Garfield ECDC

Garfield ECDC is a small K-5 school in Willingboro, New Jersey, one of the schools within Willingboro Public School District. The school enrolls 294 students in grades pre-K through K. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Garfield ECDC sits 27% leaner than that benchmark.

Willingboro Public School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,690 students. Garfield ECDC is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Garfield ECDC shows that 67% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder reads as 22% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Burlington County's rate of about 32%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Burlington County put the typical household earns roughly $108,111 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Burlington County's 139 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students), Garfield ECDC is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Willingboro Memorial Middle School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.