Elementary · New Jersey
Thomas Richards Early Childhood Center
Thomas Richards Early Childhood Center, a public elementary school in Atco, New Jersey: grades pre-k–k, 257 students, 10.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Waterford Township 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
- 257
- Teachers (FTE)
- 25.0
- Students per teacher
- 10.3
- Grades
- Pre-K–K
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 66% of elementary schools in New Jersey
Median 11.2 · 1,493 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 91% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 83% of elementary schools in New Jersey
Median 386 · 1,494 schools compared
Smaller than 80% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–K
- 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 Waterford Township School District.
Location
- Address
- 934 Lincoln Avenue, Atco, NJ 08004
- Phone
- (856)767-2421
- City or town
- Atco
- County
- Camden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3–6 | 431 | 10.3 | |
| 1–2 | 221 | 10.3 | |
| Pre-K–3 | 338 | 10.4 | |
| Pre-K–4 | 347 | 9.9 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 371 | 12.4 | |
| Pre-K–4 | 357 | 13.7 |
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).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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