Editing Burlington, New Jersey (section)

==Education==
[[File:BurlingtonNJ WilliamRAllenSchool.jpg|thumb|The historic [[William R. Allen School]] was originally built for the education of black children.]]
The [[City of Burlington Public School District]] serves students in [[pre-kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]].<ref>[https://www.burlington-nj.net/ourpages/board_files/Board%20of%20Education%20Policies/0000%20-%20Bylaws/0110%20-%20Identification.pdf 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."</ref> The district is one of 31 former [[Abbott district]]s statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]] in ''Abbott v. Burke''<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo#History 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'."</ref> 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]].<ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo What We Do], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.njsda.gov/Content/FactSheets/31_SDA_Districts.pdf SDA Districts], [[New Jersey Schools Development Authority]]. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref>
As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 1,740 students and 170.9 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 10.2:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3402430&DistrictID=3402430 District information for Burlington City Public School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref> The schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402430 School Data for the City of Burlington Public School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed February 15, 2022.</ref>) are 
Captain James Lawrence Elementary School<ref>[https://cjles.burlington-nj.net/ Captain James Lawrence Elementary School], City of Burlington Public School District. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref> with 238 students in grades Pre-K–2, 
Samuel Smith Elementary School<ref>[https://sses.burlington-nj.net/ Samuel Smith Elementary School], City of Burlington Public School District. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref> with 281 students in grades Pre-K–2, 
Wilbur Watts Intermediate School<ref>[https://wwis.burlington-nj.net/ Wilbur Watts Intermediate School], City of Burlington Public School District. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref> with 444 students in grades 3–6 and 
[[Burlington City High School]]<ref>[https://hsbc.burlington-nj.net/ Burlington City High School], City of Burlington Public School District. Accessed March 1, 2022.</ref> with 727 students in grades 7–12.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/05/0600 School Performance Reports for the Burlington City Public School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 31, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/0600 New Jersey School Directory for the City of Burlington Public School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref> In 2018, the district closed Elias Boudinot Elementary School, which had served grades K–2, citing declining enrollment, the opportunities to reduce costs and the potential to raise funds by selling the site.<ref>Broadt, Lisa. [https://www.theintell.com/news/20190213/school-district-still-looking-for-elementary-school-buyer/1 "School district still looking for elementary school buyer"], ''The Intelligencer'', February 13, 2019, updated January 20, 2020. Accessed February 10, 2020. "The school district continues to search for a buyer for the former Elias Boudinot Elementary School property after officials rejected the highest offer submitted during public bidding.... The district in June announced that it would close the K-2 elementary school at 213 W. Pearl St. Superintendent Patricia Doloughty cited declining enrollment as the reason for closure.... Closing the school also would save the district about $1 million in operational costs, officials said."</ref> The district's high school serves as a receiving school for students in grade nine through twelve from [[Edgewater Park, New Jersey|Edgewater Park Township]], as part of a [[sending/receiving relationship]] with the [[Edgewater Park School District]].<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/05/0600/020.html Burlington City High School 2016 Report Card Narrative] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927113303/https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/05/0600/020.html |date=September 27, 2017 }}, [[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."</ref><ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/05/1280/000.html Edgewater Park Township School District 2016 Report Card Narrative] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040439/https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/05/1280/000.html |date=December 1, 2017 }}, [[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."</ref>

Students from Burlington City, and from all of Burlington County, are eligible to attend the [[Burlington County Institute of Technology]], a countywide public school district that serves the vocational and technical education needs of students at the high school and post-secondary level at its campuses in [[Medford, New Jersey|Medford]] and [[Westampton, New Jersey|Westampton]].<ref>[http://www.bcit.cc/Page/71 Why Choose BCIT?], [[Burlington County Institute of Technology]]. Accessed November 22, 2013.</ref>

[[Doane Academy]], a co-educational, Episcopal college-preparatory school, was founded as St. Mary's Hall, a boarding school for girls, by [[George Washington Doane]] in 1837. The name was shortened from St. Mary's Hall-Doane Academy in March 2008.<ref>[http://doaneacademy.org/about_us_historic_timeline.php Historic Timeline] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124061128/http://www.doaneacademy.org/about_us_historic_timeline.php |date=2011-11-24 }}, [[Doane Academy]]. Accessed July 1, 2011. "For decades, Saint Mary's Hall-Doane Academy had labored under the awkwardness of the hyphenated dual name. Longstanding confusion about the school's identity made it increasingly difficult to recruit new students to continue Bishop Doane's mission. In 2008, the board of trustees voted to simplify the school's name and honor its founder by changing the school's legal name to 'Doane Academy'."</ref> All Saints Catholic Grade School (Pre-K though 8th grade) closed in June 2006 with several other Catholic schools in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton]] due to low enrollment, after 75 years of operation, based on recommendations issued in 2005 to help improve diocese finances.<ref>Burney, Melanie. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120603125255/http://articles.philly.com/2005-11-19/news/25432054_1_elementary-schools-regional-school-new-school "Report recommends closing of 3 Burlco Catholic schools. The Diocese of Trenton, which has had falling enrollment and revenues, was also advised to merge a fourth elementary into a regional school."], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', November 19, 2005. Accessed July 1, 2011. "In a sweeping report presented Thursday night, a special task force also recommended moves to boost enrollment, improve schools and shore up their finances. Four elementary schools operating under capacity – All Saints in Burlington, Corpus Christi in Willingboro, St. Peter in Riverside and Holy Assumption in Roebling – should be replaced with a regional school, the report said."</ref>

St. Paul Grammar School serves students in grades PreK-8 and operates under the auspices of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton]].<ref>[https://www.stpaulbrl.org/about-us-1 About us], Saint Paul School. Accessed February 7, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://dioceseoftrenton.org/burlington-county-elementary-schools Burlington County Elementary Schools], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton]]. Accessed February 7, 2023.</ref>