Chesterfield Township Elementary School

Chesterfield Township Elementary School is a primary school of high-enrollment scale in Chesterfield, New Jersey, one of the schools within Chesterfield Township School District, educateing 675 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Chesterfield Township Elementary School sits 67% bigger than that benchmark.

Chesterfield Township Elementary School is a school of Chesterfield Township School District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, Chesterfield Township Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 28% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 6% of students at Chesterfield Township Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Burlington County's rate of about 32%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chesterfield Township Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Burlington County put the typical household earns roughly $108,111 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Burlington County's 139 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students), Chesterfield Township Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Peter Muschal Elementary, around 1.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Chesterfield Township Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 45.1%.

Chesterfield Township Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Chesterfield Township Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 751 (now 675). Class-load math has fell: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

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