Thomas Jefferson Elementary School

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School operates as a mid-tier elementary-level community in TURNERSVILLE, New Jersey, run under Washington Township School District. Current enrollment sits at 511 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Thomas Jefferson Elementary School sits 26% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Washington Township School District, which oversees 16 schools and 9,381 students, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School logs that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 17% Black, 14% Hispanic, 5% Asian. By comparison, Gloucester County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School shows 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.9%; this one delivers 45.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Gloucester County put the typical household earns roughly $105,115 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Gloucester County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,080 students), Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Washington Township High School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 42.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School has shrank 3%, going from 527 students in 2018 to 511 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 62% across the same window.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.