Ralph J. Steinhauer Elementary School

Ralph J. Steinhauer Elementary School is an intimate middle-grades school in MAPLE SHADE, New Jersey, one of the schools within Maple Shade School District. The school enrolls 355 students in grades 5 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 578 students per school, that is 39% below typical.

Across the 4 schools in Maple Shade School District (2,360 students total), Ralph J. Steinhauer Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Ralph J. Steinhauer Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 31% Hispanic, 17% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Burlington County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 10.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 57% of students at Ralph J. Steinhauer Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Burlington County's rate of about 32%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Ralph J. Steinhauer Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 35.0%; actual is 20.6%, a gap of -14.5 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Burlington County put 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%. In all, Burlington County runs 139 public schools (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students), of which Ralph J. Steinhauer Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Maude M. Wilkins Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ralph J. Steinhauer Elementary School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 4%: 340 students in 2018 compared to 355 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 55% to 40% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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