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Gh Carson Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

4150 Garfield Ave

Merchantville NJ, 08109, Camden County

Phone: 856-662-5751

Ranking:

(1,458 out of 1,847, bottom 21%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 4

School District: Pennsauken Township School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	29		29		28		29		22		28		17
Total Students:	346		340		355		392		368		358		351
Prekindergarten:	30	8.7%	36	10.6%	35	9.9%	33	8.4%	36	9.8%	36	10.1%	19	5.4%
Kindergarten:	65	18.8%	56	16.5%	47	13.2%	68	17.3%	56	15.2%	63	17.6%	64	18.2%
Grade 1:	64	18.5%	54	15.9%	61	17.2%	65	16.6%	67	18.2%	63	17.6%	53	15.1%
Grade 2:	54	15.6%	48	14.1%	62	17.5%	59	15.1%	60	16.3%	53	14.8%	56	16.0%
Grade 3:	43	12.4%	59	17.4%	56	15.8%	62	15.8%	56	15.2%	58	16.2%	52	14.8%
Grade 4:	53	15.3%	55	16.2%	54	15.2%	52	13.3%	54	14.7%	52	14.5%	66	18.8%
Ungraded:	37	10.7%	32	9.4%	40	11.3%	53	13.5%	39	10.6%	33	9.2%	41	11.7%
Student By Gender:
Male:	190	54.9%	178	52.4%	182	51.3%	205	52.3%	191	51.9%	176	49.2%	167	47.6%
Female:	156	45.1%	162	47.6%	173	48.7%	187	47.7%	177	48.1%	182	50.8%	180	51.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	77	22.3%	70	20.6%	68	19.2%	67	17.1%	70	19.0%	66	18.4%	56	16.0%
Hispanic:	145	41.9%	139	40.9%	143	40.3%	152	38.8%	146	39.7%	158	44.1%	136	38.7%
Black:	96	27.7%	103	30.3%	106	29.9%	131	33.4%	113	30.7%	93	26.0%	114	32.5%
White:	26	7.5%	26	7.6%	35	9.9%	40	10.2%	38	10.3%	41	11.5%	45	12.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	178	51.4%	209	61.5%	213	60.0%	239	61.0%	222	60.3%	184	51.4%	172	49.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	22	6.4%	29	8.5%	36	10.1%	35	8.9%	31	8.4%	52	14.5%	51	14.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.93		11.72		12.76		13.52		16.73		10.90		20.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ASK
2004	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	83.7%	78.4%	79.4%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	73.7%	76.9%	83.2%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	87.5%	74.0%	82.4%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	68.9%	75.3%	83.4%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	77.5%	79.6%	86.1%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	49.2%	50.4%	62.9%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	39.1%	43.1%	59.8%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	51.8%	42.3%	63.0%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	63.3%	53.7%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	47.3%	58.0%	66.4%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	71.4%	69.6%	76.6%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	66.7%	71.7%	82.5%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	92.5%	79.1%	86.8%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	79.3%	77.8%	87.3%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	77.6%	78.8%	86.8%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	74.6%	69.1%	75.4%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	68.8%	66.9%	78.3%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	66.1%	64.9%	78.9%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	84%	78.4%	78.4%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	56.9%	69.4%	77.7%
2003	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	80.7%	74.8%	77.6%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	94.6%	77.9%	82.2%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	83.7%	77.9%	81.6%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	76.8%	76%	80.0%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	77.5%	73.7%	80.6%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	76.0%	79.8%	82.7%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	53.6%	44.3%	63.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	46.1%	44.9%	59.7%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	37.9%	38.9%	62.7%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	54.2%	41.4%	58.5%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	43.8%	36.6%	59.4%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	69.2%	59.8%	68.0%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	76.3%	62.3%	72.1%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	79.0%	71.6%	80.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	71.0%	76.3%	82.3%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	87.2%	80.1%	84.7%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	76%	78.6%	84.9%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	62.5%	60.2%	73.1%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	79.4%	67.8%	77.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	58.6%	67.9%	79.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	66.1%	62.4%	77.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	64.6%	70.8%	78.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	81.4%	73.1%	81.1%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	79.7%	74.0%	82.3%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	82.5%	73.2%	83.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	84%	86.8%	85.1%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	92.8%	92.3%	91.1%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	88.9%	93.4%	93.5%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	82.8%	87.6%	90.0%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	88.1%	89.3%	91.3%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	78.5%	84.0%	89.5%

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* Gh Carson Elementary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.