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Thomas Hefferson Elementary School
95 Altair Dr
Blackwood NJ, 08012, Camden County
Phone: 856-589-8248
Ranking: 
(1,134 out of 1,847, bottom 39%)*
(1,134 out of 1,847, bottom 39%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 1 to Grade 5
School District: Washington 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: | 42 | 42 | 37 | 34 | 35 | 52 | 31 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 437 | 436 | 451 | 320 | 459 | 463 | 472 | |||||||
| Grade 1: | 84 | 19.2% | 89 | 20.4% | 80 | 17.7% | 14 | 4.4% | 90 | 19.6% | 91 | 19.7% | 105 | 22.2% |
| Grade 2: | 76 | 17.4% | 67 | 15.4% | 99 | 22.0% | 32 | 10.0% | 82 | 17.9% | 93 | 20.1% | 78 | 16.5% |
| Grade 3: | 74 | 16.9% | 100 | 22.9% | 89 | 19.7% | 78 | 24.4% | 97 | 21.1% | 85 | 18.4% | 95 | 20.1% |
| Grade 4: | 98 | 22.4% | 84 | 19.3% | 85 | 18.8% | 98 | 30.6% | 92 | 20.0% | 89 | 19.2% | 87 | 18.4% |
| Grade 5: | 90 | 20.6% | 82 | 18.8% | 98 | 21.7% | 84 | 26.3% | 85 | 18.5% | 92 | 19.9% | 89 | 18.9% |
| Ungraded: | 15 | 3.4% | 14 | 3.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 14 | 4.4% | 13 | 2.8% | 13 | 2.8% | 18 | 3.8% |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 236 | 54.0% | 229 | 52.5% | 228 | 50.6% | 157 | 49.1% | 237 | 51.6% | 225 | 48.6% | 239 | 50.6% |
| Female: | 201 | 46.0% | 207 | 47.5% | 223 | 49.4% | 163 | 50.9% | 222 | 48.4% | 238 | 51.4% | 229 | 48.5% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 18 | 4.1% | 19 | 4.4% | 20 | 4.4% | 10 | 3.1% | 15 | 3.3% | 17 | 3.7% | 19 | 4.0% |
| Hispanic: | 28 | 6.4% | 23 | 5.3% | 22 | 4.9% | 19 | 5.9% | 21 | 4.6% | 23 | 5.0% | 26 | 5.5% |
| Black: | 67 | 15.3% | 70 | 16.1% | 64 | 14.2% | 48 | 15.0% | 65 | 14.2% | 62 | 13.4% | 71 | 15.0% |
| White: | 307 | 70.3% | 313 | 71.8% | 337 | 74.7% | 239 | 74.7% | 358 | 78.0% | 361 | 78.0% | 356 | 75.4% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 16 | 3.7% | 11 | 2.5% | 8 | 1.8% | 4 | 1.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 131 | 30.0% | 127 | 29.1% | 139 | 30.8% | 68 | 21.3% | 106 | 23.1% | 104 | 22.5% | 98 | 20.8% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 32 | 7.3% | 31 | 7.1% | 29 | 6.4% | 26 | 8.1% | 31 | 6.8% | 30 | 6.5% | 29 | 6.1% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 10.37 | 10.47 | 12.26 | 9.41 | 13.11 | 7.40 | 15.20 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ASK | ||||||
| 2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 84.4% | 89.7% | 79.4% |
| 2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 87.2% | 92.5% | 83.2% |
| 2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 82.7% | 91.5% | 82.4% |
| 2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 84.2% | 92.2% | 83.4% |
| 2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 83.5% | 92.0% | 86.1% |
| 2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 61.3% | 70.8% | 62.9% |
| 2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 60.7% | 66.5% | 59.8% |
| 2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 80.8% | 76.4% | 63.0% |
| 2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 62.4% | 76.7% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 68.4% | 75.9% | 66.4% |
| 2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 82.9% | 87.5% | 76.6% |
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 87.2% | 89.4% | 82.5% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 90.2% | 93.0% | 86.8% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 87.3% | 95.2% | 87.3% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 90.6% | 94.7% | 86.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 82.9% | 86.7% | 75.4% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 76.4% | 86.5% | 78.3% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 84.5% | 90.1% | 78.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 80.7% | 88.1% | 78.4% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 65.3% | 82.9% | 77.7% |
| 2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 83.2% | 90.2% | 77.6% |
| 2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 80.6% | 90.9% | 82.2% |
| 2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 84.3% | 89.0% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 88.4% | 87.0% | 80.0% |
| 2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 75.0% | 87.6% | 80.6% |
| 2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 83.7% | 89.8% | 82.7% |
| 2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 56.0% | 65.4% | 63.2% |
| 2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 54.3% | 66.9% | 59.7% |
| 2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 60.6% | 69.9% | 62.7% |
| 2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 56.1% | 67.8% | 58.5% |
| 2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 40.9% | 63.5% | 59.4% |
| 2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 60.5% | 75.6% | 68.0% |
| 2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 69.0% | 82.5% | 72.1% |
| 2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 75.7% | 86.3% | 80.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 90.4% | 90.0% | 82.3% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 85.2% | 92.2% | 84.7% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 91.3% | 94.0% | 84.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 67.0% | 77.0% | 73.1% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 71.3% | 83.6% | 77.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 75% | 86.5% | 79.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 87.8% | 88.0% | 77.4% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 80.5% | 88.7% | 78.3% |
| 2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 88.7% | 89.6% | 81.1% |
| 2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 94.2% | 90.1% | 82.3% |
| 2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 86.4% | 90.8% | 83.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 92.4% | 92.5% | 85.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 97.8% | 95.9% | 91.1% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 96.8% | 96.8% | 93.5% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 88.4% | 95.7% | 90.0% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 95.1% | 97.8% | 91.3% |
| 2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 89.8% | 95.9% | 89.5% |
| 2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 90.3% | 94.4% | 88.8% |
| 2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 51.6% | 65.4% | 60.0% |
| 2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 71.7% | 77.8% | 66.2% |
| 2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 59.8% | 67.5% | 63.3% |
| 2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 64.4% | 71.2% | 60.9% |
| 2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 54.9% | 67.6% | 62.1% |
| 2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 70.4% | 70.9% | 61.3% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 83.6% | 88.8% | 84.1% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 63.0% | 82.9% | 76.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 95.6% | 93.9% | 77.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 84.9% | 86.0% | 79.0% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 80.0% | 89.5% | 80.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 80.4% | 90% | 83.3% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 90.1% | 88.0% | 79.9% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Thomas Hefferson Elementary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.