Elementary Schools in Shamong Township School District

Summary:

The Shamong Township School District in New Jersey is home to one standout elementary school, Indian Mills Elementary School. This school consistently outperforms the state average on academic assessments, has a low chronic absenteeism rate, and serves a relatively affluent student population.

Indian Mills Elementary School is ranked in the top 31% of New Jersey elementary schools, with strong performance on the NJSLA assessments in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. The school's 3rd and 4th grade students exceed the state averages in proficiency, with 57.2% and 63.6% of students meeting or exceeding standards in ELA, respectively. Additionally, the school has a low chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9%, indicating strong student attendance.

Further, Indian Mills Elementary School benefits from a favorable student-teacher ratio of 10:1 and higher-than-average spending per student, suggesting the district is allocating significant resources to support its students. While the school is performing well overall, there may be opportunities for further improvement, particularly in areas where its performance, while strong, is not as significantly above the state average.

District Detail

295 Indian Mills Road
Shamong, NJ 08088

(609) 268-0120

SchoolDigger Rank:
164^th of 609 New Jersey districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-8
Students: 640

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 0
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)		NJSLA Mathematics (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Indian Mills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	112 Indian Mills Road	Shamong	08088	Burlington County	Shamong Township School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 268-0220	347	35	9.9	8.4%	311 (89.6%)	2 (0.6%)	21 (6.1%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.3%)	70.2	422^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	68.7%		62.2	516^th of 1338 public elementary schools	61.4%	94	57.2	63.6	61.5	60.0	$15,158	$139	$15,019

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Tabernacle Township School District	3.85 mi	2	358^th
Office Of Education Juvenile Justice Commission	4.34 mi	22
Lenape Regional High School District	4.35 mi	4	262^nd
Medford Lakes School District	4.97 mi	2	141^st
Waterford Township School District	5.43 mi	3

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Jersey Department of Education.

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