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Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter School

Public, Charter Grades K-8

1047^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 22% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter School is an elementary school located in Willingboro, New Jersey, serving 360 students in grades K-8. The school is part of the Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter School District, which is ranked 524 out of 609 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter School consistently ranks in the bottom 25% of New Jersey elementary schools, with a 1-star rating. The school's performance on state assessments is significantly below the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts ranged from 25% to 50%, compared to the state averages of 44.9% to 57.1%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 7.5% to 20%, compared to the state averages of 20.7% to 49.8%. When compared to nearby schools, such as Mildred Magowan Elementary School and Delran Intermediate School, Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter School generally performs worse.

Despite the school's overall low performance, the African American, special education, and low socioeconomic status student subgroups have performed better than the overall school, ranking in the top 50% of New Jersey elementary schools for these subgroups. Additionally, the school has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 2.6% to 16.6% over the past few years, which is a significant concern and likely contributes to the school's low academic performance. Addressing the root causes of chronic absenteeism and leveraging the school's strengths in supporting certain subgroups could be key to improving the overall outcomes for the students at Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter School.

356

Students ?

13.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$8,406

Per pupil spending ?

48%

Free/discounted lunch ?

11 South Sunset Road
Willingboro, NJ 08046

(609) 835-8370

District: Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

82.6%

Hispanic:

14.6%

White:

2.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 15th percentile in 2019 → 22nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 7 percentile points since 2019

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (26% vs 44% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (22nd percentile)

!Mathematics scores 25 pts below the New Jersey average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school26%

District avg26%

New Jersey avg44%

Elementary school

1,047^th of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Bottom 22%▲ up 7 pts since 2019

From bottom 15% (2019) to bottom 22% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

557^th of 752

New Jersey public middle schools ?

Bottom 26%▲ up 10 pts since 2015

From bottom 16% (2015) to bottom 26% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

524^th of 609Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter School among New Jersey districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	23.3	1047 of 1347	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.8	1092 of 1338	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.9	1172 of 1342	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.7	1162 of 1345	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.3	985 of 1317	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.8	1155 of 1360	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	52.2	189 of 463	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	41.4	275 of 469	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.2	301 of 463	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.5	309 of 494	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	53.1	173 of 456	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	50.3	252 of 522	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	37.3	313 of 517	39.5%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	19.9	1059 of 1326	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.9	1018 of 1317	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.5	1130 of 1318	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.6	1112 of 1326	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.1	906 of 1290	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.8	1093 of 1331	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.7	1058 of 1333	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	51.3	457 of 1023	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	32.1	644 of 939	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.1	573 of 910	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	14.6	745 of 863	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	35.0	557 of 839	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.0	686 of 948	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	42.1	577 of 942	38.7%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	30.9	898 of 1318	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	18.1	1063 of 1313	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.9	1086 of 1315	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.9	1105 of 1324	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.0	1004 of 1297	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.3	1132 of 1335	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	8.2	1232 of 1334	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2024	38.6	526 of 989	46.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.3	521 of 958	45.6%	★★☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	25.2	557 of 752	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.3	607 of 743	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.8	519 of 748	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.1	492 of 745	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	35.2	386 of 652	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	16.4	619 of 745	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.2	613 of 716	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	25.9	529 of 712	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	37.1	472 of 713	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2015	16.9	600 of 713	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	39.6	484 of 717	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2013	35.0	511 of 704	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	52.8	128 of 359	64.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	41.2	187 of 352	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	55.0	126 of 361	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	56.9	111 of 356	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	62.9	60 of 291	79.4%	★★★★☆
2019	44.6	174 of 326	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.5	212 of 326	35.0%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	28.3	514 of 728	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.7	649 of 717	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	31.1	479 of 720	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.0	511 of 726	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	47.2	291 of 625	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	18.0	579 of 703	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.7	583 of 680	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	42.8	339 of 613	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	24.1	470 of 584	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	41.0	311 of 568	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	19.9	451 of 549	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	49.4	189 of 467	59.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	16.2	456 of 541	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.6	386 of 522	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	23.3	551 of 726	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.0	498 of 719	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.1	503 of 718	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.5	460 of 730	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	26.7	432 of 635	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	15.0	601 of 697	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.8	587 of 675	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

African American (2025)59th percentile+37 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)55th percentile+33 vs school

Special Education (2024)47th percentile+28 vs school

Male (2025)32nd percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)20th percentile~ school

Middle school

African American (2025)64th percentile+38 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)45th percentile+19 vs school

Female (2025)29th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)24th percentile~ school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts38%-16 vs state

