Birches Elementary School

Set in TURNERSVILLE, New Jersey, Birches Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary-level community, run under Washington Township School District. It teaches 472 students across grades K through 5.

Within Washington Township School District, which oversees 16 schools and 9,381 students, Birches Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Birches Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian. Compared to Gloucester County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Birches Elementary School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Gloucester County's rate of about 32%.

After controlling for student poverty, Birches Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.6%, the actual is 59.1%, a residual of +5.5 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Gloucester County) records that the typical household earns roughly $105,115 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Gloucester County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students), Birches Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Whitman Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Birches Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Birches Elementary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 42.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 7%: 443 students in 2018 compared to 472 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 13% across the same window.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.