Oaklyn Public School

Located at 136 KENDALL BLVD, in OAKLYN, New Jersey, Oaklyn Public School is a small elementary-level community that caters to 273 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Oaklyn Public School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Oaklyn Public School sits 33% below that benchmark.

Oaklyn Public School is a school of Oaklyn Public School District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Oaklyn Public School shows that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest consists of 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Camden County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Oaklyn Public School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Camden County's rate of about 50%.

With demographic context factored in, Oaklyn Public School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.9%; this one delivers 40.7%.

In the area at large, census data for Camden County shows median household earnings sit near $88,755, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Camden County's 158 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students), Oaklyn Public School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Collingswood Pre School at Oaklyn, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oaklyn Public School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Oaklyn Public School's enrollment has decreased 25% since 2018, when it stood at 362 (now 273). Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

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