City of Burlington Public School District
The City of Burlington Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade in the City of Burlington, in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 1,740 students and 170.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
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518 Locust Avenue
, Burlington County, New Jersey, 08016United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40.074723°N 74.858624°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | PreK-12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | John Russell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Ingrid Torres-Walsh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Affiliation(s) | Former Abbott district | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 1,740 (as of 2020–21) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 170.9 FTEs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 10.2:1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| District Factor Group | B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.
The district's high school serves as a receiving school for students in grade nine through twelve from Edgewater Park Township, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Edgewater Park School District.