Enrollment
347
Middle
DISTRICT 396 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINWOOD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340867000144
Belhaven Middle School
51 BELHAVEN AVENUE, LINWOOD, NJ 08221 · (609) 926-6700 · Atlantic County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL347 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of New Jersey public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
36 students
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 75 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 86 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 91 | 26% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Linwood City School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
80.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
68.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.3% | 68.3% |
| 2023-24 | 77.1% | 65.6% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Belhaven Middle School
Belhaven Middle School's state test result (62.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belhaven Middle School this school | 347 | 10.4% | 62.8% |
| Haines Sixth Grade Center MEDFORD | 299 | 7.4% | 64.3% |
| Kenneth R. Olson Middle School TABERNACLE | 303 | 12.9% | 39.2% |
| Stonebridge Middle School Allentown | 433 | 10.6% | 55.0% |
| Indian Mills Memorial School SHAMONG | 293 | 11.9% | 56.4% |
| Valley Middle School OAKLAND | 446 | 8.5% | 63.9% |
Matched among New Jersey middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Belhaven Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Atlantic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #77 of 433 | #2 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #60 of 437 ▼ 1 | #2 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #58 of 437 ▲ 2 | #2 of 15 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 347 | #342 of 445 | #9 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #246 of 417 | #8 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.9% | #373 of 419 | #13 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.4% | #351 of 436 | #14 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #119 of 282 | #6 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
347
-31 (-8%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 325
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 347 | 31 | 11.2:1 | 10% (36) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 33 | 10.8:1 | 8% (29) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 32 | 11.2:1 | 11% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 378 | 34 | 11.1:1 | 11% (42) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 34 | 11.7:1 | 9% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 36 | 11.1:1 | 8% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 433 | 32 | 13.5:1 | 6% (24) |
| 2000-01 | 480 | 34 | 14.1:1 | 4% (18) |
| 1990-91 | 325 | 28 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belhaven Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (397 to 347); teachers down 9% (34 to 31).
About Belhaven Middle School
Belhaven Middle School is a public middle-grades school in LINWOOD, New Jersey. A total of 347 students attend the school, which covers grades 5 through 8. Against the 578-student average for middle schools in New Jersey, enrollment here is 40% lower.
The Linwood City School District system has 2 schools and 791 students.
At Belhaven Middle School, White students make up 82% of the student body. The school is also 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 56%. The chance that two students picked at random at Belhaven Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 32%.
The school employs the equivalent of 31 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.2:1. Middle schools in New Jersey average about 10.9:1, a similar figure. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Belhaven Middle School is 10%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Atlantic County is 59%.
Measured against New Jersey public middle schools, Belhaven Middle School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in New Jersey with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 60.5%. Belhaven Middle School scores 62.8%.
Across Atlantic County, median household income is about $78,050, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Belhaven Middle School is among the 77 public schools in Atlantic County.
Of nearby public schools, Mainland Regional High School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Belhaven Middle School is 2nd of 7 on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 378 to 347 over 4 years.
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Atlantic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,270
Census ACS
Median income
$78,050
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
41,964 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Linwood City School District
- Seaview Elementary SchoolElementary · 444 students
Other schools in LINWOOD
- Mainland Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,160 students
- Seaview Elementary SchoolElementary · 444 students
Nearby schools
- Mainland Regional High School0.3 mi · 1,160
- Seaview Elementary School0.6 mi · 444
- Dawes Avenue Elementary School1.4 mi · 341
- Chartertech High School for the Performing Arts1.6 mi · 253
- Bargaintown Preschool1.9 mi · 258
- Northfield Community Elementary School2.0 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About Belhaven Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Belhaven Middle School?
Belhaven Middle School enrolls approximately 347 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Belhaven Middle School serve?
Belhaven Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Belhaven Middle School?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Belhaven Middle School.
How diverse is Belhaven Middle School?
Belhaven Middle School reports a student body of 82% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Belhaven Middle School?
Belhaven Middle School is overseen by Linwood City School District in Atlantic County.
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