Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

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Joyce Kilmer Elementary School is a public elementary school in Cherry Hill School District, serving 430 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. While the district is ranked 203 out of 613 in New Jersey, Joyce Kilmer has consistently ranked in the lower half of the state's elementary schools over the past decade, with below-average performance on standardized tests.

The school's academic performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with Asian students ranking in the bottom 15% of New Jersey elementary schools, while African American and Hispanic students perform better, ranking in the top 50%. However, the school's English Language Learner (ELL) students perform relatively well, ranking in the top 25% of the state. The school also faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.8% to 21.4% over the past few years, which is higher than the state average.

Compared to nearby schools, such as A. Russell Knight Elementary School and Clara Barton Elementary School, which generally outperform Joyce Kilmer, the school's performance is relatively low. However, some nearby schools in other districts, such as Countryside Elementary School in Mount Laurel and George B. Fine Elementary School in Pennsauken, have lower academic performance than Joyce Kilmer. The nearby Haddonfield School District also has several high-performing elementary schools that significantly outperform Joyce Kilmer.


Detail:

Public K-5

 2900 Chapel Ave.
       Cherry Hill, NJ  08002-1661


(856) 667-3903

District: Cherry Hill School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
733rd of 1,338 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,774 Help


Students who attend Joyce Kilmer Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    John A. Carusi Middle School
    Rosa International Middle School
High:    Cherry Hill High School West

Student/teacher ratio:  14.3 Help
Number of students:  430

Racial breakdown:

White:
40.7%
Asian:
18.1%
Hispanic:
18.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  26.3% Help


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Compare Details Joyce Kilmer Elementary School ranks worse than 54.8% of elementary schools in New Jersey. It also ranks last among 12 ranked elementary schools in the Cherry Hill School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 45.08. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (40.7%), Asian (18.1%), Hispanic (18.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 26.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School is 14.3. 8 elementary schools in the Cherry Hill School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Joyce Kilmer Elementary School employs 30 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School is $7,774. 8 elementary schools in the Cherry Hill School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Joyce Kilmer Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Joyce Kilmer Elementary School 733rd of 1338 New Jersey public elementary schools. (See Joyce Kilmer Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Cherry Hill School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Cherry Hill School District 203rd of 613 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 48.81 736th 1204 38.9%
2004 80.95 156th 1298 88.0%
2005 65.72 563rd 1303 56.8%
2006 64.72 600th 1314 54.3%
2007 63.55 640th 1329 51.8%
2008 52.77 804th 1338 39.9%
2009 56.61 713th 1346 47.0%
2010 77.25 281st 1354 79.2%
2011 69.67 487th 1360 64.2%
2012 64.90 596th 1363 56.3%
2013 70.98 472nd 1367 65.5%
2014 68.18 509th 1363 62.7%
2015 52.58 680th 1357 49.9%
2016 54.30 657th 1346 51.2%
2017 50.79 717th 1352 47.0%
2018 59.66 582nd 1353 57.0%
2019 55.61 641st 1360 52.9%
2021 37.35 766th 1317 41.8%
2022 38.22 822nd 1345 38.9%
2023 42.27 776th 1342 42.2%
2024 45.08 733rd 1338 45.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.50 91st 434 79.0%
2019 66.45 127th 463 72.6%
2021 63.67 86th 411 79.1%
2022 62.58 117th 489 76.1%
2023 62.31 131st 499 73.7%
2024 59.58 146th 559 73.9%
See the entire list of Best New Jersey Elementary Schools for English Language Learner Students!

