Moorestown Upper Elementary School

Located at 325 BORTON LANDING ROAD, in MOORESTOWN, New Jersey, Moorestown Upper Elementary School is a roomy junior high that works with 869 students (grades 4 through 6), operated by Moorestown Township Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 50% larger than the state mean of about 578.

Moorestown Township Public School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,897 students; Moorestown Upper Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Moorestown Upper Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 17% Asian, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Burlington County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Moorestown Upper Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.3%; this one delivers 65.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Burlington County put median household earnings sit near $108,111, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Moorestown Upper Elementary School is one of 139 public schools in Burlington County (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students).

Burlington County Alternative High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Moorestown Upper Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Moorestown Upper Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 56.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Moorestown Upper Elementary School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 884 (now 869). White enrollment moved from 70% to 63% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Moorestown Upper Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.