Kenneth R. Olson Middle School

Kenneth R. Olson Middle School is an intimate middle school in TABERNACLE, New Jersey, operated by Tabernacle Township School District. The school instructs 303 students in grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 578 students per school, that is 48% smaller than typical.

Within Tabernacle Township School District, which oversees 2 schools and 719 students, Kenneth R. Olson Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Kenneth R. Olson Middle School records that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 10.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Burlington County (around 32%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Kenneth R. Olson Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 59.1%; actual is 39.2%, a gap of -19.9 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Burlington County indicate the typical household earns roughly $108,111 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Kenneth R. Olson Middle School is one of 139 public schools in Burlington County (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students).

Nearest neighbor: Tabernacle Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Kenneth R. Olson Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kenneth R. Olson Middle School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 48.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 8%: 328 students in 2018 compared to 303 in 2025.

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