Maude M. Wilkins Elementary School

Set in MAPLE SHADE, New Jersey, Maude M. Wilkins Elementary School is a medium-sized K-5 school, overseen by Maple Shade School District. It instructs 554 students across grades 2 through 4. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 37% larger than typical.

Maple Shade School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,360 students. Maude M. Wilkins Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Maude M. Wilkins Elementary School lists that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 27% Hispanic, 18% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Burlington County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Maude M. Wilkins Elementary School lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Burlington County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Maude M. Wilkins Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.7%, the actual is 23.9%, a residual of -10.8 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Burlington County shows 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%. Maude M. Wilkins Elementary School is one of 139 public schools in Burlington County (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students).

Maple Shade High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Maude M. Wilkins Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Maude M. Wilkins Elementary School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 34.7%.

Maude M. Wilkins Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 36%: 406 students in 2018 compared to 554 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 50% to 43% across the same window.

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