Enrollment
296
Elementary
DISTRICT 399 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341281001216
Fort Dix Elementary School
1199 FORT DIX JULIUSTOWN ROAD, FORT DIX, NJ 08640 · (609) 893-8141 · Burlington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL296 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
10.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
113 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 83 | 28% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 46% larger than its 5th grade class (26).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Fort Dix Elementary School→Marcus W. Newcomb Middle School→Helen A. Fort Middle School→Pemberton Township High School
Based on grade levels within Pemberton Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
49.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +15.5pp since 2023
Math
52.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +8.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.5% | 52.5% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 43.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 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 Fort Dix Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Dix Elementary School this school | 296 | 38.2% | 42.1% |
| Howard L. Emmons PEMBERTON | 273 | 44.3% | N/A |
| Pine Acres Early Childhood Center WENONAH | 298 | 31.5% | N/A |
| Langtree Elementary School HAMILTON | 339 | 43.7% | 44.5% |
| Red Bank Elementary School WEST DEPTFORD | 253 | 43.5% | N/A |
| Sunnybrae Elementary School HAMILTON | 278 | 44.2% | 34.1% |
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 Fort Dix Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Burlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #697 of 1,290 | #31 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #548 of 1,319 ▲ 133 | #19 of 56 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #722 of 1,319 ▲ 274 | #23 of 56 ▲ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 296 | #1,123 of 1,562 | #57 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #506 of 1,390 | #28 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.0% | #86 of 1,392 | #13 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.2% | #732 of 1,481 | #28 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.2% | #42 of 798 | #1 of 32 |
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
296
-49 (-14%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 507
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 296 | 28 | 10.6:1 | 38% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 27 | 11.8:1 | 38% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 275 | 30 | 9.2:1 | 42% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 35 | 9.9:1 | 23% (81) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 37 | 12.0:1 | 19% (84) |
| 2015-16 | 378 | 30 | 12.6:1 | 16% (61) |
| 2010-11 | 339 | 21 | 16.1:1 | 33% (111) |
| 2000-01 | 277 | 19 | 14.6:1 | 36% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 507 | 26 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fort Dix Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (443 to 296); teachers down 24% (37 to 28).
About Fort Dix Elementary School
Located in FORT DIX, New Jersey, Fort Dix Elementary School is a small elementary school. It reported 296 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in New Jersey have about 405 students on average; enrollment here is 27% lower.
Fort Dix Elementary School sits within Pemberton Township School District, which has 9 schools and 4,261 students.
Of every 100 students at Fort Dix Elementary School, about 42 are White, the largest group. The school is also 23% Hispanic, 18% Black, 12% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is lower than the 64% White share among all Burlington County residents. A diversity index of 72% means there is a 72% chance two randomly chosen students at Fort Dix Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fort Dix Elementary School is 10.6:1, based on 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. Lunch program data show 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Fort Dix Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 38% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Fort Dix Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (42.1%) and its predicted rate (45.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Burlington County show that median household income comes to about $108,111, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 139, with about 69,020 students.
Of the public schools around it, Fort Dix Elementary School is closest to Marcus W. Newcomb Middle School, about 1.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Fort Dix Elementary School at 1st of 6.
Fort Dix Elementary School falls in the Town: Fringe locale category, used for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
In 2020-21, Fort Dix Elementary School enrolled 345 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 296.
This page collects posts and questions about Fort Dix Elementary School, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Burlington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
467,805
Census ACS
Median income
$108,111
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
139
69,020 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pemberton Township School District
- Pemberton Township High SchoolHigh · 972 students
- Denbo Crichton SchoolElementary · 855 students
- Helen A. Fort Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
- Pemberton Early Childhood Education CenterElementary · 447 students
- Marcus W. Newcomb Middle SchoolMiddle · 309 students
- Samuel T. Busansky SchoolElementary · 283 students
Nearby schools
- Marcus W. Newcomb Middle School1.6 mi · 309
- Helen A. Fort Middle School1.7 mi · 584
- Joseph S. Stackhouse School2.4 mi · 242
- New Hanover Township School2.9 mi · 185
- Pemberton Early Childhood Education Center3.0 mi · 447
- Pemberton Township High School3.1 mi · 972
Frequently asked questions
About Fort Dix Elementary SchoolHow large is Fort Dix Elementary School?
Fort Dix Elementary School enrolls approximately 296 students in grades PK-05.
Is Fort Dix Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fort Dix Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fort Dix Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fort Dix Elementary School is approximately 10.6:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fort Dix Elementary School?
At Fort Dix Elementary School, the student body is approximately 42% White, 23% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Fort Dix Elementary School?
Fort Dix Elementary School is overseen by Pemberton Township School District in Burlington County.
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