Delair Elementary School

Delair Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary-level community in DELAIR, New Jersey, overseen by Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District, works with 301 students, covering grades K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 26% below the state mean of about 405.

Within Pennsauken Township Board of Education School District, which oversees 10 schools and 4,891 students, Delair Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Delair Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 24% Black, 5% Asian, 4% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Delair Elementary School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Delair Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Camden County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Delair Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.3%; this one delivers 23.9%.

Across the wider county, Camden County reports that median household income runs about $88,755, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Delair Elementary School is one of 158 public schools in Camden County (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students).

The closest other public school is Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Delair Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 28.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 17%: 362 students in 2018 compared to 301 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 51% to 64% over that span.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.