Taunton Forge Elementary School

Taunton Forge Elementary School is a modestly sized K-5 school in MEDFORD, New Jersey, operated by Medford Township School District. The school instructs 318 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Taunton Forge Elementary School sits 21% below that benchmark.

Medford Township School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,901 students. Taunton Forge Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Taunton Forge Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%); the rest reads as 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Taunton Forge Elementary School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting Taunton Forge Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 5% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. 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, Taunton Forge Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.2%; this one delivers 59.2%.

In the area at large, census data for Burlington County shows median household income runs about $108,111, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Taunton Forge Elementary School is one of 139 public schools in Burlington County (combined enrollment of about 69,020 students).

The closest other public school is Medford Memorial Middle School, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Taunton Forge Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Taunton Forge Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 59.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Taunton Forge Elementary School has climbed 16%, going from 274 students in 2018 to 318 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 81% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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