G.H. Carson Elementary School

Summary:

G.H. Carson Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-3 in Pennsauken, New Jersey, with 360 students. The school is part of the Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District, which is ranked 490 out of 613 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, with only 30.2% of 3rd graders proficient or better in ELA and 32.5% in Math, compared to 43.6% and 47.6% statewide, respectively. The school also has high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 16.6% to 24.6% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average. However, the school stands out in a few student subgroups, with African American students and English Language Learners performing relatively well compared to their peers statewide.

Interestingly, the nearby Roosevelt Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) school, also part of the Pennsauken district, significantly outperforms G.H. Carson Elementary School and the district as a whole on academic measures. In 2023-2024, 94.5% of 3rd graders at Roosevelt STEM were proficient or better in ELA and Math, compared to just 30.2% and 32.5% at G.H. Carson. The high percentage of students from low-income families at G.H. Carson (44.72% in 2022-2023) may also be a contributing factor to the school's overall academic struggles, suggesting that targeted interventions and support for these students could be beneficial.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-3

 4150 Garfield Avenue
       Pennsauken, NJ  08109


(856) 662-5751

District: Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1003rd of 1,338 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,874 Help


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

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

Student/teacher ratio:  11.2 Help
Number of students:  359

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
64.3%
African American:
16.7%
Asian:
11.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  56.5% Help


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Compare Details G.H. Carson Elementary School ranks worse than 75% of elementary schools in New Jersey. It also ranks first among 4 ranked elementary schools in the Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 25.25. (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 Racial makeup is: Hispanic (64.3%), African American (16.7%), Asian (11.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 56.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at G.H. Carson Elementary School is 11.2, which is the highest among 6 elementary schools in the Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District! (See more...)
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Compare G.H. Carson Elementary School employs 31.9 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at G.H. Carson Elementary School is $9,874. 4 elementary schools in the Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

G.H. Carson Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks G.H. Carson Elementary School 1003rd of 1338 New Jersey public elementary schools. (See G.H. Carson Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District 490th of 613 New Jersey school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for G.H. Carson Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at G.H. Carson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 53.88 675th 1204 43.9%
2004 59.14 671st 1298 48.3%
2005 38.63 959th 1303 26.4%
2006 48.90 853rd 1314 35.1%
2007 38.79 996th 1329 25.1%
2008 31.78 1053rd 1338 21.3%
2009 38.71 975th 1346 27.6%
2010 31.97 1046th 1354 22.7%
2011 21.05 1150th 1360 15.4%
2012 43.82 899th 1363 34.0%
2013 18.36 1162nd 1367 15.0%
2014 37.67 972nd 1363 28.7%
2015 20.65 1106th 1357 18.5%
2016 24.06 1066th 1346 20.8%
2017 29.99 976th 1352 27.8%
2018 27.52 1030th 1353 23.9%
2019 20.43 1116th 1360 17.9%
2021 11.47 1182nd 1317 10.3%
2022 40.95 789th 1345 41.3%
2023 25.84 1004th 1342 25.2%
2024 25.25 1003rd 1338 25.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at G.H. Carson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 60.52 147th 463 68.3%
2023 48.10 197th 499 60.5%
2024 66.36 117th 559 79.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at G.H. Carson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.86 948th 1001 5.3%
2019 16.23 867th 1007 13.9%
2023 12.82 902nd 958 5.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at G.H. Carson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.30 575th 942 39.0%
2019 39.82 553rd 948 41.7%
2021 21.70 698th 839 16.8%
2022 73.62 155th 863 82.0%
2023 55.03 334th 910 63.3%
2024 58.38 311th 939 66.9%
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Rank History for Female students at G.H. Carson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.99 985th 1333 26.1%
2019 35.53 901st 1331 32.3%
2021 9.67 1221st 1290 5.3%
2022 39.15 792nd 1326 40.3%
2023 27.38 952nd 1318 27.8%
2024 22.30 993rd 1317 24.6%
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Rank History for Male students at G.H. Carson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.56 1039th 1334 22.1%
2019 10.95 1198th 1335 10.3%
2021 15.86 1082nd 1297 16.6%
2022 43.76 721st 1324 45.5%
2023 26.21 966th 1315 26.5%
2024 30.26 909th 1313 30.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at G.H. Carson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 1.25 334th 370 9.7%
2021 4.05 332nd 339 2.1%
2023 6.07 314th 346 9.2%
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Rank History for African American students at G.H. Carson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.35 70th 517 86.5%
2019 79.71 76th 522 85.4%
2022 94.13 20th 494 96.0%
2023 58.80 169th 463 63.5%
2024 59.81 154th 469 67.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at G.H. Carson Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NJ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.86 496th 870 43.0%
2019 17.08 744th 899 17.2%
2021 17.24 836th 896 6.7%
2022 44.50 477th 953 49.9%
2023 42.56 529th 982 46.1%
2024 40.04 579th 989 41.5%
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Data source: test scores: New Jersey Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for G.H. Carson Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 105 41 4 23 0 n/a n/a 0 173
1989 101 49 1 19 0 n/a n/a 0 170
1990 102 53 3 18 0 n/a n/a 0 176
1991 100 44 4 19 1 n/a n/a 0 168
1992 111 70 4 32 0 n/a n/a 0 217
1993 162 94 4 36 0 n/a n/a 0 296
1994 161 105 4 34 0 n/a n/a 0 304
1995 162 134 12 52 0 n/a n/a 0 360
1996 162 134 12 52 0 n/a n/a 0 360
1998 150 142 9 64 1 n/a n/a 0 366
1999 141 153 8 74 0 n/a n/a 0 376
2000 118 149 9 85 0 n/a n/a 0 361
2001 91 155 14 88 0 n/a n/a 0 348
2002 52 135 17 64 0 n/a n/a 0 268
2003 52 135 17 64 0 n/a n/a 0 268
2004 48 131 23 64 0 n/a n/a 0 266
2005 43 130 21 75 0 n/a n/a 0 269
2006 46 138 29 81 0 n/a n/a 0 294
2007 34 98 55 120 0 n/a n/a 0 307
2008 45 114 56 136 0 n/a n/a 0 351
2009 41 93 66 158 0 0 0 0 358
2010 38 113 70 146 1 0 0 0 368
2011 40 131 67 152 1 1 0 0 392
2012 35 106 68 143 1 2 0 0 355
2013 26 103 70 139 1 1 0 0 340
2014 26 96 77 145 0 0 2 0 346
2015 17 90 58 153 0 1 4 0 323
2016 24 92 61 156 1 1 4 0 339
2017 16 73 56 154 0 0 5 0 304
2018 11 72 46 166 0 0 11 0 306
2019 15 68 52 153 0 1 11 0 300
2020 21 87 58 194 1 1 16 0 378
2021 22 64 57 197 1 1 13 0 355
2022 15 45 40 188 2 1 8 0 299
2023 16 53 39 239 2 0 11 0 360
2024 17 60 41 231 1 0 9 0 359

