City of Burlington Public School District

City of Burlington Public School District
Address
518 Locust Avenue
Burlington
, Burlington County, New Jersey, 08016
United States
Coordinates40°04′29″N 74°51′31″W / 40.074723°N 74.858624°W / 40.074723; -74.858624
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentJohn Russell
Business administratorIngrid Torres-Walsh
Schools4
Affiliation(s)Former Abbott district
Students and staff
Enrollment1,740 (as of 2020–21)[1]
Faculty170.9 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.2:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupB
Websitewww.burlington-nj.net
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$23,39344$18,89123.8%
1Budgetary Cost17,3454214,78317.3%
2Classroom Instruction9,834438,76312.2%
6Support Services3,155442,39231.9%
8Administrative Cost1,846391,48524.3%
10Operations & Maintenance2,028421,78313.7%
13Extracurricular Activities4422826864.9%
16Median Teacher Salary60,8832664,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with up to 1,800 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=49

The City of Burlington Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade in the City of Burlington, in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3] The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke[4] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.[5][6] As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprising four schools, had an enrollment of 1,740 students and 170.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2:1.[1]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "B", the second lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[7]

The district's high school serves as a receiving school for students in grade nine through twelve from Edgewater Park Township, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Edgewater Park School District.[8][9]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Burlington City Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Burlington City Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, City of Burlington Public School District. Accessed February 10, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the City of Burlington School District. Composition: The City of Burlington School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of the City of Burlington."
  4. ^ What We Do: History, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the Abbott v. Burke case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."
  5. ^ What We Do, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022.
  6. ^ SDA Districts, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022.
  7. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 23, 2014.
  8. ^ Burlington City High School 2016 Report Card Narrative Archived September 27, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 28, 2017. "Burlington City High School is a six-year secondary school that includes grades seven through twelve with a total current enrollment of 700.... Thirty-nine percent of students in grades nine through twelve are students from the neighboring Edgewater Park community. BCHS has served as the receiving district for the Edgewater Park School District, which educates students from kindergarten through eighth grade, for many years."
  9. ^ Edgewater Park Township School District 2016 Report Card Narrative Archived December 1, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 28, 2017. "The children of Edgewater Park attend school every day in a safe learning environment, where they grow and mature into caring, productive teenagers ready to move on to Burlington City School District for their four years of high school."