John Brainerd Elementary School

John Brainerd Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment K-5 school in MOUNT HOLLY, New Jersey, one of the schools within Mount Holly Township Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 304 students spanning grades pre-K through 1. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 25% leaner than typical.

John Brainerd Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Mount Holly Township Public School District, a district that educates 1,082 students overall.

On demographics, John Brainerd Elementary School records that 33% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 30% Black, 20% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 43% of students at John Brainerd Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Burlington County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Burlington County) logs that 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), John Brainerd Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Gertrude C. Folwell Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John Brainerd Elementary School has shrank 19%, going from 377 students in 2018 to 304 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 40% to 33% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

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