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Charles Sumner Elementary School

Camden City · Camden County · Elementary school
Grades PK–6 · was K–5 in 1998
Last reported enrollment in 2016-17 — no longer in the data since.
Page updated · data years vary by section

At a glance

What changed?

These measures follow the same rule on every school page, not a ranking of this school’s biggest changes. Each row names its evidence dates; trend rows do not describe every year in between.

These are descriptive measures from statewide NJDOE datasets, not a quality rating or an explanation of cause. Proficiency, attendance, and graduation figures use All Students; subgroup patterns may differ.

Enrollment, by grade

In its last year on record, 2016-17, it enrolled 297 students across grades PK–6. That is 448 fewer than in 1998-99 (745) — the school had shrunk. Its biggest cohort is pre-K.

students 0200400600800Other8654321KPK1998200320082013201820232025

Students enrolled in each grade each fall, stacked to the total — so the top edge is total enrollment. Bands run from the lowest grade (light) to the highest (dark); a band that appears or disappears is a grade the school added or dropped. “Other” is students with no grade level (mostly special education), so the bands always sum to total. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

What the school looks like

In 1998-99, 65% of students were Black. By 2016-17 the largest group was Hispanic, at 52%.

% of students 050100race categories: 5 → 752%47%1998200320082013201820232025
WhiteBlackHispanicAsianNative Am.

Each group’s share of enrollment over time, or its head count — toggle above. New Jersey expanded race and ethnicity reporting from five to seven categories in 2006-07 (dashed line), so “two or more races” appears only after; Asian here includes Pacific Islander. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

How much the mix changed

Between 2012-13 and 2016-17 the makeup of this school barely moved.

That’s the third-largest shift among the district’s four elementary schools — smaller than 66% of Camden County elementary schools. The biggest moves, in percentage points:
Hispanic −5.3·Black +4.5·White +0.8

The index is half the sum of every group’s change in share, on a 0–100 scale (how it works). It is computed from the same counts as the makeup chart above — source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment. Compare any two years in the explorer →

Free or reduced-price lunch

In 2016-17, 64.3% of students were certified for free or reduced-price lunch.

% certified 05010064.9%64.3%57.5%19982003200820132016
This schooldistrict overalldistrict elementary schools

Share of students certified for free or reduced-price meals, through a household application or an automatic match. The lighter lines show the district overall and the district elementary schools, for comparison. Some districts serve free meals to every student under the Community Eligibility Provision. Those districts often stop collecting household income forms, so their reported share can run below the number of low-income students they enroll. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

Chronic absenteeism

In 2016-17, 33.5% of students were chronically absent — missing at least 10% of school days — up from 32.6% in 2015-16.

% chronically absent 0204033.5%29.7%20152016
This schooldistrict overall

Chronic absenteeism — the share of students who missed 10% or more of the days they were enrolled (roughly 18 days across a full school year). The lighter line shows the district overall, for comparison. Points from 2016-17 and earlier are matched to this school by its state code; New Jersey’s organization record only reaches back to 2020-08-11, so for those years the code is verified and the identity behind it is not. Source: NJ School Performance Reports, 2015-16 through 2024-25.

Profile built from New Jersey Department of Education Fall Enrollment data, 1998-99 through 2025-26. How this data works →