Strawbridge Elementary School, Westmont NJ

Original Research by School Decision on Strawbridge Elementary School

Strawbridge Elementary School serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Westmont, the downtown section of Haddon Township, within Camden County. It is a regular public school and part of the Haddon Township School District. The community it sits in is an urbanized, walkable setting with a main commercial corridor along Haddon Avenue and a PATCO station that connects residents to Philadelphia. Westmont was first recognized as a census-designated place in the 2020 census, and its housing has a low vacancy rate.

The student body is small and demographically homogeneous. The vast majority of students are white, with a modest Hispanic population and very small shares of Asian, Black, or multiracial students. Free and reduced-price lunch participation is minimal, pointing to a predominantly affluent peer environment. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available, so a parent with a child in either category would want to ask the school directly about its special education and language support programs.

State assessment results show a school that performs at a strong level overall, with some grade-by-grade variation. In math, third graders posted a high proficiency rate, fifth graders also did well, and fourth graders were in a middle range. In English language arts, third and fifth graders achieved high rates of proficiency, while fourth graders came in lower, with fewer than half meeting the bar. Science results for fifth grade placed around the midpoint. When compared across districts in Camden County, Strawbridge Elementary’s combined proficiency across all tested subjects and grades lands in the top quartile. A family looking at these results will see a school that generally delivers solid academic outcomes, though the fourth-grade dip in both math and ELA is something to be aware of and raises a natural question about that grade’s instruction or cohort.

Because the school serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report. That is standard for a K-5 building, not a missing indicator of performance. There is no data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, or course access, nor on staffing ratios or class sizes, so a parent may wish to visit or ask for those details directly.

No recent district-wide changes of lasting impact were found in publicly available sources, so the school operates in a stable institutional context.

For a family that values a small, affluent elementary school with consistently strong early-grade outcomes and a downtown walkable setting near Philadelphia transit, Strawbridge Elementary fits well. A family whose child might need targeted academic support, particularly in fourth grade, or who is looking for demographic diversity or information on special programs, should pursue those conversations with the school directly.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 378%

School 78% · District 67% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Grade 454%

School 54% · District 61% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 568%

School 68% · District 72% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 26 pts above state median · ▲ 29 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 371%

School 71% · District 55% · ▲ 16 pts above district

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

Grade 446%

School 46% · District 62% · ▼ 16 pts below district

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

Grade 576%

School 76% · District 70% · ▲ 6 pts above district

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

Science

Grade 553%

School 53% · District 52%

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

This schoolHaddon Township 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.