Alder Avenue Middle School

As a well-populated intermediate school in EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, New Jersey, Alder Avenue Middle School educates 919 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Egg Harbor Township School District. Enrollment runs roughly 59% bigger than the state mean of about 578.

Egg Harbor Township School District runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 7,346 students. Alder Avenue Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Alder Avenue Middle School logs that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 32% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 9% Black, 5% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. The state averages about 10.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 50% of students at Alder Avenue Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Atlantic County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Alder Avenue Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.8%; this one delivers 34.2%.

In the area at large, census data for Atlantic County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,050 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Alder Avenue Middle School is one of 77 public schools in Atlantic County (combined enrollment of about 41,964 students).

Nearest neighbor: Dr. Joyanne D. Miller Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alder Avenue Middle School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 32.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Alder Avenue Middle School's enrollment has rose 10% since 2018, when it stood at 838 (now 919). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 25% to 32% over that span.

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