The top reported proficiency rate is 27% in English language arts. The lowest is 18% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Twin Hills Elementary School
Twin Hills Elementary School serves students from kindergarten through fourth grade in Willingboro, a predominantly residential suburb of Philadelphia. Willingboro was developed as a planned Levittown community in the mid-twentieth century and is composed of twelve residential sections called parks. The township later became a predominantly African American suburb, a demographic shift reflected in the school’s student body, where the largest group is Black, followed by a substantial Hispanic population, with smaller shares of white students, students of two or more races, and trace numbers of Asian and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander children.
The school is one of five elementary schools in the Willingboro Public School District, which recently underwent a major reorganization. In September 2024, the school board voted to close Willingboro Memorial Middle School and move middle school students into the high school building, permanently altering feeder patterns for all families in the district. Parents entering Twin Hills should know that the path their child takes beyond this school has shifted as a result.
Economically, a substantial majority of students come from households with incomes low enough to qualify for federally assisted meals. This places the school in a context where concentrated poverty is a lived reality for many of its children.
On state testing, Twin Hills shows low proficiency rates in both math and English language arts across the grades tested. In the most recent results, a modest share of third and fourth graders met the state’s benchmark for proficiency, with fourth grade reading the relative high point. Overall, the school’s performance sits in the bottom quartile relative to other Burlington County districts. A parent considering Twin Hills should look into how the school approaches academic support and intervention, particularly in the early grades, where building foundational skills is most consequential.
Because Twin Hills serves only through fourth grade, there is no graduation rate, no high school course data, and no secondary-level metrics to report. Data on special education and English learner populations was not available. The school itself is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and there is no record of a Title I designation in the data reviewed. Missing metrics in some categories may reflect the nature of an early-elementary school, but the absence of special population counts is a gap a parent may want to clarify directly with the school.
The housing market in Willingboro reflects its planned-community origins, with a stock of single-family homes and townhouses, plus two newer apartment complexes. Home values in the area sit below the New Jersey statewide benchmark but above the national median. The township remains auto-oriented, with commercial activity concentrated along the main routes rather than in a traditional downtown. Civic and recreational life centers on the Kennedy Center and a network of parks and lakes. Growth has been modest in recent decades, and the township’s planning documents indicate ongoing but slow-paced development. For a family weighing this school, the question is less about growth and more about fit: whether the academic supports, peer environment, and community setting align with what they want for their child in the elementary years.
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