Rank History for Special Education students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.33 231st 1001 76.9%
2019 53.09 394th 1007 60.9%
2021 49.70 364th 868 58.1%
2022 48.81 403rd 949 57.5%
2023 42.63 467th 958 51.3%
2024 48.61 421st 989 57.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.39 175th 942 81.4%
2019 74.10 155th 948 83.6%
2021 67.37 151st 839 82.0%
2022 57.24 295th 863 65.8%
2023 48.70 414th 910 54.5%
2024 49.51 421st 939 55.2%
See the entire list of Best New Jersey Elementary Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.83 540th 1333 59.5%
2019 61.07 552nd 1331 58.5%
2021 44.84 655th 1290 49.2%
2022 44.89 720th 1326 45.7%
2023 45.76 689th 1318 47.7%
2024 51.54 635th 1317 51.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.61 569th 1334 57.3%
2019 49.36 697th 1335 47.8%
2021 31.55 836th 1297 35.5%
2022 32.99 871st 1324 34.2%
2023 39.59 783rd 1315 40.5%
2024 38.20 796th 1313 39.4%
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Rank History for Asian students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.82 281st 370 24.1%
2019 19.79 289th 370 21.9%
2021 7.53 319th 339 5.9%
2022 18.78 284th 348 18.4%
2023 20.33 283rd 346 18.2%
2024 17.03 287th 340 15.6%
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Rank History for African American students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.20 171st 517 66.9%
2019 73.76 105th 522 79.9%
2021 67.67 87th 456 80.9%
2022 63.97 143rd 494 71.1%
2023 56.53 177th 463 61.8%
2024 62.02 142nd 469 69.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.24 332nd 870 61.8%
2019 67.59 237th 899 73.6%
2021 37.52 556th 896 37.9%
2022 32.63 631st 953 33.8%
2023 32.99 650th 982 33.8%
2024 49.39 450th 989 54.5%
See the entire list of Best New Jersey Elementary Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.61 544th 1022 46.8%
2019 40.27 651st 1023 36.4%
2021 40.52 573rd 964 40.6%
2022 36.74 648th 976 33.6%
2023 32.99 687th 975 29.5%
2024 38.81 611th 963 36.6%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Joyce Kilmer Elementary School Test Scores
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Data source: New Jersey Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 342 25 34 9 0 n/a n/a 0 410
1989 330 27 42 14 1 n/a n/a 0 414
1990 339 30 43 1 0 n/a n/a 0 413
1991 353 33 48 11 0 n/a n/a 0 445
1992 359 32 48 2 0 n/a n/a 0 441
1993 368 31 58 6 0 n/a n/a 0 463
1994 387 31 58 13 0 n/a n/a 0 489
1995 419 32 63 13 0 n/a n/a 0 527
1996 419 32 63 13 0 n/a n/a 0 527
1998 406 42 76 23 0 n/a n/a 0 547
1999 337 38 66 22 0 n/a n/a 0 463
2000 323 36 58 24 0 n/a n/a 0 441
2001 313 41 65 22 0 n/a n/a 0 441
2002 264 51 73 26 0 n/a n/a 0 414
2003 264 51 73 26 0 n/a n/a 0 414
2004 241 42 69 36 2 n/a n/a 0 390
2005 245 47 81 35 1 n/a n/a 0 409
2006 252 40 63 36 1 n/a n/a 0 392
2007 258 50 83 36 0 n/a n/a 0 427
2008 254 60 80 41 0 n/a n/a 0 435
2009 252 53 93 46 1 0 9 0 454
2010 262 46 91 42 0 2 9 0 452
2011 249 49 91 47 0 2 9 0 447
2012 224 61 92 49 0 2 6 0 434
2013 225 58 104 58 0 2 12 0 459
2014 220 63 106 64 0 2 16 0 471
2015 213 64 101 74 0 3 14 0 469
2016 219 57 102 69 0 2 15 0 464
2017 218 49 93 68 2 2 20 0 452
2018 207 50 99 79 1 3 18 0 457
2019 187 59 113 77 0 2 22 0 460
2020 183 66 93 69 0 3 23 0 437
2021 172 68 81 75 0 2 22 0 420
2022 162 86 79 81 0 2 27 0 437
2023 175 69 78 78 0 2 28 0 430

