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Pemberton Early Childhood Education Center
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Pemberton Early Childhood Education Center
Pemberton Early Childhood Education Center operates as a moderately sized elementary school in Pemberton, New Jersey, part of Pemberton Township School District. Current enrollment sits at 447 students spanning grade pre-K.
Within Pemberton Township School District, which oversees 9 schools and 4,261 students, Pemberton Early Childhood Education Center is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Pemberton Early Childhood Education Center logs that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 26% Hispanic, 16% Black, 14% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Burlington County (around 32%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Burlington County indicate median household income runs about $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. Across Burlington County's 139 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students), Pemberton Early Childhood Education Center is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Pemberton Township High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 485 students in 2018 compared to 447 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 56% to 42%.
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