The Francis E Donnelly Early Childhood Learning Center

Located at 100 Peachwood Drive, in Logan Township, New Jersey, The Francis E Donnelly Early Childhood Learning Center is a tight-knit elementary school that instructs 186 students (grades pre-K through K), overseen by Logan Township School District. That puts it 54% below the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Within Logan Township School District, which oversees 3 schools and 818 students, The Francis E Donnelly Early Childhood Learning Center is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, The Francis E Donnelly Early Childhood Learning Center lists that White students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school reports 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Gloucester County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Gloucester County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Gloucester County indicate the typical household earns roughly $105,115 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Gloucester County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students), The Francis E Donnelly Early Childhood Learning Center is one campus in the mix.

Logan Township Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at The Francis E Donnelly Early Childhood Learning Center has fell 19%, going from 229 students in 2018 to 186 in 2025.

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