Mildred Magowan Elementary School

Mildred Magowan Elementary School is a primary school of mid-sized scale in EDGEWATER PARK, New Jersey, one of the schools within Edgewater Park Township School District, teacheing 583 students in grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 44% above typical.

Across the 2 schools in Edgewater Park Township School District (1,000 students total), Mildred Magowan Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Mildred Magowan Elementary School logs that 34% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 31% Black, 26% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Burlington County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Mildred Magowan Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Burlington County's rate of about 32%.

After controlling for student poverty, Mildred Magowan Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.1%, the actual is 39.5%, a residual of +10.4 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Burlington County) shows 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%. In all, Burlington County runs 139 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students), of which Mildred Magowan Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Beverly City School District, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mildred Magowan Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mildred Magowan Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 24.1%.

Mildred Magowan Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mildred Magowan Elementary School has ticked up 10%, going from 529 students in 2018 to 583 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 32% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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