Walnut Street School

Walnut Street School operates as a very small middle school in DELANCO, New Jersey, overseen by Delanco Township School District. Current enrollment sits at 128 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 78% smaller than the state mean of about 578.

Within Delanco Township School District, which oversees 2 schools and 483 students, Walnut Street School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Walnut Street School logs that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 24% Black, 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Walnut Street School has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.9:1 average. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Burlington County's rate of about 32%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Walnut Street School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 43.9%; actual is 17.2%, a gap of -26.7 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Burlington County shows the typical household earns roughly $108,111 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Burlington County runs 139 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students), of which Walnut Street School is one.

Nearest neighbor: M. Joan Pearson School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Walnut Street School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Walnut Street School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 25.5%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 6 years. Over the past 6-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 128 students in 2018 compared to 128 in 2024. The White share of enrollment edged down from 67% to 49% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.