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 410 23.0 17.8 n/a
1989 414 23.0 18.0 n/a
1990 413 24.0 17.2 6.8
1991 445 24.0 18.5 6.5
1992 441 24.0 18.3 12
1993 463 26.0 17.8 14.5
1994 489 25.0 19.6 12.7
1995 527 25.0 21.1 11.8
1996 527 25.0 21.1 11.8
1998 547 25.0 21.9 14.1
1999 463 24.0 19.3 11.4
2000 441 26.0 17.0 18.1
2001 441 26.3 16.8 14.5
2002 414 23.0 18.0 20.3
2003 414 23.0 18.0 20.3
2004 390 26.0 15.0 19.7
2005 409 27.0 15.1 n/a
2006 392 25.0 15.7 21.9
2007 427 28.0 15.3 22.5
2008 435 23.0 18.9 25.7
2009 454 41.1 9.2 28
2010 452 28.0 16.1 29.2
2011 447 26.0 17.1 33.6
2012 434 30.6 14.1 35
2013 459 28.5 16.1 33.6
2014 471 30.5 15.4 35.5
2015 469 31.0 15.1 35.4
2016 464 29.0 16.0 32.5
2017 452 29.0 15.5 30.5
2018 457 29.0 15.7 30.9
2019 460 27.0 17.0 30.4
2020 437 29.0 15.0 28.8
2021 420 29.0 14.4 30.2
2022 437 31.0 14.0 24.9
2023 430 30.0 14.3 26.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 410 23.0 17.8 n/a
1989 414 23.0 18.0 n/a
1990 413 24.0 17.2 6.8
1991 445 24.0 18.5 6.5
1992 441 24.0 18.3 12
1993 463 26.0 17.8 14.5
1994 489 25.0 19.6 12.7
1995 527 25.0 21.1 11.8
1996 527 25.0 21.1 11.8
1998 547 25.0 21.9 14.1
1999 463 24.0 19.3 11.4
2000 441 26.0 17.0 18.1
2001 441 26.3 16.8 14.5
2002 414 23.0 18.0 20.3
2003 414 23.0 18.0 20.3
2004 390 26.0 15.0 19.7
2005 409 27.0 15.1 n/a
2006 392 25.0 15.7 21.9
2007 427 28.0 15.3 22.5
2008 435 23.0 18.9 25.7
2009 454 41.1 9.2 28
2010 452 28.0 16.1 29.2
2011 447 26.0 17.1 33.6
2012 434 30.6 14.1 35
2013 459 28.5 16.1 33.6
2014 471 30.5 15.4 35.5
2015 469 31.0 15.1 35.4
2016 464 29.0 16.0 32.5
2017 452 29.0 15.5 30.5
2018 457 29.0 15.7 30.9
2019 460 27.0 17.0 30.4
2020 437 29.0 15.0 28.8
2021 420 29.0 14.4 30.2
2022 437 31.0 14.0 24.9
2023 430 30.0 14.3 26.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $217 (2.8%) $7,557 (97.2%) $7,774

Data source: New Jersey Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 641st of 1360 Elementary schoolsRanks 776th of 1342 Elementary schools
 10.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Joyce Kilmer Elementary School)5241.3
 10.7%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Cherry Hill School District)65.859.2
 6.6%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)50.242
 8.2%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Joyce Kilmer Elementary School)49.339
 10.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Cherry Hill School District)6862.1
 5.9%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)55.145.9
 9.2%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Joyce Kilmer Elementary School)65.960
 5.9%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Cherry Hill School District)71.963.9
 8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)57.451.3
 6.1%
4th Grade Mathematics (Joyce Kilmer Elementary School)54.934.9
 20%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Cherry Hill School District)57.255
 2.2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)5144.3
 6.7%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Joyce Kilmer Elementary School)68.453.8
 14.6%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Cherry Hill School District)70.971.5
 0.6%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)57.953.2
 4.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Joyce Kilmer Elementary School)45.129.3
 15.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Cherry Hill School District)55.656
 0.4%
   5th Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)46.840.1
 6.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students460430
 6.5%
African American5969
 16.9%
American Indian00
Asian11378
 31%
Hispanic7778
 1.3%
Pacific Islander22
White187175
 6.4%
Two or More Races2228
 27.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients30.4%26.3%
 4.2%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 430 students attended Joyce Kilmer Elementary School.

Students at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School are 41% White, 18% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 16% African American, 7% Two or more races.

Joyce Kilmer Elementary School ranks 733rd of 1338 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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