61.9	61.9
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
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
Merchantville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	130 S Centre St	Merchantville	08109	Camden County	Merchantville School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 663-1091	394	36	11.0	42.1%	181 (45.9%)	48 (12.2%)	119 (30.2%)	16 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	28 (7.1%)	31.3	938^th of 1347 public elementary schools	30.4%		34.4	875^th of 1338 public elementary schools	34.6%	63	33.3	14.0	29.8	32.5	54.3	39.0	42.3	59.1	32.6	22.5	22.3	43.9	44.4	11.5		70.6	70.6			$10,608	$614	$9,994
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
William P Tatem Elementary School	Public	K-5	265 Lincoln Avenue	Collingswood	08108	Camden County	Collingswood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 962-5704	248	17	14.5	16.1%	176 (71.0%)	19 (7.7%)	26 (10.5%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (9.3%)	74.9	353^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	73.8%		78.6	300^th of 1338 public elementary schools	77.6%	53	44.5		69.1	71.4	58.3				66.7	57.1	58.3									$8,518	$232	$8,286
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
Mark Newbie Elementary School	Public	K-5	2 East Browning Rd	Collingswood	08108	Camden County	Collingswood Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(856) 962-5706	136	13	10.7	28.7%	84 (61.8%)	11 (8.1%)	27 (19.9%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (9.6%)	71.2	404^th of 1347 public elementary schools	70.0%		77.5	313^th of 1338 public elementary schools	76.6%	91	45.5		47.6	71.4	77.3				57.2	61.9	50.0									$11,326	$436	$10,890
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