Enrollment
303
Middle
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TABERNACLE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341602005946
Kenneth R. Olson Middle School
132 NEW ROAD, TABERNACLE, NJ 08088 · (609) 268-0153 · Burlington County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of New Jersey public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
39 students
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 68 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 89 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 72 | 24% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Tabernacle Township School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
50.7%
NJ avg 53.1% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
42.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.7% | 42.6% |
| 2023-24 | 45.7% | 35.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 59% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Kenneth R. Olson Middle School
Kenneth R. Olson Middle School's state test result (39.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth R. Olson Middle School this school | 303 | 12.9% | 39.2% |
| Indian Mills Memorial School SHAMONG | 293 | 11.9% | 56.4% |
| Woodglen School CALIFON | 272 | 13.6% | 49.5% |
| Maple Place Middle School OCEANPORT | 256 | 8.2% | 61.4% |
| Belhaven Middle School LINWOOD | 347 | 10.4% | 62.8% |
| Martin J. Ryerson School RINGWOOD | 345 | 11.0% | 43.4% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Kenneth R. Olson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Burlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #266 of 433 | #17 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #214 of 437 ▲ 33 | #16 of 31 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #286 of 437 ▲ 4 | #16 of 31 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #369 of 445 | #26 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #219 of 417 | #16 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.9% | #392 of 419 | #28 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.9% | #337 of 436 | #25 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #183 of 282 | #12 of 21 |
Ranked against other public middle 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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 303 | 27.7 | 10.9:1 | 13% (39) |
| 2023-24 | 305 | 29.7 | 10.3:1 | 9% (28) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 31.2 | 10.1:1 | 10% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 328 | 29.8 | 11.0:1 | 9% (31) |
| 2015-16 | 384 | 30 | 12.8:1 | 13% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 393 | 28 | 14.0:1 | 13% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 41 | 12.1:1 | 4% (21) |
| 1990-91 | 545 | 36 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kenneth R. Olson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (328 to 303); teachers down 7% (29.8 to 27.7).
About Kenneth R. Olson Middle School
Kenneth R. Olson Middle School operates as a small middle-grades school in TABERNACLE, New Jersey. It is open to students in grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 303 students. It has 48% fewer students than the average for middle schools in New Jersey (about 578).
District-wide, Tabernacle Township School District has 2 schools and 719 students.
At Kenneth R. Olson Middle School, 86% of students are White. It is also 8% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Burlington County is roughly 64% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Kenneth R. Olson Middle School scores 25%.
Its staff includes 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.9 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in New Jersey is about 10.9:1. Kenneth R. Olson Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 13%. Among public schools in Burlington County, the average eligibility rate is 32%.
On the allk12 Grade, Kenneth R. Olson Middle School lands at C-, ahead of 17% of New Jersey public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations places Kenneth R. Olson Middle School in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 19.9 points below it (39.2% actual, 59.1% predicted).
In Burlington County, the median household earns about $108,111 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Burlington County has 139 public schools with about 69,020 students, including Kenneth R. Olson Middle School.
Kenneth R. Olson Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Tabernacle Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are 5 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 48.6% on proficiency, and Kenneth R. Olson Middle School is below that at 39.2%.
The NCES locale for Kenneth R. Olson Middle School is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
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Burlington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
467,805
Census ACS
Median income
$108,111
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
139
69,020 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tabernacle Township School District
- Tabernacle Elementary SchoolElementary · 416 students
Other schools in TABERNACLE
- Seneca High SchoolHigh · 1,058 students
- Tabernacle Elementary SchoolElementary · 416 students
- COSTELLO PREPHigh
- PINELANDS RCHHigh
Nearby schools
- Tabernacle Elementary School0.2 mi · 416
- Seneca High School0.9 mi · 1,058
- Shawnee High School3.7 mi · 1,387
- Indian Mills Memorial School3.7 mi · 293
- Indian Mills Elementary School4.0 mi · 347
- Nokomis School5.2 mi · 126
Frequently asked questions
About Kenneth R. Olson Middle SchoolHow large is Kenneth R. Olson Middle School?
Kenneth R. Olson Middle School enrolls approximately 303 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Kenneth R. Olson Middle School serve?
Kenneth R. Olson Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Kenneth R. Olson Middle School have?
Kenneth R. Olson Middle School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Kenneth R. Olson Middle School?
Student demographics at Kenneth R. Olson Middle School are roughly 86% White, 8% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Kenneth R. Olson Middle School in?
Kenneth R. Olson Middle School is part of Tabernacle Township School District.
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