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 G.H. Carson Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 173 8.0 21.6 n/a
1989 170 7.0 24.2 n/a
1990 176 8.0 22.0 27.8
1991 168 9.0 18.6 19
1992 217 12.0 18.0 25.3
1993 296 20.0 14.8 32.4
1994 304 22.0 13.8 30.9
1995 360 24.0 15.0 39.4
1996 360 24.0 15.0 39.4
1998 366 26.0 14.1 38.3
1999 376 25.0 15.0 35.6
2000 361 28.0 12.9 49.6
2001 348 28.2 12.3 57.8
2002 268 18.0 14.9 57.8
2003 268 18.0 14.9 57.8
2004 266 20.0 13.3 57.9
2005 269 21.0 12.8 n/a
2006 294 22.0 13.4 58.5
2007 307 20.0 15.4 54.7
2008 351 17.0 20.6 63.5
2009 358 28.0 10.9 65.9
2010 368 22.0 16.7 68.8
2011 392 29.0 13.5 69.9
2012 355 27.8 12.7 70.1
2013 340 29.0 11.7 70
2014 346 29.0 11.9 57.8
2015 323 28.0 11.5 81.7
2016 339 30.0 11.3 67.6
2017 304 30.0 10.1 66.8
2018 306 27.0 11.3 63.4
2019 300 27.5 10.9 68
2020 378 30.5 12.3 49.2
2021 355 27.5 12.9 n/a
2022 299 29.5 10.1 9.4
2023 360 31.9 11.2 44.7
2024 359 31.9 11.2 56.5

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 G.H. Carson Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 173 8.0 21.6 n/a
1989 170 7.0 24.2 n/a
1990 176 8.0 22.0 27.8
1991 168 9.0 18.6 19
1992 217 12.0 18.0 25.3
1993 296 20.0 14.8 32.4
1994 304 22.0 13.8 30.9
1995 360 24.0 15.0 39.4
1996 360 24.0 15.0 39.4
1998 366 26.0 14.1 38.3
1999 376 25.0 15.0 35.6
2000 361 28.0 12.9 49.6
2001 348 28.2 12.3 57.8
2002 268 18.0 14.9 57.8
2003 268 18.0 14.9 57.8
2004 266 20.0 13.3 57.9
2005 269 21.0 12.8 n/a
2006 294 22.0 13.4 58.5
2007 307 20.0 15.4 54.7
2008 351 17.0 20.6 63.5
2009 358 28.0 10.9 65.9
2010 368 22.0 16.7 68.8
2011 392 29.0 13.5 69.9
2012 355 27.8 12.7 70.1
2013 340 29.0 11.7 70
2014 346 29.0 11.9 57.8
2015 323 28.0 11.5 81.7
2016 339 30.0 11.3 67.6
2017 304 30.0 10.1 66.8
2018 306 27.0 11.3 63.4
2019 300 27.5 10.9 68
2020 378 30.5 12.3 49.2
2021 355 27.5 12.9 n/a
2022 299 29.5 10.1 9.4
2023 360 31.9 11.2 44.7
2024 359 31.9 11.2 56.5

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 G.H. Carson Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $505 (5.1%) $9,369 (94.9%) $9,874

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

Impact of COVID-19 on G.H. Carson Elementary School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1116th of 1360 Elementary schoolsRanks 1004th of 1342 Elementary schools
 7.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (G.H. Carson Elementary School)34.527.1
 7.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District)29.829.3
 0.5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New Jersey)50.242
 8.2%
3rd Grade Mathematics (G.H. Carson Elementary School)36.732.6
 4.1%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District)3637.7
 1.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (New Jersey)55.145.9
 9.2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students300360
 20%
African American6853
 22.1%
American Indian02
Asian5239
 25%
Hispanic153239
 56.2%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White1516
 6.7%
Two or More Races1111
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients68%44.7%
 23.3%


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Frequently Asked Questions about G.H. Carson Elementary School

Students at G.H. Carson Elementary School are 64% Hispanic, 17% African American, 11% Asian, 5% White, 3% Two or more races.

G.H. Carson Elementary School ranks 1003rd of 1338 New Jersey elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 359 students attended G.H. Carson Elementary School.

Students who attend G.H. Carson Elementary School usually go on to attend:

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


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