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Enrollment
425
Elementary
DISTRICT 458 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVINGSTON BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340882006052
Burnet Hill Elementary School
25 BYRON PLACE, LIVINGSTON, NJ 07039 · (973) 535-8000 · Essex County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
9 students
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Burnet Hill Elementary School→Mount Pleasant Middle School→Heritage Middle School→Livingston High School
Based on grade levels within Livingston Board of Education School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
79.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.2% | 74.3% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
75.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Burnet Hill Elementary School
Burnet Hill Elementary School's state test result (75.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnet Hill Elementary School this school | 425 | 2.1% | 75.1% |
| Collins Elementary School LIVINGSTON | 440 | 0.9% | 75.1% |
| Mount Pleasant Elementary School LIVINGSTON | 407 | 0.7% | 80.3% |
| Hartshorn School SHORT HILLS | 392 | 0.8% | 83.5% |
| Malcolm S Mackay School TENAFLY | 349 | 0.9% | 72.1% |
| Hamilton Primary School Basking Ridge | 462 | 4.8% | 70.4% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Burnet Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #83 of 1,290 | #13 of 131 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #86 of 1,319 ▲ 47 | #14 of 141 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #102 of 1,319 ▲ 27 | #20 of 141 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #618 of 1,562 | #76 of 162 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #583 of 1,390 | #26 of 140 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #316 of 1,392 | #18 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.1% | #1,420 of 1,481 | #134 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #453 of 798 | #37 of 73 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
425
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
+53% since 1990-91, when it was 277
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 425 | 39.1 | 10.9:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 37.6 | 12.4:1 | 3% (12) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 33.1 | 14.0:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2020-21 | 433 | 37 | 11.7:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2017-18 | 469 | 38 | 12.3:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2015-16 | 449 | 36 | 12.5:1 | 2% (10) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | 21 | 19.8:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2000-01 | 325 | 21 | 15.5:1 | 1% (2) |
| 1990-91 | 277 | 17 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burnet Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (469 to 425); teachers up 3% (38 to 39.1).
About Burnet Hill Elementary School
Families in LIVINGSTON, New Jersey, are served by Burnet Hill Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school serves 425 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Livingston Board of Education School District runs Burnet Hill Elementary School along with 8 other schools, enrolling 6,352 students in total.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Burnet Hill Elementary School. The largest is Asian students, at 43%. Smaller groups are 39% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Essex County is roughly 6% Asian. Burnet Hill Elementary School's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
Burnet Hill Elementary School counts 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 10.9 students for each one. That matches the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey fairly closely. About 2% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Among public schools in Essex County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.
The allk12 Grade for Burnet Hill Elementary School is A. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 89% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In New Jersey, Burnet Hill Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 75.1% actual against a predicted 65.0%.
Essex County census figures show that the median household income is $80,789, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 249 public schools in Essex County, enrolling about 145,473 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Heritage Middle School is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. Burnet Hill Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Burnet Hill Elementary School ranks 5th on proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Burnet Hill Elementary School had 433 students in 2020-21 and 425 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
863,002
Census ACS
Median income
$80,789
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
249
145,473 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Livingston Board of Education School District
- Livingston High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 994 students
- Mount Pleasant Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Riker Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
Other schools in LIVINGSTON
- Livingston High SchoolHigh · 2,081 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 994 students
- Mount Pleasant Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Riker Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
Nearby schools
- Heritage Middle School0.7 mi · 994
- Livingston High School0.8 mi · 2,081
- Hillside Elementary School0.9 mi · 476
- Collins Elementary School1.1 mi · 440
- Riker Hill Elementary School1.6 mi · 477
- Mount Pleasant Elementary School1.9 mi · 407
Frequently asked questions
About Burnet Hill Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Burnet Hill Elementary School?
Burnet Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 425 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Burnet Hill Elementary School serve?
Burnet Hill Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Burnet Hill Elementary School have?
Burnet Hill Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Burnet Hill Elementary School?
Student demographics at Burnet Hill Elementary School are roughly 39% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 43% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Burnet Hill Elementary School in?
Burnet Hill Elementary School is part of Livingston Board of Education School District.
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