The top reported proficiency rate is 68% in English language arts. The lowest is 36% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Mansion Avenue School
Mansion Avenue School serves students in grades three through six in the Audubon Public School District, a regular public school that acts as the intermediate building between the district’s primary school and its junior-senior high school. Its enrollment is moderate for an upper-elementary grade band, with roughly balanced sections across the four grade levels. The student body is predominantly White, with a smaller share of Hispanic students and a modest number of Black students, along with a handful of Asian and multiracial students. About one in five students qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, a rate that is comparatively low in the Camden County context and suggests a largely middle-income peer environment.
State testing results from the New Jersey Student Learning Assessments for the 2024-25 school year paint a picture of consistent performance that is above average for the region. In both math and English language arts, proficiency rates across grades three through six fall in a range that places the school in the top quartile among districts in Camden County when measured by an overall proficiency index. In ELA, the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations trends upward from third grade through sixth, with strong majorities in the upper grades reaching the proficient level. Math results are more level across grades, with a solid majority of students scoring proficient in each grade, though the fourth-grade math rate is somewhat lower than the others. Science is tested only in fifth grade, and the proficiency rate there is markedly lower than in math or ELA, a pattern that is common in many schools and one a parent may want to discuss with the school to understand how science instruction and assessment compare. Data on special education and English learner populations were not available in the records reviewed, so a reader interested in those supports would need to ask the school directly.
Because the school serves only grades three through six, there is no graduation rate to report, and the district’s high school outcomes are not reflected here. The school’s discipline, attendance, and staffing data were also not included in the available records, so those dimensions of the school environment remain uncharacterized in this account.
The Audubon Public School District has recently completed a bond project that added science labs, a band practice facility, a refurbished auditorium, and a second gymnasium at the junior-senior high school, which serves grades seven through twelve. While those improvements do not directly affect Mansion Avenue School, they are part of the overall educational pathway that students will enter after sixth grade and represent a long-term investment in facilities for the older grades.
Audubon itself is a compact, densely built suburban borough of about two square miles in Camden County, just east of Philadelphia. Its street grid is filled with early-twentieth-century single-family homes on small lots, and the White Horse Pike runs through as the main commercial strip. The borough’s population has seen a slow decline over the past two decades, and the land is almost entirely built out, so the housing market is one of existing homes rather than new construction. Housing values in the area are moderately above the national median, and the market has been relatively active with a modest year-over-year price increase. The school is integrated into the residential fabric, named for the street it sits on, and the district’s four schools are all within walking distance of most homes, giving the community a neighborhood-school feel.
Families considering Mansion Avenue School will find a school that delivers solid academic results in the core subjects, with a peer group that is economically stable and predominantly White. The school’s performance relative to other Camden County districts is strong, particularly in English language arts. The main soft spot in the testing data is science proficiency, and the missing information on special populations and school climate means those are areas a prospective family would want to explore directly with the school or district. For a family looking at the Audubon market, the school fits within a compact, older suburban community where the housing stock is established and turnover is moderate.
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