Elementary · New Jersey
Herma S. Simmons Elementary School
Herma S. Simmons Elementary School, a public elementary school in Clayton, New Jersey: grades pre-k–5, 715 students, 12.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Clayton Public School District.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 715
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.8
- Students per teacher
- 12.4
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 70% of elementary schools in New Jersey
Median 11.2 · 1,493 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 74% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 93% of elementary schools in New Jersey
Median 386 · 1,494 schools compared
Larger than 90% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Clayton Public School District.
Location
- Address
- 300 West Chestnut Street, Clayton, NJ 08312
- Phone
- (856)881-8704
- City or town
- Clayton
- County
- Gloucester County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–6 | 350 | 9.5 | |
| 1–5 | 701 | 11.9 | |
| Pre-K–K | 274 | 11.1 | |
| Pre-K–2 | 579 | 13.2 | |
| K–5 | 511 | 11.1 | |
| Pre-K–4 | 671 | 11.9 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
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NCES 340318002500