Summary:
Elementary schools in ZIP code 08031 are two Bellmawr schools: Bellmawr Park Elementary School, which serves pre-K through grade 4, and Ethel M Burke Elementary School, which serves kindergarten through grade 4. Their latest reported test results show meaningfully different profiles: Burke led Bellmawr Park in all four grade-and-subject comparisons in 2025–26 and scored above the state in three.
Burke stands out at the top in the latest results, with proficiency of 60% in grade 3 ELA, 44% in grade 4 ELA, 60% in grade 3 math and 56% in grade 4 math. Its leads over Bellmawr Park were 27 points, 25 points, 10 points and 21 points, respectively. Bellmawr Park scored 33% in grade 3 ELA, 19% in grade 4 ELA, 49% in grade 3 math and 36% in grade 4 math; it matched the state in grade 3 math but was 11 to 27 points below the state in its other three results. SchoolDigger ranks Burke 520th of 1,331 New Jersey schools (61st percentile, 3 stars), compared with Bellmawr Park at 960th (28th percentile, 1 star).
Year-to-year results were mixed, not a uniform change. Bellmawr Park’s grade 4 ELA proficiency fell 37 points, while its grade 3 ELA rose 13 points and grade 3 math rose 7. Burke’s grade 3 math fell 23 points, while its grade 3 ELA was nearly unchanged. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking also moved differently: Bellmawr Park declined from 46 in 2023–24 to 28 in 2025–26, while Burke went from 59 to 61 after reaching 67 in between. In 2024–25, Bellmawr Park enrolled 496 students, had 12 students per teacher and reported 60% free/reduced lunch eligible; Burke enrolled 222, had 8.8 students per teacher and reported 50% free/reduced lunch eligible. These figures provide context, but do not establish why the schools’ results differ.
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