A.E. Burling High School

A.E. Burling High School is one of the one-room-style four-year high schools in Pennsauken, New Jersey, run under Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District, with 49 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. That puts it 95% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.

A.E. Burling High School is one of 10 schools operated by Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District, a district that educates 4,891 students overall.

On the student-mix side, A.E. Burling High School logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 29% Black, 6% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Camden County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Camden County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Camden County indicate median household income runs about $88,755, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Camden County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students), A.E. Burling High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Eastside High School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around A.E. Burling High School.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.