Fort Dix Elementary School

As a modestly sized elementary campus in FORT DIX, New Jersey, Fort Dix Elementary School enrolls 296 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Pemberton Township School District. Enrollment runs roughly 27% leaner than the state mean of about 405.

Across the 9 schools in Pemberton Township School District (4,261 students total), Fort Dix Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Fort Dix Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 23% Hispanic, 18% Black, 12% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 38% of students at Fort Dix Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Fort Dix Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.3%; this one delivers 42.1%.

Across the wider county, Burlington County reports that median household income runs about $108,111, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Fort Dix Elementary School is one of 139 public schools in Burlington County (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students).

Nearest neighbor: Marcus W. Newcomb Middle School, around 1.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Fort Dix Elementary School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 22.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fort Dix Elementary School has declined 33%, going from 443 students in 2018 to 296 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 51% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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