B. Bernice Young Elementary School

As a sizable K-5 school in BURLINGTON, New Jersey, B. Bernice Young Elementary School instructs 681 students from grades pre-K through 1, run under Burlington Township School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so B. Bernice Young Elementary School sits 68% above that benchmark.

B. Bernice Young Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Burlington Township School District, a district that educates 3,572 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, B. Bernice Young Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Black (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 25% White, 18% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, B. Bernice Young Elementary School has 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Burlington County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Burlington County indicate the typical household earns roughly $108,111 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Burlington County runs 139 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students), of which B. Bernice Young Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Burlington Township High School, roughly 1.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. B. Bernice Young Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 826 (now 681). The White share of enrollment edged down from 36% to 25% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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