Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 239 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANDOVER REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340090005324
Florence M. Burd
219 NEWTON SPARTA ROAD, NEWTON, NJ 07860 · (973) 315-5257 · Sussex County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
9.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
70 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 54 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 6% larger than its 4th grade class (49).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Florence M. Burd→Long Pond School
Based on grade levels within Andover Regional School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
64.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -11.3pp since 2023
Math
62.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . -5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.9% | 62.7% |
| 2023-24 | 76.2% | 67.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in New Jersey's top 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 Florence M. Burd
Florence M. Burd's state test result (67.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence M. Burd this school | 288 | 24.3% | 67.9% |
| Ogdensburg Borough School OGDENSBURG | 280 | 25.4% | 48.8% |
| Marshall Hill Elementary School WEST MILFORD | 283 | 24.7% | 44.9% |
| G. Harold Antrim Elementary School Point Pleasant Beach | 302 | 22.5% | 62.4% |
| Brass Castle School WASHINGTON | 261 | 21.8% | 43.2% |
| Apshawa Elementary School WEST MILFORD | 266 | 25.9% | 55.8% |
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 Florence M. Burd ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Sussex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #185 of 1,290 | #1 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #365 of 1,319 ▼ 117 | #2 of 22 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #384 of 1,319 ▼ 249 | #4 of 22 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #1,153 of 1,562 | #18 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #299 of 1,390 | #10 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #977 of 1,392 | #11 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.3% | #956 of 1,481 | #12 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.0% | #119 of 545 | #5 of 16 |
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
288
+59 (+26%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 228
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 8.8:1
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 | 288 | 29.2 | 9.9:1 | 24% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 255 | 28.2 | 9.0:1 | 19% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 237 | 28.4 | 8.3:1 | 16% (39) |
| 2020-21 | 229 | 26 | 8.8:1 | 17% (39) |
| 2017-18 | 244 | 22.2 | 11.0:1 | 14% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 269 | 22 | 12.2:1 | 14% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 330 | 21 | 15.7:1 | 9% (29) |
| 2000-01 | 319 | 27 | 11.8:1 | 8% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 228 | 22 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Florence M. Burd.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (244 to 288); teachers up 32% (22.2 to 29.2).
About Florence M. Burd
Florence M. Burd is a small elementary school in NEWTON, New Jersey, (ZIP code 07860). Federal data show 288 students enrolled in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students, which makes this school 29% below average.
Andover Regional School District includes 2 schools. Together they enroll 477 students.
The largest group at Florence M. Burd is White students, at 73%. The remaining students are 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Sussex County, the White share is about 82%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Florence M. Burd scores 43%.
On staff are 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.9:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Florence M. Burd has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 24%. The average for public schools in Sussex County is similar, at 23%.
On the allk12 Grade, Florence M. Burd lands at A, ahead of 88% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 52.9% for Florence M. Burd, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 67.9%. The 15.1-point gap ranks in the top 10% of New Jersey schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Sussex County show that median household income comes to about $116,186, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sussex County counts 46 public schools with about 19,579 students.
Long Pond School sits about 0.5 miles from Florence M. Burd. Florence M. Burd has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Florence M. Burd ranks 1st on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Fringe.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 288, compared with 229 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 8.8:1 to 9.9:1.
This page is set up for the Florence M. Burd community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Sussex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
145,807
Census ACS
Median income
$116,186
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
19,579 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Andover Regional School District
- Long Pond SchoolMiddle · 189 students
Other schools in NEWTON
- Kittatinny Regional High SchoolHigh · 733 students
- Newton High SchoolHigh · 680 students
- Merriam Avenue SchoolElementary · 483 students
- Marian E. McKeown Elementary SchoolElementary · 322 students
- Halsted Middle SchoolMiddle · 280 students
- Fredon Township SchoolElementary · 203 students
Nearby schools
- Long Pond School0.5 mi · 189
- Alpine Elementary School1.8 mi · 759
- Halsted Middle School2.6 mi · 280
- Merriam Avenue School2.6 mi · 483
- Newton High School3.0 mi · 680
- Northern Hills Academy3.1 mi · 44
Frequently asked questions
About Florence M. BurdHow large is Florence M. Burd?
Florence M. Burd enrolls approximately 288 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Florence M. Burd serve?
Florence M. Burd serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Florence M. Burd?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Florence M. Burd is approximately 9.9:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Florence M. Burd?
At Florence M. Burd, the student body is approximately 73% White, 17% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Florence M. Burd public or private?
Florence M. Burd is a public K-12 school, overseen by Andover Regional School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.