Berlin Community School

Berlin Community School is a large K-5 school in BERLIN, New Jersey, one of the schools within Berlin Borough School District. The school hosts 853 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 111% larger than typical.

Berlin Community School sits inside Berlin Borough School District, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Berlin Community School lists that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Camden County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Camden County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Berlin Community School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.3%, the actual is 48.5%, a residual of -4.8 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Camden County indicate the typical household earns roughly $88,755 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Berlin Community School is one of 158 public schools in Camden County (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students).

Nearest neighbor: John F Kennedy Elementary School, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Berlin Community School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 29.0%.

Berlin Community School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 3%: 831 students in 2018 compared to 853 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 67% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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