Summary:
Zip code 08043 has four elementary schools in the Voorhees Township School District: Kresson School serves pre-K through grade 5, while Edward T. Hamilton, Osage School, and Signal Hill School serve kindergarten through grade 5. In 2025–2026, the four schools averaged 66% across seven tested subject-and-grade comparisons, versus 45% statewide; each school exceeded the state result in every reported comparison. The most important takeaway is that area results are strong overall, but performance differs meaningfully by school and grade.
Kresson had the highest overall average, 70%, and led fifth-grade ELA at 87% and math at 91%, the strongest score in the comparison set. Signal Hill averaged 70% and led third-grade ELA (78%), third-grade math (77%), and fifth-grade science (54%). Hamilton led fourth-grade ELA and math, with 73% in each. At the other end, Osage averaged 58%, 13 points below Kresson, and had the lowest result in five of seven comparisons; it still scored above the state in all seven. SchoolDigger ranked Signal Hill 157th of 1,331 schools (88th percentile) and Osage 397th (70th percentile).
Area-wide results were nearly flat year over year: the average dipped by less than a point, from 66% to 66%, while the area’s advantage over the state grew from 20 to 21 points. Signal Hill rose 4 points and Kresson 1; Hamilton fell 4 and Osage 1. Grade-level shifts can be larger: Kresson’s fifth-grade math increased 24 points while its fourth-grade ELA fell 20, and Signal Hill’s third-grade ELA rose 18. The 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 9% at Signal Hill to 30% at Osage; Hamilton was 17% and Kresson 16%. Student-teacher ratios were 11.9 at Signal Hill, 9.1 at Kresson, 10.8 at Osage, and 13.4 at Hamilton; these figures offer context, not an explanation for test results. Year-to-year scores reflect different tested groups of students.
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