The top reported proficiency rate is 43% in Math. The lowest is 41% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Mildred Magowan Elementary School
Mildred Magowan Elementary School serves the Edgewater Park community in Burlington County, New Jersey, from pre-kindergarten through fourth grade. The school is a regular public school and the younger of two schools in the Edgewater Park Township School District, which also operates Samuel M. Ridgway Middle School for grades five through eight. Students from Edgewater Park attend Burlington City High School for grades nine through twelve through a sending-receiving relationship, a fact that shapes the district’s structure but does not directly involve Magowan.
Edgewater Park itself is a small, primarily residential suburb of Philadelphia, located along a major highway corridor near the Delaware River. The township describes itself as having a great diversity of residents, from young couples and families to seniors, and its population has seen modest change over recent decades. There is no traditional walkable downtown; civic life is organized around a municipal complex, and the school sits on its own residential campus. Housing values locally and across Burlington County have risen moderately, and the county’s housing market shows a stable number of active listings with homes spending a short time on the market before going pending. For a family considering the area, the housing context suggests steady demand but no dramatic price spikes.
Enrollment at Magowan has a pre-kindergarten program and grades kindergarten through four, with the largest single grade being first grade. The student body is fairly diverse. White students make up the largest single group, followed by Black students and Hispanic students each accounting for roughly a quarter of enrollment, with smaller shares of multiracial and Asian students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that the school serves a population with a meaningful range of economic backgrounds. Data on the share of students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the source material, so a parent may wish to ask the school for those figures directly.
State testing results from the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment for the 2024-25 school year show a mixed picture. In third grade, about a third of students scored at or above the proficient level in English language arts, and a similar share did so in math. By fourth grade, half of students met the proficiency bar in both subjects. That upward trend between grade levels is a positive sign, but the third-grade numbers are soft spots that a parent may want to explore further with the school, particularly to understand what support is available for early literacy and numeracy. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school’s overall proficiency index places it above the midpoint among districts in Burlington County, which gives a general sense of its academic standing relative to local peers.
Because Magowan serves only early elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and the school environment data sections for discipline, course access, and staffing were not populated in the source material. This kind of thin data is common for elementary schools that are not yet part of a district’s high school accountability reporting. The district brief turned up no recent budget votes, referendums, or major curriculum changes, suggesting a period of stability for the two-school system.
For a family, Mildred Magowan Elementary School looks like a solidly positioned early elementary school in a community that is suburban, car-dependent, and economically mixed. The school’s demographics reflect the township’s diversity, and its test scores show a clear improvement from third to fourth grade, though the third-grade results are an area worth investigating. The lack of detailed staffing or special education data means a parent considering the school for a child with particular needs should contact the school directly to get a fuller picture. The school feeds into Ridgway Middle School and then to Burlington City High School, so families planning a longer-term path need to consider that later piece as well. For a parent seeking a small-district elementary experience in a stable residential suburb within commuting distance of Philadelphia, this school fits that profile.
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