Tabernacle Elementary School

Tabernacle Elementary School is one of the moderately sized primary schools in TABERNACLE, New Jersey, part of Tabernacle Township School District, with 416 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4.

Tabernacle Township School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 719 students; Tabernacle Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Tabernacle Elementary School reports that nearly all students (85%) are White. The remainder consists of 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Burlington County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 15% of students at Tabernacle Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Tabernacle Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.9%, the actual is 49.3%, a residual of -8.6 points.

Around the school, Burlington County reports that median household income runs about $108,111, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tabernacle Elementary School is one of 139 public schools in Burlington County (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students).

The closest other public school is Kenneth R. Olson Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tabernacle Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 10%: 379 students in 2018 compared to 416 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.