Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 392 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEDFORD TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340987001126
Milton H. Allen Elementary School
24 ALLEN AVENUE, MEDFORD, NJ 08055 · (609) 654-4203 · Burlington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
50 students
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Medford 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
57.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
59.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.4% | 59.2% |
| 2023-24 | 59.7% | 54.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Milton H. Allen Elementary School
Milton H. Allen Elementary School's state test result (52.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milton H. Allen Elementary School this school | 428 | 11.7% | 52.7% |
| Chairville Elementary School MEDFORD | 439 | 11.4% | 64.3% |
| Green Hills School GREENDELL | 414 | 11.4% | 59.2% |
| Seaview Elementary School LINWOOD | 444 | 10.4% | 70.1% |
| Byram Lakes Elementary School STANHOPE | 443 | 11.5% | 49.1% |
| A. Russell Knight Elementary School CHERRY HILL | 456 | 9.6% | 67.3% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary 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 Milton H. Allen Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Burlington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #465 of 1,290 | #14 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #424 of 1,319 ▲ 49 | #14 of 56 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #546 of 1,319 ▼ 81 | #17 of 56 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #611 of 1,562 | #28 of 76 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #1,139 of 1,390 | #56 of 70 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.3% | #1,182 of 1,392 | #63 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.7% | #1,209 of 1,481 | #62 of 73 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.9% | #42 of 545 | #5 of 32 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
428
+89 (+26%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 428 | 32.2 | 13.3:1 | 12% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 31 | 13.1:1 | 8% (33) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 33 | 11.4:1 | 5% (17) |
| 2020-21 | 339 | 28 | 12.1:1 | 3% (11) |
| 2017-18 | 315 | 28 | 11.3:1 | 4% (13) |
| 2015-16 | 338 | 31 | 10.9:1 | 8% (27) |
| 2010-11 | 384 | 18 | 21.3:1 | 6% (23) |
| 2000-01 | 433 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 4% (18) |
| 1990-91 | 391 | 25 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Milton H. Allen Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 36% (315 to 428); teachers up 15% (28 to 32.2).
About Milton H. Allen Elementary School
Milton H. Allen Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in MEDFORD, New Jersey. The school had 428 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Medford Township School District has 7 schools and 2,901 students, and Milton H. Allen Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students make up 81% of enrollment at Milton H. Allen Elementary School. Other students are 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 64% White share among all Burlington County residents. The school's diversity index is 33%, meaning two students picked at random have a 33% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Milton H. Allen Elementary School total 32.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.3:1. That is 1.8 students per teacher above the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 12%. The 32% average for public schools in Burlington County is 20 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Milton H. Allen Elementary School is C+. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 43% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Milton H. Allen Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 52.7% and a predicted 59.8%.
In Burlington County (population about 467,805), the median household income is $108,111, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Milton H. Allen Elementary School is one of 139 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Haines Sixth Grade Center, is about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Milton H. Allen Elementary School places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
NCES assigns Milton H. Allen Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 89 more students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 13.3 students per teacher, compared with 12.1 in 2020-21.
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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 Medford Township School District
- Medford Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 644 students
- Chairville Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
- Kirby's Mill Elementary SchoolElementary · 402 students
- Cranberry Pines ElementaryElementary · 371 students
- Taunton Forge Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
- Haines Sixth Grade CenterMiddle · 299 students
Other schools in MEDFORD
- Lenape High SchoolHigh · 1,912 students
- Shawnee High SchoolHigh · 1,387 students
- Burlington County Institute of Technology - MedfordHigh · 896 students
- Medford Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 644 students
- Chairville Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
- Kirby's Mill Elementary SchoolElementary · 402 students
Nearby schools
- Haines Sixth Grade Center0.5 mi · 299
- Medford Memorial Middle School0.7 mi · 644
- Chairville Elementary School1.1 mi · 439
- Kirby's Mill Elementary School1.2 mi · 402
- Burlington County Institute of Technology - Medford1.3 mi · 896
- Taunton Forge Elementary School1.5 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Milton H. Allen Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Milton H. Allen Elementary School?
Milton H. Allen Elementary School enrolls approximately 428 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Milton H. Allen Elementary School serve?
Milton H. Allen Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Milton H. Allen Elementary School have?
Milton H. Allen Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Milton H. Allen Elementary School?
Student demographics at Milton H. Allen Elementary School are roughly 81% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Milton H. Allen Elementary School in?
Milton H. Allen Elementary School is part of Medford Township School District.
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