J Harold Van Zant

J Harold Van Zant is one of the high-enrollment K-5 schools in MARLTON, New Jersey, operated by Evesham Township School District, with 621 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 53% bigger than typical.

J Harold Van Zant is one of 8 schools operated by Evesham Township School District, a district that serves 4,516 students overall.

Demographically, J Harold Van Zant shows that 66% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 11% Asian, 8% Black, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. Compared to Burlington County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Burlington County's rate of about 32%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, J Harold Van Zant sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 55.8%; actual is 40.3%, a gap of -15.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Burlington County) logs that median household earnings sit near $108,111, 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), J Harold Van Zant is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is James F. Cooper Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, J Harold Van Zant comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.8%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J Harold Van Zant has climbed 20%, going from 519 students in 2018 to 621 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 78% to 66% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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