Samuel Smith Elementary School

Set in BURLINGTON, New Jersey, Samuel Smith Elementary School is a tight-knit primary school, part of Burlington City Public School District. It instructs 310 students across grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Samuel Smith Elementary School sits 23% smaller than that benchmark.

Burlington City Public School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,779 students; Samuel Smith Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Samuel Smith Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Black (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 25% Hispanic, 22% White, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Burlington County as a whole is about 16% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.8:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Burlington County's rate of about 32%.

In the area at large, census data for Burlington County shows median household earnings sit near $108,111, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Burlington County runs 139 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students), of which Samuel Smith Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Wilbur Watts Intermediate School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Samuel Smith Elementary School.

Samuel Smith Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Samuel Smith Elementary School's enrollment has rose 7% since 2018, when it stood at 291 (now 310). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 13% to 25% over that span.

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