James A Cotten Intermediate School

As a reasonably sized intermediate school in Willingboro, New Jersey, James A Cotten Intermediate School teaches 542 students from grades 5 through 6, one of the schools within Willingboro Public School District.

James A Cotten Intermediate School is one of 8 schools operated by Willingboro Public School District, a district that educates 3,690 students overall.

In terms of who attends, James A Cotten Intermediate School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, James A Cotten Intermediate School lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Burlington County (around 32%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), James A Cotten Intermediate School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.0%, the actual is 12.0%, a residual of -13.9 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Burlington County indicate the typical household earns roughly $108,111 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Burlington County runs 139 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students), of which James A Cotten Intermediate School is one.

W. R. James Sr. Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts James A Cotten Intermediate School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 19.8%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

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