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Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341707002646
Birches Elementary School
416 WESTMINSTER BLVD, TURNERSVILLE, NJ 08012 · (856) 232-1290 · Gloucester County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
108 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 97 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
69.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
57.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . -5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.2% | 57.7% |
| 2023-24 | 69.4% | 63.1% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Birches Elementary School
Birches Elementary School's state test result (59.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birches Elementary School this school | 472 | 22.9% | 59.1% |
| Centre City Elementary School MANTUA | 464 | 26.3% | 54.8% |
| Dr. Gerald H. Woehr Elementary School NEW EGYPT | 490 | 25.3% | 49.3% |
| Mahala F. Atchison School TINTON FALLS | 484 | 19.2% | N/A |
| Bells Elementary School TURNERSVILLE | 571 | 20.8% | 47.5% |
| Blairstown Elementary School BLAIRSTOWN | 418 | 18.2% | 37.4% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Birches Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Gloucester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #353 of 1,290 | #4 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #447 of 1,319 ▼ 127 | #7 of 35 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #284 of 1,319 ▼ 18 | #1 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #481 of 1,562 | #16 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #418 of 1,390 | #13 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.7% | #1,076 of 1,392 | #39 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.9% | #985 of 1,481 | #36 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.5% | #339 of 545 | #14 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
472
+75 (+19%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 560
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 9.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 472 | 45.9 | 10.3:1 | 23% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 44.2 | 10.3:1 | 16% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 48.2 | 9.5:1 | 16% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 397 | 40 | 9.9:1 | 16% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 43.4 | 10.2:1 | 21% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 453 | 43 | 10.5:1 | 25% (111) |
| 2010-11 | 363 | 34 | 10.7:1 | 13% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 638 | 37 | 17.2:1 | 11% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 560 | 31 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Birches Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (443 to 472); teachers up 6% (43.4 to 45.9).
About Birches Elementary School
Birches Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school located in TURNERSVILLE, New Jersey. It educates 472 students in kindergarten through 5.
Across its 10 schools, Washington Township School District enrolls 6,938 students. Birches Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students make up a majority at Birches Elementary School, at 77%. Other students are 13% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. For comparison, Gloucester County is about 76% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Birches Elementary School employs 45.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.3:1. This ratio sits 1.2 below the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 23% in 2024-25. That is lower than the 32% average for public schools in Gloucester County.
Birches Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 72% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Birches Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools: 59.1% actual against 53.6% predicted.
Among Gloucester County residents, the median household income is $105,115, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Birches Elementary School is one of 86 public schools in the county.
Whitman Elementary School is the public school closest to Birches Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Birches Elementary School ranks 2nd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 59.1% against a local average of 42.2%.
Birches Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment grew 19% from its 2020-21 level of 397.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Birches Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Gloucester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
306,954
Census ACS
Median income
$105,115
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
46,080 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washington Township School District
- Washington Township High SchoolHigh · 2,105 students
- Chestnut Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Bells Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
- Whitman Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 students
- Bunker Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 562 students
- Hurffville Elementary SchoolElementary · 544 students
Other schools in TURNERSVILLE
- Bells Elementary SchoolElementary · 571 students
- Whitman Elementary SchoolElementary · 566 students
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 511 students
Nearby schools
- Whitman Elementary School1.0 mi · 566
- Bells Elementary School1.1 mi · 571
- Washington Township High School1.3 mi · 2,105
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School1.5 mi · 511
- Wedgwood Elementary School1.9 mi · 465
- Ann A. Mullen Middle School2.0 mi · 937
Frequently asked questions
About Birches Elementary SchoolHow large is Birches Elementary School?
Birches Elementary School enrolls approximately 472 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Birches Elementary School serve?
Birches Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Birches Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Birches Elementary School is approximately 10.3:1 (46 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Birches Elementary School?
Birches Elementary School reports a student body of 77% White, 13% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Birches Elementary School?
Birches Elementary School is overseen by Washington Township School District in Gloucester County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.