Mac Farland Intermediate

Mac Farland Intermediate is an elementary-level community of modestly sized scale in BORDENTOWN, New Jersey, part of Bordentown Regional School District, hosting 269 students in grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 34% below the state mean of about 405.

Mac Farland Intermediate is one of 5 schools operated by Bordentown Regional School District, a district that instructs 2,167 students overall.

On demographics, Mac Farland Intermediate shows that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 24% Black, 15% Hispanic, 8% Asian. By comparison, Burlington County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Mac Farland Intermediate tighter than the state norm the norm. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mac Farland Intermediate tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Burlington County put median household earnings sit near $108,111, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Burlington County runs 139 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students), of which Mac Farland Intermediate is one.

Clara Barton Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mac Farland Intermediate at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 31%: 391 students in 2018 compared to 269 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 66% to 53% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.