Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 242 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DELANCO TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340369001032
M. Joan Pearson School
1301 BURLINGTON AVE, DELANCO, NJ 08075 · (856) 461-1976 · Burlington County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
165 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 10 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 36 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 36% larger than its 8th grade class (36).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
28.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +8.6pp since 2023
Math
15.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.8% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.2% | 17.4% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like M. Joan Pearson School
M. Joan Pearson School's state test result (19.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| M. Joan Pearson School this school | 355 | 46.5% | 19.6% |
| Magnolia MAGNOLIA | 396 | 43.9% | 34.8% |
| Samuel T. Busansky School PEMBERTON | 283 | 47.7% | 22.9% |
| John Brainerd Elementary School MOUNT HOLLY | 304 | 42.8% | N/A |
| Lake Tract Elementary School DEPTFORD | 409 | 38.1% | 33.1% |
| Ocean Township Elementary School OAKHURST | 410 | 50.0% | 48.6% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where M. Joan Pearson School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Burlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #1,137 of 1,290 | #55 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #1,217 of 1,319 ▼ 72 | #56 of 56 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #1,123 of 1,319 ▲ 84 | #51 of 56 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #877 of 1,562 | #44 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,334 of 1,390 | #67 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #203 of 1,392 | #25 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.5% | #638 of 1,481 | #23 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +31.0% | #56 of 545 | #6 of 32 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
355
+105 (+42%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 279
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 355 | 22.6 | 15.7:1 | 46% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 231 | 15 | 15.4:1 | 45% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 218 | 15 | 14.5:1 | 35% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 250 | 16 | 15.6:1 | 42% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 271 | 17.5 | 15.5:1 | 42% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 263 | 17 | 15.5:1 | 41% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 272 | 13 | 20.9:1 | 31% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 247 | 16 | 15.4:1 | 27% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 279 | 14 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for M. Joan Pearson School.
Since 2017-18: students up 31% (271 to 355); teachers up 29% (17.5 to 22.6).
About M. Joan Pearson School
In DELANCO, New Jersey, part of Burlington County, M. Joan Pearson School is an elementary school. Enrollment is 355 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 8.
M. Joan Pearson School is part of Delanco Township School District, where 2 schools serve 483 students.
At M. Joan Pearson School, the largest share of students is White, at 46%. The remaining shares are 25% Black, 19% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Burlington County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.7:1. That is higher than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Eligible students account for 46% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. It compares with 32% for public schools in Burlington County.
allk12 grades M. Joan Pearson School an F. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, M. Joan Pearson School ranks in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. It scores 19.6%; the prediction is 40.7%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Burlington County, the median household income is $108,111, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. There are 139 public schools in Burlington County, enrolling about 69,020 students in all.
The nearest public school is Walnut Street School, at about 0.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, M. Joan Pearson School ranks 6th on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Reported enrollment: 250 (2020-21) and 355 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at M. Joan Pearson School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Burlington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
467,805
Census ACS
Median income
$108,111
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
139
69,020 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Delanco Township School District
- Walnut Street SchoolMiddle · 128 students
Nearby schools
- Walnut Street School0.5 mi · 128
- Riverside Elementary School1.3 mi · 768
- Riverside Middle School1.3 mi · 316
- Riverside High School1.3 mi · 464
- Beverly City School District1.4 mi · 342
- Samuel M Ridgway Middle School1.8 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About M. Joan Pearson SchoolHow many students attend M. Joan Pearson School?
M. Joan Pearson School enrolls approximately 355 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does M. Joan Pearson School serve?
M. Joan Pearson School serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at M. Joan Pearson School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at M. Joan Pearson School is approximately 15.7:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is M. Joan Pearson School?
M. Joan Pearson School reports a student body of 46% White, 19% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is M. Joan Pearson School in?
M. Joan Pearson School is part of Delanco Township School District.
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