Seventh Avenue, Haddon Heights NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Seventh Avenue

Seventh Avenue is a regular public school in Haddon Heights, New Jersey, serving grades three through six. It is part of the Haddon Heights School District, a small district that also includes an elementary school for younger grades and a combined junior/senior high school. Because Seventh Avenue covers only intermediate grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and no state testing data for high school subjects.

The school’s academic performance, measured by the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment, places it among the stronger schools in Camden County. On a composite measure of proficiency across all tested subjects and grade levels, Seventh Avenue falls in the top quartile relative to other district schools in the county. Proficiency rates vary by grade and subject. In third-grade math, a clear majority of students met the state’s proficiency standard. In fourth-grade math, fewer than half did, a dip that a parent may want to explore further with the school. Fifth-grade math and sixth-grade math both saw strong majorities proficient. In English language arts, the pattern is similar: fourth grade showed a lower share meeting the bar, while sixth grade posted a notably high proficiency rate. In fifth-grade science, about half of students reached the proficiency threshold. Overall, the school’s results suggest solid academic foundations, with some unevenness between grade levels that is common in smaller schools where cohort size can cause year-to-year variation.

Enrollment is small, typical for a borough of this size. The student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Hispanic, Asian, Black, and multiracial students. A very small share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a low-poverty student population. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the record.

Haddon Heights is a primarily residential railroad suburb of Philadelphia, with tree-lined streets and a compact main street along Station Avenue. The borough is a dry town where alcohol cannot be sold, though a non-binding referendum in late 2024 passed by a two-to-one margin in favor of allowing liquor sales at restaurants and bars; the borough council would still need to approve an ordinance. Housing values in the area are notably above both the national and state median benchmarks. The community is highly walkable, with sidewalks connecting homes to schools, a public library, park, sports fields, and community center. Many children walk to school. The PATCO Speedline station provides rail access to Center City Philadelphia.

No specific information about programs such as art, music, gifted, or extracurricular offerings was provided. Likewise, data on discipline, staffing, and chronic absenteeism were absent. For a school serving only grades three through six, these gaps may simply reflect what is publicly reported at this level. A parent interested in specials, after-school activities, or support services would want to contact the school directly.

Seventh Avenue fits families looking for a small, neighborhood-oriented intermediate school in a walkable suburban setting with relatively high home values and a low-poverty student body. Its academic performance, overall strong relative to other Camden County districts, is a clear strength, though the variation by grade suggests some classroom-level differences worth asking about. The lack of a high school within this building means students will transition to the district’s combined junior/senior high school after sixth grade. The district’s public record shows no recent major changes such as curriculum overhauls, tax shifts, or boundary adjustments, so stability appears to be the current context.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 370%

School 70% · District 59% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 437%

School 37% · District 46% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 559%

School 59% · District 61% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 670%

School 70% · District 65% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 47 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 352%

School 52% · District 50% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 443%

School 43% · District 53% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 58% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 676%

School 76% · District 73% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 31 pts above county median

Science

Grade 552%

School 52% · District 52%

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

This schoolHADDON HEIGHTS School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.