Palmyra High School

Set in PALMYRA, New Jersey, Palmyra High School is a compact 9-12 campus, overseen by Palmyra Public School District. It instructs 385 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 59% smaller than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.

Palmyra High School is one of 4 schools operated by Palmyra Public School District, a district that hosts 1,035 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Palmyra High School records that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 25% Black, 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Burlington County (around 32%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Palmyra High School is in the bottom 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.7%; Palmyra High School posts 24.4%, -17.3 points below that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Burlington County put median household earnings sit near $108,111, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Palmyra High School is one of 139 public schools in Burlington County (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students).

The closest other public school is Palmyra Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Palmyra High School. On composite proficiency, Palmyra High School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 40.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Palmyra High School has fell 10%, going from 429 students in 2018 to 385 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 55% to 48% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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