Delaware Avenue School

As a tiny elementary-level community in Palmyra, New Jersey, Delaware Avenue School instructs 99 students from grade pre-K, run under Palmyra Public School District. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 76% below typical.

Within Palmyra Public School District, which oversees 4 schools and 1,035 students, Delaware Avenue School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Delaware Avenue School logs that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 21% Black, 17% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Burlington County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Burlington County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Burlington County put median household earnings sit near $108,111, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Burlington County runs 139 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students), of which Delaware Avenue School is one.

The closest other public school is Palmyra Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.