Joseph S. Stackhouse School

Joseph S. Stackhouse School is an intimate K-5 school in BROWNS MILLS, New Jersey, operated by Pemberton Township School District. The school teaches 242 students in grades K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 40% leaner than the state mean of about 405.

Joseph S. Stackhouse School is one of 9 schools operated by Pemberton Township School District, a district that teaches 4,261 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Joseph S. Stackhouse School logs that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 16% Black, 14% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Joseph S. Stackhouse School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 57% of students at Joseph S. Stackhouse School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Burlington County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Burlington County put median household earnings sit near $108,111, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Burlington County runs 139 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students), of which Joseph S. Stackhouse School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Denbo Crichton School, around 1.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Joseph S. Stackhouse School.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 15%: 286 students in 2018 compared to 242 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 26% to 16% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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