Science19%-5 vs state

Mathematics16%-25 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)						NJSLA Mathematics (2025)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	11 South Sunset Road	Willingboro	08046	Burlington County	Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 835-8370	356	26	13.5	48.0%	7 (2.0%)	294 (82.6%)	52 (14.6%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23.3	1047^th of 1347 public elementary schools	22.3%		18.8	1092^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	18.4%	45	25.0	13.2	27.5	28.9	50.0	50.0	25.0	44.7	20.0	15.8	25.0	10.0	7.5	15.8	$8,406	$294	$8,112
J.C.Stuart ECDC	Public	PK-K	70 Sunset Road	Willingboro	08046	Burlington County	Willingboro Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 835-3881	365	24	15.5	64.1%	14 (3.8%)	247 (67.7%)	75 (20.5%)	13 (3.6%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.0%)								(n/a)															$12,511	$339	$12,172
W. R. James Senior Elementary School	Public	1-4	41 Pinetree Lane	Willingboro	08046	Burlington County	Willingboro Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 835-8940	408	29	14.0	78.4%	24 (5.9%)	254 (62.3%)	104 (25.5%)	5 (1.2%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.9%)	10.4	1247^th of 1347 public elementary schools	7.4%		6.7	1287^th of 1338 public elementary schools	3.8%	40			23.4	18.7					20.0	21.5					$12,232	$646	$11,586
Mildred Magowan Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	405 Cherrix Avenue	Edgewater Park	08010	Burlington County	Edgewater Park Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 877-1430	583	56	10.3	67.8%	200 (34.3%)	180 (30.9%)	152 (26.1%)	17 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (5.5%)	36.9	858^th of 1347 public elementary schools	36.3%		33.6	890^th of 1338 public elementary schools	33.5%	32			31.7	50.6					35.6	50.0					$11,624	$626	$10,998
Hawthorne Park Elementary School	Public	1-4	84 Hampshire Lane	Willingboro	08046	Burlington County	Willingboro Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 835-8960	354	23	15.3	67.5%	9 (2.5%)	236 (66.7%)	76 (21.5%)	6 (1.7%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	23 (6.5%)	21.3	1075^th of 1347 public elementary schools	20.2%		18.2	1101^st of 1338 public elementary schools	17.7%	26			37.0	31.4					33.3	22.1					$11,283	$553	$10,730
Beverly City School District	Public	PK, KG-8	601 Bentley Ave	Beverly	08010	Burlington County	Beverly City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 387-2200	342	37	9.2	71.6%	101 (29.5%)	120 (35.1%)	93 (27.2%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	24 (7.0%)	27.6	988^th of 1347 public elementary schools	26.7%		36.2	851^st of 1338 public elementary schools	36.4%	137	11.5	11.8	20.0	37.8	57.7	46.4	44.4	58.8	37.1	24.3	38.5	25.0	36.2	41.2	$14,330	$691	$13,639
Delran Intermediate School	Public	3-5	20 Creek Road	Delran	08075	Burlington County	Delran Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 764-5100	610	60	10.1	37.2%	378 (62.0%)	53 (8.7%)	132 (21.6%)	18 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (4.6%)	37.2	853^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	36.7%		42.8	755^th of 1338 public elementary schools	43.6%	98	25.1		35.3	50.6	39.8				41.5	41.0	40.0				$10,792	$180	$10,612
Garfield ECDC	Public	PK-K	150 Evergreen Dr.	Willingboro	08046	Burlington County	Willingboro Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 835-8990	294	15	20.2	56.1%	11 (3.7%)	197 (67.0%)	64 (21.8%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.1%)								(n/a)
M. Joan Pearson School	Public	PK, KG-8	1301 Burlington Ave	Delanco	08075	Burlington County	Delanco Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(856) 461-1976	355	23	15.7	46.5%	162 (45.6%)	88 (24.8%)	68 (19.2%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	32 (9.0%)	15.2	1170^th of 1347 public elementary schools	13.1%		13.5	1173^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	12.3%	3	20.4	5.9	25.0	23.1	25.6	35.1	35.1	28.6	28.6	5.3	11.4	21.0	18.9	8.6	$6,205	$163	$6,042
Samuel Smith Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	250 Farner Avenue	Burlington	08016	Burlington County	Burlington City Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 387-5854	310	35	8.8	65.8%	68 (21.9%)	123 (39.7%)	76 (24.5%)	13 (4.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (9.4%)								(n/a)															$16,557	$163	$16,394

Frequently Asked Questions about Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter School

What is the racial makeup of Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter School?

Students at Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter School are 83% African American, 15% Hispanic, 2% White.

How many students attend Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 356 students attended Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter School.

Is Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter School a good school?

Benjamin Banneker Preparatory Charter School ranks in the bottom 22.3% of New Jersey elementary schools.

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