Burnet Hill Elementary School

Burnet Hill Elementary School, a mid-tier primary school in LIVINGSTON, New Jersey, part of Livingston Board of Education School District, serves 425 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Livingston Board of Education School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 6,352 students; Burnet Hill Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Burnet Hill Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Asian (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 39% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 6%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 2% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Essex County's rate of about 54%.

With demographic context factored in, Burnet Hill Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.0%; this one delivers 75.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Essex County) shows that median household earnings sit near $80,789, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Essex County runs 249 public schools (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students), of which Burnet Hill Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Heritage Middle School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Burnet Hill Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Burnet Hill Elementary School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 77.0%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Burnet Hill Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 469 (now 425). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 59% to 39%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.