The top reported proficiency rate is 83% in Science. The lowest is 72% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Thomas A. Edison Elementary School
Thomas A. Edison Elementary School is one of the elementary schools in the Haddon Township School District, serving a small student population from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. The school sits in Westmont, an unincorporated community and census-designated place that functions as the downtown portion of Haddon Township in Camden County. Westmont is a densely populated, urbanized area centered around Haddon Avenue, a commercial corridor, and is linked to Philadelphia by the Westmont PATCO station, which shapes much of the daily commute for residents. The housing market in the surrounding area shows a high median home value, reflecting a generally affluent residential base.
The student body at Thomas A. Edison Elementary is predominantly white, with a small share of Hispanic and Black students and a modest number of students who identify as two or more races. Only a very small share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker of low economic disadvantage among the families served.
On state assessments administered through the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA), the school’s performance varies by grade and subject but is generally strong in the upper elementary grades. In third grade, a solid majority of students met or exceeded proficiency in English language arts, while a similar share did so in math. Fourth-grade results show a dip in both subjects, with fewer than half of students reaching proficiency in math. That pattern reverses sharply in fifth grade, where a very large majority of students were proficient in both English language arts and math. Fifth-grade science results were similarly strong, with most students meeting proficiency benchmarks. Because the school does not serve grades beyond fifth, there is no graduation rate to consider. Parents looking for longitudinal trends will find that the data covers only a single recent year, so no clear trajectory is available.
The school’s overall proficiency index places it well above the midpoint among districts in Camden County, landing in the top quartile of that comparison set. This is a strong signal for parents weighing academic rigor relative to nearby options. No chronic absenteeism or discipline data was available in the profile, and information on special populations like students with IEPs or English learners was also missing from the data provided. A parent wanting to understand the full support structure at the school may wish to follow up directly with the administration on those points.
Program offerings and course access details were not reported, which is common for an elementary school of this size. The district did not have recent publicly reported changes or strategic priorities surfaced in the research, so this narrative does not reflect any such developments.
For families considering a move to Westmont or already living in Haddon Township, Thomas A. Edison Elementary offers a small, community-rooted setting with high academic performance in the later elementary years, set within a compact downtown environment with easy transit access to Philadelphia. The school’s demographic profile is notably homogeneous, and the economic context is one of comparatively high housing costs and low poverty among enrolled students. A family focused on elementary-age academics in a tight-knit school environment will find a school that delivers strong results, particularly by fifth grade, but should also note the variability from grade to grade in the reported testing data.
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