Camden Prep Inc.
Public school, kindergarten to grade 12 · Camden, New Jersey
Camden Prep Inc. in Camden, New Jersey enrolled 1,498 students in 2024-25 with 15.0 full-time teachers, 99.9 students per teacher against the New Jersey median of 10.2. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; it does not take part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 25% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 18% proficient in math in 2022-23 (New Jersey: 48.6% and 37.6%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment rose 29% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 62%
1,162 students in 2022-23, 1,465 students in 2023-24, 1,498 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 39.5 to 15.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,162 | 39.5 | 29.4 |
| 2023-24 | 1,465 | 20.0 | 73.3 |
| 2024-25 | 1,498 | 15.0 | 99.9 |
99.9 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 99 of every 100 New Jersey schools of this kind
Among the 103 New Jersey schools of this kind that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 10.2; the national median for schools of this kind is 13.8. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
6 AP courses and one counselor per 1,080 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Camden Prep Inc. enrolled 1,080 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 119 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses6
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 1,080 of the 1,080 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions119
- Chronically absent30.2% (2022-23)
Who attends
60.1% of students were Black, 36.7% Hispanic, 2.3% of two or more races in 2024-25.
- Black60.1%
- Hispanic36.7%
- Two or more races2.3%
- White0.5%
- American Indian0.3%
- Pacific Islander0.3%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Camden Prep Inc. scored proficient or above: 25% in reading in 2021-22 and 18% in math in 2022-23, against 48.6% in reading in 2021-22 and 37.6% in math in 2022-23 across New Jersey. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within New Jersey, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | New Jersey |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 25% | 25% | 48.6% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 18% | 13% (2021-22) | 37.6% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Schools of this kind in Camden
4 public schools of this kind in Camden report 2024-25 enrollment; Camden Prep Inc. is number 4 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mastery Schools of Camden Inc. | 2,873 | 14.7 | 88.7% |
| Camden's Promise Charter School | 2,457 | 12.2 | 80.5% |
| KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit Corporation | 2,280 | 18.2 | 94.0% |
| Camden Prep Inc. | 1,498 | 99.9 | 89.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Camden Prep Inc.
- Early Childhood Development CenterThe nearest public school of this kind, 0.9 miles away: 306 students, 8.4 per teacher (2024-25).0.9 mi
- KIPP: Cooper Norcross A New Jersey Nonprofit CorporationThe next nearest public school of this kind, 1.2 miles away: 2,280 students, 18.2 per teacher (2024-25).1.2 mi
- Compare Camden Prep Inc. with Early Childhood Development CenterStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Camden Prep Inc. spends per student$24,697 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$24,697
- The largest public schools in New JerseyCamden Prep Inc. is the number 12 by size of 109 New Jersey schools of this kind open in 2024-25.#12 of 109
- New Jersey schools by students per teacher99.9 students per teacher here against the New Jersey median of 10.2 for schools of this kind.99.9:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Camden Prep Inc.
How many students attend Camden Prep Inc.?
1,498 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,162 in 2022-23. It is a public school in Camden, NJ.What is the student-teacher ratio at Camden Prep Inc.?
99.9 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the New Jersey median for schools of this kind is 10.2. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Camden Prep Inc. a Title I school?
Camden Prep Inc. ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Camden Prep Inc. do on state tests?
The students tested at Camden Prep Inc. scored proficient or above: 25% in reading in 2021-22 and 18% in math in 2022-23, against 48.6% in reading in 2021-22 and 37.6% in math in 2022-23 across New Jersey. New Jersey's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Camden Prep Inc. in?
Camden Prep Inc., NCES district ID 3400776. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 340077603299 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.